The EU has published its ‘AI Continent Action Plan’ (COM(2025)165). The Plan aims to enhance the EU’s AI capabilities by promoting initiatives around five key areas. One of those key areas concerns the promotion of AI in strategic sectors and, in particular, in the public sector and healthcare. The Plan includes some high level initiatives … Read more
The extent and limits to the Commission’s duty to assess the compatibility of State aid measures with other rules of EU internal market law, and public procurement rules in particular, continues to heat up (see earlier comment here). According to the Court’s press release, today’s Opinion of AG Medina in Austria v Commission (Centrale nucléaire … Read more
When it comes to IT procurement, “time is money” is an understatement. For many organizations, the procurement process eats up six to nine months — an expensive exercise in a time of digital transformation, when both tech agility and organizational leadership define business success. That’s why the CIO of today is no longer solely a … Read more
Supply chain operations are often stymied by inefficiencies that result in higher costs, longer lead times, and dissatisfied customers. These inefficiencies stem from manual processes that slow operations down, data silos that worsen decision making and a lack of visibility into supply chain activities, including procurement. By implementing cutting-edge AI solutions into supply chain operations, … Read more
The UK Government has today published its AI Opportunities Action Plan, focused on “Ramping up AI adoption across the UK to boost economic growth, provide jobs for the future and improve people’s everyday lives”. The plan heavily focuses on public sector AI adoption and formulates a series of recommendations to boost AI procurement. In this … Read more