Open AccessPublic procurement and Covid-19 in Portugal: the particular case of the acquisition of institutional publicity related to the pandemic disease
Author(s) -
Marco Caldeira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of public procurement markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2184-3813
DOI - 10.54611/atlb7375
Subject(s) - publicity , decree , procurement , subsidy , government (linguistics) , business , pandemic , payment , covid-19 , public administration , law , political science , disease , finance , marketing , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy , pathology
In addition to several other exceptional legal measures adopted in regard to public procurement related to the pandemic of the disease Covid-19, the Government also enforced a specific regime for the acquisition of institutional publicity related or associated to Covid-19. However, this framework (set forth in article 2nd-B of Decree-Law no. 10-A/2020, of March 13, added by Decree-Law no. 20-A/2020, of May 6) is highly problematic and raises several issues, as, under the “cover” of a procurement regime, it is actually a direct public subsidization to the social media market, with a full upfront payment based on grounds of “urgency” that does not seem compatible with the public procurement rules.