Activities of Fiona HALL related to 2011/0439(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
Amendments (5)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Public procurement plays a key role in the Europe 2020 strategy as one of the market-based instruments to be used to achieve a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth while ensuring the most efficient use of public funds. For that purpose, the current public procurement rules adopted pursuant to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts have to be revised and modernised in order to enable procurers to make better use of public procurement in support of sustainable development and other common societal goals, thereby increaseing the efficiency of public spending, by ensuring best value for money, and to facilitatinge in particular the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement and to enable procurers to make better use of public procurement in support of common societal goals. There is also a nee. There is also a need to simplify the Directives, particularly with regard to how sustainability objectives can be incorporated into public procurement, and to clarify basic notions and concepts to ensure better legal certainty and to incorporate certain aspects of related well- established case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Electronic means of information and communication can greatly simplify the publication of contracts and increase the efficiency and transparency of procurement processes. They should become the standard means of communication and information exchange in procurement procedures. The use of electronic means also leads to time and resource savings. As a result, provision should be made for reducing the minimum periods where electronic means are used, subject, however, to the condition that they are compatible with the specific mode of transmission envisaged at Union level. Moreover, electronic means of information and communication including adequate functionalities can enable contracting authorities to prevent, detect and correct errors that occur during procurement procedures.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to encourage the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the procurement market, Member States should fully implement the European Code of Best Practices Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts. Furthermore, it should be provided explicitly that contracts may be divided into lots, whether homogenous or heterogeneous. Where contracts are divided into lots, contracting entities may, for instance in order to preserve competition or to ensure security of supply, limit the number of lots for which an economic operator may tender; they may also limit the number of lots that may be awarded to any one tenderer.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 76 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Costs mayshall be assessed, at the choice of the contracting entity, on the basis of the price only or using a cost- effectiveness approach, such as a life-cycle costing approach, under the conditions set out in Article 77.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall appoint a singleensure that an independent body responsible for the oversight and coordination of implementation activities (hereinafter ‘the oversight body’) is in place. Member States shall inform the Commission of their designation.