1. Panel debate Public Procurement
The Voice of Construction Crafts and SMEs in Europe
Panel debate Public Procurement
Riccardo Viaggi
Secretary General
15th November 2012 – SME ASSEMBLY

2. European Builders Confederation The Voice of Construction Crafts and SMEs in Europe
Established in 1990
22 members & partners
2 million construction SMEs
Exclusively crafts and SMEs

3. The Construction Sector
99,9% of enterprises in the EU construction sector are SMEs
92% MICRO-ENTERPRISES
SMEs produce 80% of the
sector’s turnover

4. The Challenges for SMEs in PP
Size of tenders
Negotiated procedures
Disproportionate technical & financial requirements
Administrative burdens
Conditions of subcontracting
Payment delays

5. What SMEs need now… TRUE COMPETITION / LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD
Division of contracts into lots / Apply or explain
No to excessive flexibility and negotiation
Exclusion of abnormally low tenders
Knowledge and training in public authorities
ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION
Apply ‘only once’ principle for submission of documents
Self-certification
Limit disproportionate technical/financial requirements
FAIR AND TIMELY PAYMENTS
Direct payment of subcontractors
Diminish the pressure on subcontracting companies
True application of late payments directive – including for public works

6. Find our position and replies on www.eubuilders.org
Riccardo Viaggi
Secretary General EBC
The Voice of Construction Crafts and SMEs in Europe