Since July 2024, buyers publishing certain procurement notices (eforms) on etenders must indicate whether or not their competitions include green, innovative or social procurement. A series of questions prompt buyers to choose the most appropriate answer. Most questions have follow-up questions which must also be answered. In the main, answers are selected from a dropdown menu tied to each question. The below guidance illustrates how the questions and answers available for selection relate, including which questions trigger follow-up questions that must be answered. The guidance complements existing video guidance available on eTenders demonstrating the mechanics of creating and completing procurement notices. Note: To answer these questions correctly, buyers when planning their procurement should consider the strategic procurement areas called out in the notices. Information to assist buyers in this can be found here and through our GPP Criteria Search tool.
Strategic Procurement - Mechanics of completing - 29 August 2024
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eForms Implementing Regulation 2023/2884 provides for the introduction on public procurement notices of new data fields relevant to strategic public procurement, SME participation and clean vehicles. Member States are obliged to implement these fields.
In 2023, following cross-Government consultation on adapting eforms for use nationally, the importance of capturing information on strategic public procurement and leveraging the new eforms to support transparency and reporting was evident. This lead to a decision to make certain new fields Mandatory and/or Conditionally Mandatory for completion.
Public buyers are now required to call out on some procurement notices the strategic procurement aspects of their competitions and planned procurements. This will make it easier for buyers to identify relevant competitions and support reporting nationally and to the European Commission and policy-decision making. Both above and below threshold notices will require public buyers to complete new fields on some notices.
A small number of fields (23 fields across 14 notices) have been adapted for use nationally. The number of adapted fields to be completed varies from notice to notice. Most adaptations apply to the Contract Award Notice for use in the Classical and Utilities regimes. No adaptations have been implemented on notices relevant to the Defence and Concessions Directives. The Annex below sets out the content of all procurement notices covered by the eForms Implementing Regulation with national adaptations highlighted. Refer to the legend in the file for help on reading the Annex.
The amended eforms are now available on eTenders. Video guidance is available here to support the completion of procurement notices.
Policy-related queries on the changes outlined above should be directed to: eforms@ogp.gov.ie .
Technical queries should be directed to support@ogp.gov.ie .
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