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Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality8. As of January 2015 all purchases of standardized ICT equipment should be centralizedand enacted using the E-procurement platform.9. Provide an action plan of major ICT projects in key public sector policy areas (e.g., socialsecurity, employment, justice, health, energy, tourism, finance) ensuring compatibilitywith the e-Gov and ICT strategies (April 2014).10. Set up a central inventory of national and international evaluators of ICT professionalsqualified to participate in the evaluation of bids of ICT projects. The evaluators' databaseestablished under Horizon 2020 could provide a good basis for the establishment of such adata base (April 2014).2.7. Avoiding waste and increasing quality through sound publicprocurementImportant fiscal savings and higher quality purchases can be realised by sound public procurementprocesses. The reforms aim at i) making the Single Public Procurement Authority, the newly createdprocurement watchdog, fully operational; ii) establishing an e-procurement platform and mandatinggradually its use by the public administration; iii) increasing the share of supplies and servicestendered through Central Purchasing Bodies, including by the use of framework contracts and iv) atcodifying and simplifying all public procurement legislation.2.7.1.1. Single Public Procurement Authority (SPPA)The Government adopts any necessary steps and provides the appropriate resources so that the SPPAensures coordination and coherence of the functioning of the Central Purchasing Bodies, of the reformof the Greek public procurement regulations and of the e-procurement framework with the overallpublic procurement system and strategy (continuous).2.7.1.2. Increasing the efficiency of procurement processes.The Government moves towards more centralised procurement, including in the field of healthprocurement, services and supplies (including civil supplies and services for defense not falling underthe scope of Directive 2009/81 on procurement in the fields of defense and security). It also startsbuilding a system of statistics in the field of procurement, uses framework contracts and reviews thepublic procurement legislation including works, supplies and services.In particular, the Government:Reform of public procurement legislation:1. Undertakes to adopt by May 2014, in close consultation with the Commission Services, areform of the public procurement legislation including works, supplies and services underthe coordination of the SPPA with a view to:i. Simplifying, streamlining and consolidating the body of public procurementlegislation.ii.iii.Rationalising the administrative structures and processes in public procurement todesired procurement results in terms of efficiency and efficacy.Improving national review procedures, including the reduction of delays triggeredby the redress system and assessing the role to confer to the SPPA in the area ofredress (remedies and judicial protection).174
Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy ConditionalityCentral Purchasing Bodies (CPB):2. Adopts a reorganisation and staffing plan for the General Secretariat of Commerce,corresponding to its new functions as a Central Purchasing Body (May 2014).3. Revises the currently applicable Unified Public Procurement Programme with a view to:i. Submitting a proposal to the European Commission for the designing of a revisedUnified Public Procurement Programme, by identifying the supplies and servicesthe procurement of which is subject to central purchasing ('what'), the bodies andentities ('who') as well as the procedural and administrative arrangements ('how')for the operation of the revised Unified Public Procurement Programme (April2014);ii.iii.Enacting the appropriate legislation implemented the revised Unified PublicProcurement Programme as designed under (i) above, and rendering its usemandatory by other Ministries for their supplies and services procurement needs.(August 2014).Applying the revised Unified Public Procurement Programme to cover publicprocurement needs of 2015 (October 2014).4. Monitors compliance of Ministries and other bodies with the requirement to make use ofcentrally managed framework agreements (continuous).5. Promotes awareness and facilitates use of centrally managed framework agreements byother Ministries and agencies (continuous).6. The CPB:i. Following the identification of three categories for procurement via frameworkcontracts, and the publication of their contract notices, awards the relevantcontracts by June 2014.ii.iii.Ensures that framework agreements awarded under (i) above include clauseswhereby the providers selected should be able to implement them and set uparrangements for the call-down procedures within two months from the entry intoforce. The Ministries should be provided the supplies and services under theseframework agreements within four months from their entry into force(continuous).Revises the list of categories of supplies and services to be procured under thecentral purchasing scheme depending on the needs of public sector (includingcentral government units and bodies). This list should be presented to andconsulted with the European Commission and include in any event militarypurchases of standardised civil supplies – including fuel - and services (notfalling under the scope of Directive 2009/81 on procurement in the fields ofdefence and security). This list should also identify the areas where furtherframework agreements should be entered into with a view to increasing efficiencyand responding cost-effectively to recurrent needs (June 2014).2.7.1.3. E-procurementThe execution of the action plan for e-procurement will be closely monitored in cooperation with theCommission services. In particular, the Government:1. Publishes monthly a report on the number of contract notices on supplies, services andworks and on the number of contracting authorities uploading information on the portal(continuous).175
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