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In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations (2023)
Report
Butler, L. (2023). In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations. British In Vitro Diagnostic Association

This White Paper examines the procurement of in vitro diagnostics (“IVDs”), specifically, commonly used test kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research has been commissioned by the British In Vitro Diagnostic Association (“BIVDA”). The White Pap... Read More about In Vitro Diagnostic Test Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations.

Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis? Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
Book
Arrowsmith, S., RA Butler, L., La Chimia, A., & Yukins, C. (Eds.). (2021). Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis? Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Hart Publishing

This timely book provides the first systematic analysis of global public procurement regulation and policy during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Through both thematic chapters and national case studies, this book: - explores the adequacy of tr... Read More about Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis? Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.

An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail? (2018)
Journal Article
Butler, L. (2018). An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail?. Public Procurement Law Review, 6, 251-278

Examines the operation of rail franchise procurement in the UK. Reviews key aspects of such franchising, its legal framework, whether the process is open to competitive tendering or direct awards, and the rules on publication of opportunities, consul... Read More about An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail?.

Rail Franchises, Competition and Public Service (2018)
Journal Article
Prosser, T., & Butler, L. (2018). Rail Franchises, Competition and Public Service. Modern Law Review, 81(1), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12315

The use of franchises to deliver rail services has raised major problems. Franchises restrict competition in the market, whilst competitive bidding for franchises has met with difficulties, notably in relation to risk transfer and the recent use of s... Read More about Rail Franchises, Competition and Public Service.

Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market (2017)
Book
Butler, L. R. A. (2017). Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market. Cambridge University Press (CUP). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335987

This volume constitutes the first ever attempt to establish a basis for comparative research on defence procurement regulation. For decades there has been repeated emphasis on the extent to which barriers to trade in Europe and the US prevent a more... Read More about Transatlantic Defence Procurement: EU and US Defence Procurement Regulation in the Transatlantic Defence Market.

The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products (2017)
Journal Article
Butler, L., & Trybus, M. (2017). The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products. Common Market Law Review, 54(2), 403-441

Whilst the Internal Market has been operational for decades, the free movement of defence products within the EU has been restricted by national licensing practices. Member States have treated “intra-EU” transfers as equivalent to third country expor... Read More about The internal market and national security: Transposition, impact and reform of the EU Directive on Intra-Community Transfers of Defence Products.