Responsible Public Procurement

Project facts

Project promoter:
Public Procurement Office (PPO)(SK)
Project Number:
SK-GOVERNANCE-0003
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€1,449,998
Other Project Partners
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(FR)

Description

Programme outcome the project contributes to: “Increased application of the Value for Money principle in public procurement”.

The pre-defined project will contribute to a more effective system of public procurement, mainly through strengthening of the application of the value for money principle including the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criteria in international cooperation with the OECD as well as possibly with other institutions from the donor states.  The project includes following activities: 

  • Functional review of the Public Procurement Office and the existing public procurement legislation and methodology, 
  • Appraisal of risk areas in the procurement processes and practice of the PPO
  • The existing methodology, guidance and practical tools to achieve value for money (VfM) in the procurement process; 
  • An analysis of the current working practices of Public Procurement Office (PPO) vis-à-vis the Contracting Authorities,
  • Elaboration of specific methodology, in cooperation among the PPO, the OECD, and the professional chambers
  • Pre-tender market consultations 
  • MEAT criteria 
  • Green procurement, social aspects in public procurement and the procurement of innovations in connection with MEAT criteria 
  • Workshops, training and promotion of application of the above mentioned,
  • Transfer of best practices in two specific sectors, transport and health, in cooperation between the Public Procurement Office (PPO) and the OECD,
  • A list of possible measures based on world-wide best practices from which a strategy could be developed,
  • Workshops with relevant experts directed to specific groups of people to share best practices in selected areas in line with the main topics,
  • New web portal with relevant information from public procurement area,
  • A number of professional workshops will be organized by the PPO for Slovak contracting authorities per year.

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