Download This PaperThe Promotion of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Public Procurement: A Strategic Objective of the New Public Sector Directive?
Chapter in François Lichère, Roberto Caranta and Steen Treumer (eds.) Modernising Public Procurement: The New Directive (Djøf: Copenhagen, 2014), at 255-280
18 Pages Posted: 2 Nov 2016
Date Written: June 27, 2014
Abstract
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) are at the heart of the economies of all Member States. However, their share of public contracts is often deemed insufficient. Four main ‘innovations’ of the new EU public sector procurement Directive 2014/24/EU are directed at increasing the participation of SMEs in public procurement: the division of contracts into lots, the European Single Procurement Document, the limitations of requirements for participation, and direct payments to subcontractors. This paper provides a legal analysis of these innovations.
Keywords: Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME), 2014 EU procurement Directives, division into lots, ESPD, limiting participation requirements, direct payments
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