Ibec members' consultation on public procurement

Ibec is seeking input from business is being sought on areas for reform or improvement, current issues or problems in public procurement. Input received will form a key part of our communication/interaction with Government in 2014. Part of this will involve the publication of a new position paper on public procurement, which will allow members to put forward clear examples ideas for improving the public procurement process in Ireland.

A consultation document has been drafted to highlight areas that members have raised with as well as identifying areas where views from our members would be particularly welcome.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Public procurement reform in general;
The new Office of Government Procurement;
Terms & conditions being sought (e.g. indemnity, liability etc);
Administrative burden;
Aggregation of contracts;
Use of framework contracts;
Consortia;
Barriers affecting SMEs;
EU directives;
Promoting innovative procurement;
Promoting public procurement as an export market;
International experience of public procurement, which could be applied in an Irish context.

Views can be submitted to aidan.sweeney@ibec.ie.

Ibec_ProcurementConsultation_2013.pdf - 669 Kbytes

Wednesday, 18 December 2013