Activities of Thomas HÄNDEL related to 2011/2048(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on modernisation of public procurement
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that public procurement is a key market based instrument geared to the needs of society which plays a role in fostering sustainable employment and working conditions;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of including skills and training requirements in contract specifications as a long term strategy; stresses however, that these actions must be relevant to the subject matter of the contract, be proportionate, and not economically disadvantageous and take into account the total life cost;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that a change in procurement practices should seek to simplify procurement rules and thus facilitate socially oriented and innovative public procurement;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the Green Paper does not use the opportunity to clarify the divergent views on public procurement in relation to the posting of workers and make it clear that posted workers are covered by the wage agreements agreed with the trade unions recognised for collective bargaining purposes, and the corresponding minimum working conditions, in force in their host company or host administrative area;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to make it clear that, as a fundamental principle and in all cases, additional obligations relating to the social, environmental and/or innovative aspects of the execution of the contract should be imposed on contractors provided such requirements are materially connected to the object of the contract and arise from the tender specifications;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that public contracts are only awarded to undertakings that undertake in writing, when submitting their tender, to ensure that any temporary workers within the meaning of the Temporary Agency Work Directive employed in connection with the performance of the contract are paid the same as their regular staff members for doing the same work;