MEPs support public procurement passport to ease tendering journey for SMEs

Source: Supply Management

A passport that could make tendering for public procurement contracts easier and less costly for small firms, has won the support of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

An internal market committee of MEPs approved a non-legislative resolution that calls on the European Commission to promote an EU-wide passport that proves the holder complies with EU rules on public procurement.

The public procurement passport would make tendering less complicated for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee, which voted on the resolution recently. It was in response to the commission’s green paper to revise EU public procurement rules, published in January.

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