European Public Procurement Policy aims to create competitive, non-discriminatory public procurement markets in the European Union so as to enable the procurement of goods and services to move freely, thus ensuring value for money for taxpayers and consumers of public services and fostering the competitiveness of European suppliers in domestic and world markets.
The public procurement regime in the EU establishes specific procedures to guarantee that procurement contracts above a certain value are awarded in a competitive, transparent and non-discriminatory manner. However, procurement policy is not only about imposing constraints on awarding authorities. It is also about providing the necessary incentives for suppliers to actively pursue contract opportunities in markets outside their national boundaries. Transparency is key in this respect