Michael Burnett

EU Public Procurement Expert and Audit Committee Member Solihull Metropolitan Council (UK)

Michael Burnett’s public procurement expertise includes procurement audit, complex procurements using Competitive Dialogue and the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation,  contracts and contract management

He is currently a member of the Audit Committee of Solihull Metropolitan Council (Solihull, UK) with responsible for the scrutiny and oversight of internal and external auditors and was formerly in a similar role Chair of a London Borough Council’s Audit Panel.

He was for six years a member of the European Commission Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement,

He is currently a member of the OECD’s Auditors Alliance, most recently (Spring 2021) contributing a video to their strategic foresight platform on how audit oversight and scrutiny committees can contribute to the quality of public sector audit. He also contributed an article on audit scrutiny and oversight for the European Court of Auditors journal in 2021.

He has been a member of the European Procurement and PPP Law Review’s Editorial Board since 2007, publishing widely on public procurement issues. He is the author of “PPP – A decision maker’s guide” (2007) and (with Martin Oder) “Competitive Dialogue and Negotiated Procedures – A practical guide” (1st edition 2010, 2nd edition, 2015).

His most recent book is “Public Sector Procurement Audit – A Practical Guide” (with Peter Braun) was published by EIPA in 2020.