European stakeholders are providing a set of guidelines for public authorities and contracting parties to support the introduction and use of Green Public Procurement. Published in 2004, Buying Green! is a 40 page and 6 chapter handbook explaining in concrete terms how environmental considerations can be integrated into procurement procedures, public legal constraints and including concrete [...]
OGC did a tremendous job detailing and drawing, online and publically, its 15-step procurement process, here. Though it is dedicated to Public Procurement purposes, I consider this site as a Must to browse: it is clear, bold and sharp. A reference to bookmark.
Below are the 15 steps (including 4 to 10+ sub-steps) for which you [...]
All useful links, text and legislation about Public Procurement in the European Union are now available here, in several languages. It took me some time to find it back… as many changes on EU official websites occurred lately.
Public procurement is the process whereby public authorities – national or local government departments and their dependent bodies [...]
Are you using standard pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) to identify the most suitable suppliers to invite to tender for contracts?. PQQ, widely used in the Public Sector, was a strong recommendation on how public sector bodies can improve small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to the Government marketplace. Actually, PQQ brings – if used properly [...]
Looking for a website enabling you to identify quickly EU Public RFx|Tenders (OJEC notices) matching your company business? I got many requests from visitors to give an overview of the market on this topic. Soooo, here are the ones I know, their links and some information about each of them. I sorted them out according [...]
This article has been published the 20th of April on www.tmcnet.com. It’s interesting to see how Public bodies are appreciating e-Auctions and to hear finally that reverse auctions are not only about the cheapest price… if the buyer wants so.
The OGC is once again encouraging local authorities to use reverse auctions to buy products but [...]
A MUST read if you are dealing with Public bodies: ” the requirements for conducting public procurement using electronic means under the new public procurement directives”.
The European Commission has published a document that explains and interprets the rules on electronic public procurement (e-procurement) that are part of the new public procurement Directives (2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC). [...]
This is an executive summary of what ‘principles and tresholds of EU Procurement Regulations’ are. All details can be found on EU Public Procurement website
Public companies and bodies in Europe are required to comply with the procurement regulations set out by the European Union. EU Regulations have three main principles:
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It’ amazing to see how much the Public bodies got involved in e-Sourcing and e-Procurement initiatives. It’s of course related to their massive indirect and non strategic spends which are very appropriate to experiment and generate short term saving. In UK, The OGC has issued in 2005 a compelling guide (66 pages) to e-Procurement for [...]
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