Every day, more than 250,000 public buyers make public procurement decisions that determine how taxpayers’ money is spent across critical sectors – from construction to healthcare to food. Those decisions – representing EUR 2.5 trillion annually or 16% of the EU’s GDP – shape which products and technologies are rewarded across the Single Market.
Amid intensifying global competition and environmental challenges, public procurement can strengthen the bloc’s competitiveness, promote resilient and responsible supply chains and accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral economy.
Led by ECOS, 50+ organisations across industry, civil society, and public buyers are calling on the European Commission to put forward a Public Procurement Act that secures strategic, resilient and value-based procurement.
The outcome of the most recent public consultation confirmed it: public spending must be turned into strategic value creation – for citizens and businesses.
We urge policymakers to deliver a Public Procurement Act that restricts price-only awarding and rewards the best performers, while equipping public buyers with the tools and capacity to implement the rules effectively.
Aligning procurement policy with Europe’s broader objectives – as defined in the political mandate of the Clean Industrial Deal – is essential to ensure that public investment delivers lasting benefits for the economy, society and the environment
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