Activities of Fiona HALL related to 2011/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on modernisation of public procurement
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals to the European Commission to present a thoroughgoing legislative initiative on public procurement which will bring more flexibility, transparency and certainty to the sector and thus avoid frequent reforms in the future, which is the main reason for high costs and administrative burdens for participants, which significantly and disproportionately narrow SME access to public contracts, calls in particular on Member States to fully implement the European Code of Best Practices Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals to the European Commission to present a thoroughgoing legislative initiative on public procurement which will bring mor and in-depth reform of the existing public procurement directives which should simplify procedures and increase flexibility, transparency and certainty to the sectorfor both parties to procurement and thus avoid frequent reforms in the future, which is the main reason for high costs and administrative burdens for participants, which significantly and disproportionately narrow SME access to public contracts;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Furthermore, urges the Commission to conduct a survey across the 27 Member States to assess the rate for cross-border bids with a view to evaluating the pertinence of current thresholds and potentially raise the thresholds to make cross-border bidding more attractive;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recognises that the current distinction between "A" and "B" services is out-of- date as some of the B services clearly are of cross-border interest, e.g. water and rail transport, recruitment and security services; thus invites the Commission to revise the annexes in its reform of public procurement rules; however, believes core social services should remain a "B" service exempt from EU public procurement rules;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that public procurement can be used as a driver of innovation and energy efficiency and can stimulate the market for sustainable products and services; supports the steps taken towards ensuring that these areas are taken into account by public authorities in their contract- awarding criteria, and stresses the importance of dialogue and mutual understanding between the public and R&D sectors;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. RecogniEndorses the conclusions on the 4th February European Council calling on Member States to include energy efficiency standards in public procurement as of 1 January 2012; stresses that the up-front cost of energy- efficient and sustainable products or services may come into conflict with public procurement rules concerning the use of the ‘lowest price’ criterion in the award of contracts, butis compensated by lower operating, maintenance or disposal costs; highlights that introducing the life-cycle costs approach into public procurement will enable public authorities to achieve considerable savings; considers that simplified rules could be introduced to allow contracting authorities to measure costs in relation to the energy- saving potential of a given product or service; calls on the Commission to analyse whether it is appropriate to introduce mandatory Green Public Procurement targets for Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that future EU public procurement legislation should reinforce existing provisions which require that energy-efficiency and sustainability criteria be applied when deciding on the award of a public contract without hampering the free competition rules; such an approach can stimulate innovation and diversification of the offer on the market; stresses that use of public procurement policy to support other key EU policies such as climate change, energy efficiency or innovation should be preceded by proper impact assessments to avoid overregulation of the sector;