Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2011/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on modernisation of public procurement
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appeals to the European Commission to present a methoroughgoing legislative initiativedical revision onf public procurement which will bring more simplicity, flexibility, transparency and legal 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; asks for the Commission to include non- legislative initiatives to accompany the revision, such as a platform for exchange of best practises between Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes a strengthened dialogue between public procurers and potential bidders, without compromising on transparency, non-discrimination and competition, will lead to better results, and calls on the Commission to explore the options for making this part of the procurement process;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for public procurement to be anchored in the "think small first" principle, making the contract awarding procedures more accessible to SMEs; calls on the European Code of Best Practises Facilitating Access by SMEs to Public Procurement Contracts should be taken into account in the revision;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that public procurement can be used as a driver of innovation and, energy efficiency and other key policy areas as identified in the EU2020 strategy and 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, however, that it is important to keep an eye on the extra administrative costs this may carry for businesses and the public authorities, and should be preceded by proper impact assessments, as well as individual SME tests, to avoid excessive red tape;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that introducing mandatory prescriptions for innovation or excessively detailed technical specifications regarding, for instance, the energy performance of the subject of a public contract risk restricting competition and the choices of contracting authorities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the initiative taken by some Member States to adapt the US Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) model to the EU context by supporting innovation using pre-commercial procurement where contracts are offered that develop solutions to specific challenges identified by public services; Notes that excessive demands and technical prescriptions in the public procurement process may produce excessive administration, thus hampering innovation; believes public procurement instead should focus on function and the end results;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that future EU public procurement legislation should reinforce existing provisions which require that energy-efficiency 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;