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RSSThe new EU public procurement system, entering into force on 18 April 2016, will open up fresh opportunities for public authorities to spur eco-innovation by using new award criteria in contract notices that place more emphasis on environmental considerations.
To increase transparency in public procurement opportunities, an online machine translation service will be available, free of charge, for all public procurement notices published in Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) from 15 January 2016. This service will be available from and to all 24 EU official la
Today, the European Commission adopted the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) that will considerably reduce the administrative burden for companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who want to have a fair chance at winning a public contract.
Few activities create greater temptation or offer more opportunities for corruption than public procurement, which generates significant financial flows (€2 trillion in the EU annually).
Since 18 April 2016, three directives on public procurement and concessions adopted in 2014 have profoundly changed the way Member States and public authorities spend a large part of the €1.9 trillion used on European public procurement every year.
The report of the High Level Group on Retail Competitiveness outlines the views of the Group on how to improve the competitiveness of the EU retail sector.
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