Electronic Public Procurement

Introduction

Public procurement is a key sector of the EU economy accounting for about 16% of GDP. Modernising and opening up procurement markets across borders – including through the expansion of electronic procurement - is crucial to Europe's competitiveness and for creating new opportunities for EU businesses.

Using information technology appropriately can contribute to reducing costs, improving efficiency and removing barriers to trade, which will ultimately result in savings for taxpayers. The Directives adopted in March 2004 as part of the public procurement legislative package provide a legal framework aimed at boosting the development and use of electronic procurement.

The Commission has issued an Action Plan in order to help Member States implement the Directives correctly, so as to release the full potential of electronic public procurement. Read the press release.

Communication - Action Plan for e-procurement

13.12.2004	Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Action plan for the implementation of the legal framework for electronic public procurement

Explanatory Document on the requirements for electronic public procurement - Commission Staff Working Document

15.07.2005	Press release
	Requirements for conducting public procurement using electronic means under the new public procurement Directives 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC

Report on Functional Requirements for conducting e-procurement under the EU framework - external study for the Commission (IDABC programme)

Functional requirements for e-procurement – consultant report Vol. I (main requirements)
Functional requirements for e-procurement – consultant report Vol. II (additional details)

New Standard forms for the publication of procurement notices

The forms are available in all EU languages at the SIMAP website at: www.simap.eu.int.

New Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

• Press Release (28.11.2007)

Commission Regulation adopted on 28 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) N° 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) and Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards the revision of the CPV

The Commission Regulation was published in the O.J. and it shall apply 6 months later. Additional tools for clarifying the modifications adopted to the CPV will be published here soon.

• Correspondence tables 2003-2007 and 2007-2003
  (5 - 6 MB)
• Amendments to the CPV codes or descriptions of annex I to regulation (EC) no 2151/2003
  • Table A - Table of new and existing CPV codes associated with a new description
  • Table B - Table of new and revised CPV codes associated with an existing description
  • Table C - Table of deleted CPV codes of annex I to regulation EC/2151/2003
  • Table D - Table of deleted descriptions of annex I to regulation EC/2151/2003
    (2,5 - 3 MB)

Feasibility studies

09.2008	'eCertificates': Preliminary study on the electronic provision of certificates and attestations usually required in public procurement procedures
	- Final Report
	- National Country Profiles
11.2007	eCatalogues in electronic public procurement (Final report)
	Vol. I – eCatalogues: Report on the state of play
	Vol. II - eCatalogues: Report on standardisation activities
	Vol. III – eCatalogues: Report on preliminary functional requirements
09.2007	Electronic transmission of public procurement notices for publication (Final report )
	Vol. I - Electronic transmission of public procurement notices for publication
	Vol. II – Country profiles
	Vol. III – Analytical framework
09.2007	Compliance Verification in electronic public procurement (Final report)

Extended Impact Assessment - Commission Staff Working Document

13.12.2004

Commission Staff Working Document: Impact Assessment of the Commission on an Action Plan on electronic public procurement

Extended Impact Assessment - External study for the Commission

December 2004	Country reviews (extract from Extended Impact Assessment - Baseline Analysis)
December 2004	Baseline Analysis - Consultant Report Vol. 1	[1.2 MB]
December 2004	Baseline Scenario - Consultant Report Vol. 2

Commission e-Procurement Survey

23.10.2008	Commission launches survey to assess up-take and experience of practitioners
	Press release Survey Privacy statement The survey closed on 12th January 2009.
13.09.2004	Public Consultation by the Commission - Press release
17.01.2005	Results of the consultation

State of the Art report - external study for the Commission

July 2004	Case studies on European electronic public procurement projects – consultant report Vol. I
	Case studies on European electronic public procurement projects – consultant report Vol. II

Other information

• High Level Group on administrative burdens
  • High Level Group on administrative burdens
  • Opinion on Public Procurement (10.12.2008)
• European Action Plan on e-signatures and e-identification
  • More information can be found on the websites of DG DIGIT/IDABC and DG Information Society
• IDABC e-signatures, IDABC eSig-Web
• IDABC - eProcurement
  • Learning demonstrators
  • Data models (XML)
• IDA's eProcurement workshop "Paving the way for European Interoperability", 11th May 2004, Brussels
• eProcurement forum at EU ePractice site
• Multilateral Development Banks - Electronic Government Procurement Website 
  • International Survey of e-Procurement Systems (May 2007) (PDF - 1 MB)
• PEPPOL cross-border pilot project
  • 'Public Procurement for the future', Oslo conference, 18-20 May 2009
    • Conference presentations
    • Keynote speech by B. Carsin, DG Internal Market & Services
  • PEPPOL (Pan-European Public Procurement On-Line)
  • Press release