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  • 16 JUNE 2023
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

The English edition of the open-access book "Public Procurement, Theory, Practices and Tools"

With support of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, VNG, VNO-NCW and the Dutch Competence Centre on procurement PIANOo Expertisecentrum Aanbesteden, this book has been published open access, meaning that the digital version of the book can be read free of charge.

  • EC Content
  • 21 JUNE 2021
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

Guidance on Innovation Procurement

The purpose of this Notice is to offer practical guidance on innovation public procurement. It is not legally binding. While the Notice occasionally paraphrases the provisions of EU legislation, it is not meant to add to or diminish the rights and obligations set out in that legislation. Insofar as the Notice could be understood as interpreting EU legislation, it warrants stressing that only the Court of Justice of the European Union is competent to give a legally binding interpretation of EU law. Available in all languages.

  • EC Content
  • 25 MAY 2021
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

Buying Social Guide

This Guide offers support in covering the social dimension of sustainable public procurement. Public procures can make a major contribution to sustainable development by using their purchasing power to opt for goods and services that deliver positive social outcomes.

  • 28 FEBRUARY 2020
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

Driving change through public procurement - A toolkit on human rights for policy makers and public buyers

This Toolkit helps public procurement policy makers, buyers, and contract managers implement measures in public procurement to ensure suppliers respect human rights. It contains a range of practical examples of how this is already been done around the world across all stages of the procurement lifecycle.

  • 29 MARCH 2016
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

Buying green! – A handbook on green public procurement

Green Public Procurement (GPP) is an important tool to achieve environmental policy goals relating to climate change, resource use and sustainable consumption and production – especially given the importance of public sector spending on goods and services in Europe. This handbook is designed to help public authorities successfully plan and implement GPP. It explains the possibilities offered by European Union law in a practical way, and looks at simple and effective approaches to greening contracts. The handbook follows the logic and structure of a procurement procedure. It also gives many