Spanish public procurement model for Social Enterprises Cristian - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Spanish public procurement model for Social Enterprises Cristian Rovira, EuCIE’s President Inclusive Enterprise Europe EASPD Annual Conference 2019 - Bucharest

Spanish public procurement model for Social Enterprises: 1. Why is public procurement important to improve Social Enterprises and employement of people with disabilities? 2. Spanish public procurement model for Social Economy 3. How the system could be improved to maximise the goals

1. Public procurement to improve social enterprises and employment of people with disabilities v Public spending can account for 15% to 20% of a country’s GDP v No policy is cheaper than giving jobs to people with disabilities v No job policy is cheaper than public procurement v It demonstrates Government sensibility v More effective public expenditure v It stimulates social awareness markets

2. Spanish public procurement model for Social Economy Directives 2014/24/EC on public procurement came into force on March 2018 v Simplify v Equal Opportunities v Social Economy & Disability

2. The Spanish Model of public procurement for the Social Economy Simplify v The Administration can launch preliminary market consultations and request the collaboration of businesses in order to better prepare a tender v Open simplified procedure that will not require provisional guarantee v Involving the presentation of offers, the use of the European Single Procurement Document will be mandatory for several procedures v Flexible solvency requirements will be introduced

2. The Spanish Model of public procurement for the Social Economy Equal Opportunities v Elimination of the procedures negotiated without publicity, motivated by their lack of transparency v Creation of an innovation partnership procedure aimed at developing new innovative products, services or works v The Administration will also monitor that subcontractor do not default on payments , making it necessary to register subcontractor invoices in an electronic register v Introduce best price-quality criteria (not only economic values)

2. The Spanish Model of public procurement for the Social Economy Social Economy & Disability v The purpose of the Law already contemplates that it has to facilitate access to public procurement for Social Economy Entities or Social companies v Social and environmental criteria must be incorporated transversally in all contracts v Possibility of reserving some contracts for social , cultural and health services to Social Economy companies and entities v Mandatory reservation of contracts for Insertion Companies and Inclusive Enterprises according to their definition and requirements under the new law v It is expressly contemplated that social agreements by social entities shall be excluded from the strict requirements of the contract law

3. How the system could be improved to maximize the goals v Give higher score to companies that work with groups at risk of exclusion v Force subcontraction of a part of the service to social enterprises v Create a public-private authority to control social clauses

Cristian Rovira crovira@eucie.org @cristian_rovira www.linkedin.com/in/cristianrovira