Activities of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/0438(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement
Amendments (52)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) where no tenders or no suitable tenders or no requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission or the national oversight body designated according to Article 84 where they so request.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where the aim of the procurement is the creation or obtention of a work of artn for artistic reasons contract may be awarded only to a particular economic operator;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by force majeure, the time limits for the open, restricted or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with; the circumstances invoked to justify extreme urgency must not in any event be attributable to the contracting authority;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. CMember States may stipulate that contracting authorities may purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay also provide for the possibility for contracting authorities to have recourse to centralised purchasing activities offered by central purchasing bodies established in another Member State.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 11, Member States may stipulate that contracting authorities may award public contracts jointly with contracting authorities from differentother Member States mayif: (a) the jointly award of the public contracts by using one of the means described in this Articl is justified due to the cross-border nature of the contract; or (b) the public contract is co-financed by contracting authorities from different Member States; or (c) the public contract is of innovative nature.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 5
Article 38 – paragraph 5
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Several contracting authorities from different Member States may purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body located in another Member State, if those Member States provided for the possibility referred to in Article 35 paragraph 2 and all the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are fulfilled. In that case, parties shall conclude an agreement that determines which national provisions shall apply to the procurement procedure.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 6
Article 38 – paragraph 6
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 7
Article 38 – paragraph 7
7. OMember States may stipulate that one or more contracting authorities may award individual contracts under a framework agreement concluded by or jointly with a contracting authority located in another Member State, provided that the framework agreement contains specific provisions enabling the respective contracting authority or contracting authorities to award the individual contracts.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 9
Article 38 – paragraph 9
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Public contracts may be subdivided into homogenous or heterogeneous lots. Forlots. For supply and services contracts with a value equal to or greater than the thresholds provided for in Article 4 but not lessEUR 500 000 and for works contracts with a value equal to or greater than EUR 510 000 000, determined in accordance with Article 5, where the contracting authority does not deem it appropriate to split into lots, it shall provide in the contract notice or in the invitation to confirm interest a specific explanation of its reasons.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 3
Article 44 – paragraph 3
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 4
Article 55 – paragraph 4
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 55 – paragraph 5
Article 55 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that contracting authorities and economic operators can easily obtain information and assistance with regard to the application of this Article through the liaison point provided for in Article 88.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 59
Article 59
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The most economically advantageous tender referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 from the point of view of the contracting authority shall be identified on the basis of criteria linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question. Those criteria shallmay include, in addition to the price or costs referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, also other criteria linked to the subject- matter of the public contract in question, such assuch as for example:
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) quality, including technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics, accessibility, design for all users, environmental characteristics and innovative characteraspects, after-sales service and technical assistance, delivery conditions (delivery date, delivery process and delivery period or period of completion);
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) for service contracts and contracts involving the design of works, the wherever the quality of the staff is of crucial importance for the performance of the contract ,organisation, qualification and experience of the staff assigned to performing the contract in question may be taken into consideration, with the consequence that , following the award of the contract, such staff may only be replaced with the consent of the contracting authority, which must verify that replacements ensure equivalent organisation and quality;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) internal costs, including costs relating to acquisition, such as production costs, use, such as energy consumption and use of other resources, maintenance costs, and end of life, such as collection and recycling costs and
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) external environmental costs directly linked to the life cycle of the product, provided their monetary value can be determined and verified, which may include the cost of emissions of greenhouse gases and of other pollutant emissions and other climate change mitigation costs.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 67 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the data required can be provided with reasonable effort by normally diligent economic operators;
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 67 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 67 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) it is verified by a widely/commonly recognised international organisation or agency dealing with issues related to standardisation of environmental and economic methodologies.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Whenever a common methodology for the calculation of life-cycle costs is adopted as part of a legislative act of the Union, includingcovering among others environmental externalities has been made mandatory by dea legated acts pursuant to sector specific legislatislative act of the Union, it shall be applied where life-cycle costing is included in the award criteria referred to in Article 66(1).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Contracting authorities shall require economic operators to explain the price or costs charged, where allif at least one of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the price or cost chargedindicated in a tender is more than 50 % lower than the average price or costs of the remaining tenders
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) the price or cost indicated in a tender is at least 40 % lower than the price or cost estimated with due diligence by a contracting authority, taking into consideration due taxes;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the price or cost charged is more thanindicated in a tender is at least 20 % lower than the price or costs of the second lowest tender;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 2
Article 69 – paragraph 2
2. Where tenders appear to be abnormally low for other reasons, contracting authorities may also request such explanations, indicating the areas with regard to which the price is abnormally low.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The contracting authority shall verify the information provided by consulting the tenderer. It may only reject the tender where the evidence does not justify the low level of price or costs charged, taking into account the elements referred to in paragraph 3.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 69 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Contracting authorities shall reject the tender, where they have established that the tender is abnormally low because the price or costs indicated in a tender does not cover costs of manufacturing a product, providing services or carrying out works which are the subject matter of the public contract, taking into consideration economic conditions, and in particular if it does not comply with obligations established by Union legislation in the field of social and labour law or environmental law or by the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 2
Article 71 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide that at the request of the subcontractor and where the nature of the contract so allows, the contracting authority shall transfer due payments directly to the subcontractor for services, supplies or works provided, as well as any remaining costs, to the main contractor. In such case, Member States shall put in place appropriate mechanisms permitting the main contractor to object to undue payments. The arrangements concerning that mode of payment shall be set out in the procurement documents.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 71 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 71 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States may decide that the contracting authority may exclude a subcontractor indicated by the tender if: (i) the subcontractor does not fulfil criteria for selection envisaged for a tender; (ii) the subcontractor is not capable to properly fulfil its part of the contract. Terms of participation in a procedure and capacity of a subcontractor to properly fulfil its part of the contract are assessed proportionally to the part of the contract awarded to the subcontractor, on the basis of criteria for qualitative selection indicated in Articles 55 and 56.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 73
Article 73
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place appropriate procedurrules for the award of contracts subject to this Chapter, ensuring full compliance withtaking into account the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators and allowing contracting authorities to take into account. The rules shall take into consideration the specificities of the services in question.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 84
Article 84
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 85 – paragraph 2
Article 85 – paragraph 2
The contracting authorities shall document the progress of all procurement procedures, whether or not those are conducted by electronic means. To that end, they shall document all stages in the procurement procedure, including all communications with economic operators and internal deliberations, preparation of the tenders, dialogue or negotiation if any, selection and award of the contract.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 86 – paragraph 1
Article 86 – paragraph 1
1. The bodies established or appointed in accordance with Article 84competent bodies of Member States shall forward to the Commission an implementation and statistical report on each year, based on a standard form, not later than 31 October of the following year.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 86 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 86 – paragraph 4
Article 86 – paragraph 4
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 87
Article 87
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 88 – paragraph 3
Article 88 – paragraph 3
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 88 – paragraph 4
Article 88 – paragraph 4