Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) participation in public procurement is still very limited compared to their role in national economies, where they represent 99% of all businesses. Several barriers make it difficult for SME to participate in and win tenders.
The Public Procurement Use Case aims to identify the limiting factors faced by SME when accessing public procurement and provide the tools to assess the impact of modifying them. These tools would support both the EU and national policy makers on the promotion of SME in public procurement, as well as contracting authorities willing to enhance the participation of SME in their tendering procedures, and also SME themselves in the identification of those procedures where they are most likely to succeed.
This session training will focus on three key elements:
- The tools to evaluate and estimate the participation and success of SME in public procurement procedures.
- The use of the the Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS) as an essential data source.
- How the Use Case leverages groundbreaking technology developed by CyclOps.
The session will be delivered by Alba Colomer Padrosa, Public Procurement Expert, and Maria Font Sánchez, Expert Engineer, both at NTTDES.
