Market consultation is a powerful and efficient procedure to maximise value for money in public procurement. The latest EU procurement directives specifically encourage and allow early engagement between procurement officers and suppliers in order to...

This event, taking place the 7 December in London, will focus on precarious labour in the electronics industry and explore ways in which public sector buyers can help protect the rights of workers in unreliable and often abusive forms of...

On 10 August, the European Commission published new Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for furniture, covering new furniture products as well as refurbishment and end-of-life services (such as collection and reuse), updating Criteria issued in...

The eafip Workshop for innovation procurement in public construction is open to all public procurers (ministries, regional and local authorities, agencies, public utility entities, etc.) and will be held in the Old Town Hall in Prague, Czech...

On 19 October 2017, the second international Congress on Circular Procurement, co-organised by the European Commission (Directorate-General for the Environment), the Estonian Presidency of the EU, Rijkswaterstaat from the Netherlands and ICLEI- Local...

The 3rd Major eafip Event will take place in the Kosmos IMAX in Tallinn, Estonia, on 17th and 18th October 2017. This EU-wide event will be co-hosted by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, and will be one of the key events...