What are the latest LCSP reforms?

Ok, let's give it a more human and less "instruction manual":

The Public Sector Contract Law, or LCSP for friends, is the one that sends throughout the roll to hire things from the administration in Spain. He has had more touch -ups than an Instagram photo, but the great face washing came with Royal Legislative Decree 3/2011. And be careful, after that he has not stopped changing, everything to adjust to what Europe asks and the new troubles that arise both in the government and in the companies that make treatment with him.

In 2017, the LCSP went through sheet and paint with Law 9/2017. That reform was to put in our system the European directives 2014/23/EU and 2014/24/EU - basically, so as not to be outdated with respect to Europe. And yes the panorama changed: now the public money is supposed to be better used, there is more transparency (at least, in theory), competition is encouraged and SMEs are easier to get into the tenders game.

One thing that attracts the attention of that reform is that they put social and environmental criteria in tenders. That is, not only is it worth it cheap, also tells if you are "good people" and take care of the planet. And not only that, they also created the figure of the “Contractor profile”, which is like the official bulletin board where everything that has to do with the contracts is hanged, so that anyone can take an eye. And, of course, the matter was digitized a bit, which was time.

More novelties: new hiring procedures were invented, such as the Association for Innovation (Sounds at Startup, right?) And another competitive negotiation. They also changed how the estimated value of a contract is calculated and gave an important wigf to the minor contracts, those that previously sneaked in cover.

The 2017 reform was not forgotten to tighten the controls in the execution of the contracts. For example, now you have to explain well why a contract is not divided into several lots (to avoid scams, it is supposed). Ah, and they regulated better the concessions and put clear rules for people service contracts.

And then 2020 arrived, the year of Covid. There was another batch of changes, almost emergency, so that the administration could react quickly to the crisis. Basically, the doors were opened to hire in express mode and to be able to modify contracts already signed if the situation demanded it.

Anyway, that LCSP reforms have gone to try to make all public procurement more transparent, competitive and open, especially for SMEs. But be careful, this is not for: surely more changes are coming. So, if you are doing this issue, you better be attentive, because the thing is alive and place.