EP Plenary adopts provisions on procurement
In April, several legislative proposals including provisions on public procurement were adopted.
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Publication of call for tenders “Innovation Procurement Hubs”
Deadline for receipt of tenders: 20/8/2024. For more information: EU Funding & Tenders Portal | EU Funding & Tenders Portal (europa.eu)
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
The Public Buyers Community Platform celebrates one year of reshaping the European procurement landscape
The Commission marks the first anniversary of the Public Buyers Community Platform, a tool to help improve procurement practices across Europe.
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Procure Innovation EU - Level 2 Training Programme
Procure Innovation EU - Training Programme registration for Level 2 is now open. If you are a decision maker interested in taking your procurement of innovation strategy to the next level, register to our upcoming workshop.
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- Procure Innovation EU
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Socially responsible public procurers kick off community of practice in Big Buyers Working Together
The Big Buyers Working Together project launched in January its Community of Practice on Social procurement. This group will focus on using their purchasing power to contribute to social policy goals.
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- Social Procurement
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Big Buyers Working Together kicks off Community of Practice on Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles
Last January, the Big Buyers Working Together project kicked off its Community of Practice focusing on the public procurement of vehicles used for the delivery of environmental services, particularly street cleansing and waste collection.
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- Heavy Duty Electric Vehicles
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Webinar to introduce Building Information Modelling (BIM) in procurement procedures
The online session, hosted by the European Commission's DG GROW, will be held on 21 May.
- European commission
Commission opens two in-depth investigations under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the solar photovoltaic sector
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
Procure Innovation EU launches a Training Programme about Strategic Procurement for Public Buyers
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- Procure Innovation EU
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Big Buyers Working Together: Join the Annual Event!
The Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) team is organising its first in-person Annual Event 2024. Let's strengthen the bonds of our innovation procurement community across the EU. Mark your calendar!
Council and Parliament strike a deal to ban products made with forced labour
The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting in the EU market products made with forced labour.
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- European commission
Prior Information Notice on upcoming Innovation Procurement Hubs tender is available
To all interested potential service providers, please be aware of the Prior Information Notice for the upcoming Innovation Procurement Hub tender it contains important information
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Facilitating the access of startups and SMEs to the public procurement market
Learn about the session on Facilitating the access of startups and SMEs to the public procurement market that will take place as part of the conference on innovation procurement hosted by the Belgian Presidency
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Commission launches first investigation under Foreign Subsidies Regulation
European Commission launches first investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
Report now available: The Future of Sustainable Public Procurement – Legal Possibilities and Obligations (Main Conclusions of UU Meeting)
What lies ahead for sustainable public procurement in the European Union? Will the law move from possibilities to mandatory sustainability requirements? How is this development taking shape in light of the EU Green Deal? How to asses it and what to think of it?
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Kick off meeting with consortium to provide buyers and decision makers with strategic public procurement training took place
SILO, in collaboration with Escuela21, has been awarded a contract to provide strategic procurement trainings for public buyers and decision makers.
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Strategic public procurement workshop in Italy on 18 January 2024
The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Italy took place on 18 January 2024 in Rome, hosted by the National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC).
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- Public Procurement Dialogues
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS) Co-creation sessions: focusing on services for the PPDS Community
Learn more about the key outcomes of the European Commission's 5th Co-creation session for the PPDS, held on 14 December 2023.
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- AgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste management
- European commission
Social procurement gets a Community of Practice in Big Buyers Working Together
Public buyers increasingly see the potential of procurement to contribute to social policy goals and use the purchasing of goods, works and services to ensure positive social outcomes. As a result, for the first time, the Big Buyers Initiative will have a community of practice on socially responsibl