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The new EU legal framework for e-procurement:
Expectations and Prospects
Conference ‘E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects’
11 May 2005 Rome
Julia Ferger European Commission
Public Procurement Policy/e-procurement
Overview
• Introduction
• The new EU legal framework for electronic public procurement
• The Action Plan for e-procurement
• Recommendations
Public procurement in the EU
Expected benefits of e-procurement
• lower prices
• lower administrative costs
• faster procedures
• increased competition - higher number of tenderers, increased market access
• higher transparency of process
• less possibilities for abuse
The new EU legal framework for e-procurement
ELECTRONIC MEANS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING with PAPER
ALL THE DIRECTIVES’ RULES APPLY
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES: NON-DISCRIMINATION, EQUAL TREATMENT, TRANSPARENCY AND FAIR COMPETITION
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS SET FOR:Communicating and receiving offers electronically
FULLY ELECTRONIC PROCEDURES ALLOWED
NEW PURCHASING PRACTICES: Framework agreements, Dynamic Purchasing Systems, Electronic Auctions
FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL FRAMEWORK
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
Scope of EU procurement rules
Contracting
Ordering Billing
Monitoringof
Contract
Outside the scope of EU
procurement Directives
E-commerce Directive
Electronic Signature
E-invoicing Data protection
Tender Notification
Contract specification
BiddingReceipt of
offers
Offer evaluation
Contract award
Choice oftender procedure
Thresholds/Rules of aggregation
Shorter
time-limits for online notices and e- access
to tender
Documents
New standard forms
for publication
in OJEU
Online bidding (e-auctions)
Data integrityConfidentialityNon- discriminationAuthentication
AutomatedSelection
andAward
Electronic Purchasing Methods
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
TimetableMay 2000 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE PROPOSED BY THE
COMMISSION- CLASSIC DIRECTIVE (SUPPLIES, SERVICES, WORKS)- UTILITIES DIRECTIVE
Feb 2004 FINAL ADOPTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
Apr 2004 ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NEW DIRECTIVES
Dec 2004 ADOPTION OF ACTION PLAN ON E-PROCUREMENT (2005-2007)
31 Jan 2006 TRANSPOSITION BY MEMBER STATES (21 months)
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
General framework
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
Action Plan: Objectives
• Ensure a well functioning Internal Market in electronic public procurement
• Achieve greater efficiency in procurement, improve governance and competitiveness
• Work towards international framework for
e-procurement
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
Action Plan: Tools
• Interpretative Document (May 2005)
• Functional requirements report and learning demonstrators (published)
• Common tools
• Awareness, exchange, promotion of common understanding and best practice
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005
Recommendations
• Political commitment
• Legal framework
• Organisation
• Technical aspects
• Economic aspects
E-procurement: prospects, challenges and opportunities Rome 11 May 2005
THANK YOU
Action Plan on e-procurement
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/publicprocurement/e-procurement_en.htm
E-procurement and Public Spending: Status, Opportunities and Prospects Rome 11 May 2005