In the next part of the paper, the CD procedure is examined in different respects. In each case, large parts of the Directive’s content have been repeated ‘word for word’ only minor parts have been reworded and/or restructured. In order to implement the Directive, both lawmakers have set up a new and distinct piece of legislation. This paper describes how the Directive has been implemented into the laws of two member states: the UK and the Netherlands.

The call for a new procedure resulted in CD. Over the last decades, projects were becoming more and more complex, and the existing EC procedures were no longer

It is set out in Article 29 of the 'Public Sector Directive' 2004/18/EC. Competitive Dialogue (CD) is a new contract award procedure of the European Community (EC).