Activities of Frank ENGEL related to 2011/2048(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Modernisation of public procurement (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on modernisation of public procurement PDF (366 KB) DOC (266 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the exclusion of service concessions from the scope of European procurement rules; notes the Commission’s intention to propose separate legislation on service concessions; takes the view that this should be dealt with in the review of the directives only in order to avoid any further fragmentation of the legislationreiterates that due account must be taken of both the complexity of the procedures and the differences between the Member States in terms of legal culture and practice with regard to service concessions; takes the view that the process of defining the term ‘service concession’ and establishing the legal framework governing such concessions has evolved as a result of the 2004 public procurement directives and the CJEU’s supplementary case-law; insists that any proposal for a legal act dealing with service concessions would be justified only with a view to remedying distortions in the functioning of the internal market; points out that such distortions have not hitherto been identified, and that a legal act on service concessions is therefore unnecessary as long as it is not geared to an identifiable improvement in the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that, in order to develop the full potential of public procurement, the criterion of the lowest price should be removed, and that in principle there should be only one option for the award of contracts:no longer be the determining factor for the award of contracts and that it should in general be replaced by that of the most economically advantageous tender –, including the entire life-cycle costs of the relevant goods, services or works – should be chosen;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Advocates thatassessing whether the negotiated procedures with prior announcement be allowed as a standardEU wide publication might be allowed beyond what current directives foresee; underlines that the negotiated procedure in its current form is the least transparent of all procurement procedures; accordingly takes the view that further safeguards against abuse should be introduced in the form of requirements for written documentation; urges the Commission to include more flexible provisions for framework agreements in the directives; if any extension of the scope of the negotiated procedure should be envisaged further safeguards against abuse should be introduced, e. g. an obligation of a contracting authority to establish at least some minimum conditions regarding the performance of the procedure to any bidder at the outset, as is the case also in sound private procurement, and to set up requirements for written documentation;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its insistence on the systematic admission of alternative bids (or variants), as they are crucial to promoting and disseminating innovative solutions; stresses that specifications referring to performance and functional requirements and the express admission of variants give tenderers the opportunity to propose innovative solutions, particularly in highly innovative sectors such as ICT;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks that very careful consideration be given to the legally binding requirements of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, should the issue of thresholds crop up when the directives are reviewed; emphasises that given the difficulties that already exist in negotiations on the issue of access to public procurement, it should also be borne in mind that raising thresholds in Europe could quite easily lead to further complications for EU trade policy;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Proposes that self-declarations be allowed where feasible, and that original documents be requested only from the shortlisted candidates or the successful tenderer, whilst avoiding any delays or market distortions caused by incorrect declarations; asks the Commission to promote the option of a ‘procurement passport’, preferably in the form of a standardised electronic registration system at national level, since a passport of this kind would demonstrate that an operator has the declarations and documentation that are requested; believes that this would save considerable time and costs;