EU Sets New Rules to Simplify Public Tenders
- On Wednesday in Brussels, The European Commission proposed a Public Procurement Act replacing existing directives with a single regulation and creating a digital marketplace connecting tender systems across all 27 member states.
- Public procurement accounts for around 15% of European GDP, yet falling competition and limited SME participation prompted The Commission to streamline processes by reducing award procedures from five to three.
- Quality criteria must account for at least 30% of contract scores, rising to 50% for labour-intensive work, while buyers may now consider whether a supplier is European as part of evaluation.
- The European Commission estimates the new rules could save €650mn annually in administrative costs, with the proposal now moving to The European Parliament and The Council for consideration.
- A new procedure for buying innovative solutions will support the European Innovation Act, though the digital marketplace framework currently lacks a specific budget and technical standard for implementation.
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The European Commission's initiative comes with the aim of making procedures simpler, more flexible and more effective in a strategic market that accounts for around 15% of the European Union's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
In order to preserve its industrial base, Europeans need a strategy that drives demand more strongly – especially when the state spends money. The reform of EU public procurement law does exactly that.
EU proposes simpler public tender rules, 'Buy European' criteria to cut foreign dependence
The European Commission has proposed new rules for public tenders that would create an EU-wide platform to improve access and slash paperwork for companies, and give EU governments the option to exclude bids based on EU content criteria.
The Commission proposes mandatory quality criteria for public procurement that in practice favour European companies.
The European Commission wants to give preference to companies in the Old Continent in access to public procurement. "We are giving public buyers the opportunity to buy European," said Executive Vice President Stéphane Séjourné, presenting the reform of the sector. "But in the new regulation "on which the comparison with Parliament and Council will start" there are also [...] The article In the EU regulation on procurement proposed by Brussels no…
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