Portugal Loosens Its Public-Procurement Rules, Raising Direct-Award Ceilings and Scrapping the Mandatory Execution-Project Review
After the 25 June Council of Ministers, the government approved a sweeping overhaul of the Public Procurement Code: higher direct-award limits, up to €150,000 for public works, the end of the mandatory execution-project review, and a shift from formal controls to 'trust with accountability'.
