Contents1 The reform of Directive 2014/24/EU: A call for a full and nota marginal reform 1Willem A. Janssen, Kirsi-Maria Halonen, and François LichèrePART I REFLECTING ON THE SCOPE OF THE DIRECTIVE2 Expanding the scope of EU public procurement law:Realigning the Classic Directive with its internal market logicwhile improving its fit with strategic procurement? 11Albert Sanchez-Graells3 Fine-tuning the definition of "contracting authority" forincreased precision and clarity 25Miguel Assis Raimundo4 Reforming the rules on public-public cooperation: Towardslegal certainty for Article 12 of Directive 2014/24/EU? 38Willem A. JanssenPART II IMPROVING AND FOSTERING COMPETITION5 Cooperation between economic operators in tendering 53Kirsi-Maria Halonen and Kris Wauters6 Strengthening exclusion grounds in EU public procurementfor greater fairness and transparency 68Dacian C. Dragos7 Simplification by introducing smarter submitting andsupplementing rules 83Martin Burgi and Caroline Schulte Oestrich8 Framework agreements: How to deal with the CJEU forcedcontractualization 102Mario E. Comba9 Digitalisation and competition: Proposals for upcomingpublic procurement reform 117Gabriella M. Racca10 (Choice of) award procedures: Past, present and future 133Steven Van Garsse11 Of many sticks and one mutant carrot: The new externaldimension of EU public contracts 149Roberto CarantaPART III THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT12 Environment and public procurement: Proposals for aligningEU law with the European Green Deal 169Penelope Giosa13 Public procurement as a stronger leverage for social justice? 185Nicolas Gabayet14 Access for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprisesand subcontracting 202François Lichère and Cédric Bernard15 Innovation and public procurement - the need for the law tomatch the policy demands 216Pedro Cerqueira Gomes16 Reforming procurement for crisis: Proposals for simplified,collaborative and equity responses 232Annamaria La ChimiaPART IV EXPANDING THE RULES ON CONTRACTPERFORMANCE17 Modification of directives and contract modifications: Article72 of Directive 2014/24/EU revisited 251Piotr Bogdanowicz18 To terminate or not to terminate 264Ezgi Uysal.