{"id":921223,"date":"2026-04-15T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djya2ldob4.wpdns.site\/?p=921223"},"modified":"2026-10-20T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:45:43","slug":"the-european-public-procurement-reform-is-imminent-what-the-consultation-data-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cqop.com\/en\/news\/the-european-public-procurement-reform-is-imminent-what-the-consultation-data-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"The European public procurement reform is imminent: what the consultation data reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The European Commission is preparing to revise the procurement directives. The results of the public consultation, presented by DG GROW to the European Parliament, confirm several of the central arguments in the current debate \u2014 from the \u2018once only\u2019 principle to \u2018Buy European\u2019. Here is what emerges.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

With more than 1,037 responses collected<\/strong>, 97% from EU and EEA countries, the public consultation on the revision of the Public Procurement Directives<\/strong> \u2014 launched by the European Commission through the Directorate-General for the Internal Market (DG GROW) \u2014 has produced a rich and nuanced picture. The results were presented to the IMCO Committee of the European Parliament in March 2026, at a moment when the debate on reform is becoming increasingly concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nRead the results of the EC consultation<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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Topics with broad cross-cutting consensus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n

For those working in the procurement sector, reading these data carefully means anticipating the changes that are about to reshape the rules of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1037 responses received<\/th>97% from EU and EEA countries<\/th>80% answered the optional technical questions<\/th>14 % of EU GDP represented by public procurement<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among the priorities that emerged most strongly, two stand out for their strategic weight and coherence with the current debate: the once only<\/em> principle<\/strong> and the preference for European goods and services (Buy European<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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Once only and Buy European <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n

87%<\/strong> of respondents \u2014 the highest percentage among all simplification measures proposed \u2014 recognised a high simplification potential in the reuse of documentation already submitted by tenderers<\/strong>, avoiding the need to reproduce the same information for every single tender procedure. The \u2018once only\u2019 principle is the institutional response to this problem: collect once, reuse always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

All groups of European respondents expressed support above 80%<\/strong> in favour of giving priority to European goods and services in procurement procedures<\/strong>. The preferred option is the expansion of non-price criteria \u2014 social, environmental, resilience, innovation and Made in Europe criteria \u2014 with 92% of support. This is followed by the definition of selection criteria linked to European origin (85%) and, finally, the exclusion of tenderers from third countries not bound by trade agreements with the EU (supported by more than two thirds of respondents).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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What do respondents expect from \u2018Buy European\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n