working group on small and medium enterprises proposal for a working plan for 2005
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Working Group on Small and Medium Enterprises
Proposal for a working plan for 2005
Topic: Identifying innovative methods to promote participation from SMEs in public procurement Examples:
- Combinatorial procurement auctions- Small business set-asides- Electronic auctions- …..- …..
Activities
Step 1: Identifying a set of innovative methods to facilitating entry from SMEs in public procurement
Step 2: Assessing the potential for applying these methods in EU public procurement. What are the pros and cons of different methods?
Step 3: Documenting the findings in a report at the end of 2005
Specifics
Presentation of 2-3 short cases at each meeting describing experiences with novel procurement methods.
Example: The Swedish National Road Administration recently tested combinatorial bidding in the awards of some 60 contracts for the updating of road markings on national roads with a good result: new and small firms submitted bids.