The move will save more than £80 billion (100 billion euros) from the £1.6 trillion (2 trillion euros) annual spend across the EU the EC says in a new report. According to the EC, organisations that have already implemented e-procurement save between 5% and 20% of their procurement costs.
E-procurement can also fuel economic growth, create jobs and make the tendering process more transparent, says the EC.
However, the commission says the EU is lagging behind both its own targets and internationally. E-procurement is still used in only 5-10% of procurement procedures carried out across the EU despite ambitious political targets.
Procurement commissioner Michel Barnier wants to see action now, saying e-procurement represents a significant untapped potential for the EU economy. “It can simplify the way procurement is conducted, reduce burdens and costs, increase the participation of SMEs and deliver better quality and lower prices. The sooner the transition is initiated, the sooner we will reap the benefits offered by e-procurement," he said.
The EC's Digital Agenda for Europe and the eGovernment Action Plan 2011- 2015 highlighted the importance of connecting e-procurement capacities across the single market and called for it to be the standard method of procurement in the EU by mid-2016. Putting its buying where its mouth is the EC says it will move towards full e-procurement by mid-2015, 12 months before its deadline for member countries.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Tim Hampson
Quelle/Source: UKauthorITy, 01.05.2012
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