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1 Government at a Glance 2015
2 Size of public procurement Strategic public procurement E-procurement Central purchasing bodies 135
3 Size of public procurement Public procurement refers to the purchase by governments and state-owned enterprises of goods, services and works and represents a significant amount of government expenditure. In 2013, governments spent, on average, 29% of the total general government expenditure on public procurement compared to an average level of 30% in As public procurement accounts for a substantial portion of the taxpayers money, governments are expected to carry it out efficiently and with high standards of conduct in order to ensure high quality of service delivery and safeguard the public interest. The size of public procurement varies across OECD countries, ranging from less than 20% of the general government expenditureingreeceandportugaltomorethan35%in countries such as Estonia, Korea and Japan. In terms of GDP, OECD countries reported an average share of 12.1% spent on public procurement in 2013; however, some countries such as Ireland and Switzerland spent less than 10% of their GDP on public procurement whereas in countries such as Finland, France, Japan, the Netherlands and Sweden the figure was higher than 15% of their GDP. Allocating government expenditures efficiently and strategically could help to generate fiscal space, which in turn could enable the realization of fiscal savings or reallocation of resources. Public procurement at the state and local levels accounts on average for 63% of total procurement spending across OECD countries. In general, federal states report high level of sub-central government spending on procurement, as evidenced by Canada (87%) and Belgium (84%). Nonetheless, unitary states should also direct their efforts to increase efficiency in public procurement at the sub-central government levels as high levels of sub-central government spending on procurement are observed in countries such as Italy (78%), Finland (70%) and Japan (68%). Methodology and definitions The size of general government procurement spending is estimated using data from the OECD National Accounts Statistics (database), based on the System of National Accounts (SNA). General government procurement is defined as the sum of intermediate consumption (goods and services purchased by governments for their own use, such as accounting or information technology services), gross fixed capital formation (acquisition of capital excluding sales of fixed assets, such as building new roads) and social transfers in kind via market producers (purchases by general government of goods and services produced by market producers and supplied to households). Government procurement here includes the values of procurement for central, state and local governments. The sub-central component refers to state and local governments. Social security funds have been excluded in this analysis, unless otherwise stated in the notes (however Figure 9.3, Government procurement as a share of total government expenditures, 2007, 2009 and 2013 and Figure 9.4 Government procurement by levels of government including social security funds, 2013 are available online at dx.doi.org/ / and / respectively). State government is only applicable to the nine OECD federal states: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Spain (considered a quasi-federal country), Switzerland and United States. Public corporations were also excluded in the estimation of procurement spending. Further reading OECD (2015), Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement, OECD, Paris. OECD (2014), Going Green: Best Practices for Green Procurement, OECD, Paris. OECD (2013), Implementing the OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement: Progress since 2008, OECD Public Governance Reviews, OECD, en. Figure notes 9.1: Data for Chile and Turkey are not available. Data for Colombia and Russia are for 2012 rather than : Data for Australia, Chile and Turkey are not available. Local government is included in state government for the United States. Social security funds are included in central government in Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Data for Colombia are for 2012 rather than Information on data for Israel: 136
4 Size of public procurement 9.1. General government procurement as percentage of GDP and as share of total government expenditures, Netherlands Korea Japan New Zealand Estonia Czech Republic Australia Germany Israel Canada Slovak Republic Finland United Kingdom Sweden Iceland OECD UWA OECD WA Luxembourg Hungary Poland Norway France United States Austria Belgium Denmark Switzerland Spain Ireland Slovenia Mexico Italy Portugal Greece Colombia Latvia Russia As percentage of GDP (%) As share of total government expenditure (%) Source: OECD National Accounts Statistics (database). Data for Australia are based on a combination of Government Finance statistics and National Accounts data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics General government procurement by level of government, 2013 % 100 Sub-central government Central government CAN BEL ESP ITA DEU CHE Source: OECD National Accounts Statistics (database). FIN JPN MEX SWE USA DNK OECD WA FRA POL NLD AUT OECD UWA KOR CZE ISL NOR EST GBR SVN LUX SVK HUN PRT IRL ISR GRC NZL COL LVA
5 Strategic public procurement While efficiency and cost effectiveness are among the primary objectives of public procurement, governments are also increasingly using it to pursue additional secondary policy objectives. Secondary policy objectives could include promoting sustainable green growth, the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation, standards for responsible business conduct or broader industrial policy objectives, through their procurement policies. The vast majority of OECD countries surveyed use public procurement as a tool to implement policies or strategies to foster secondary policy objectives. In fact, 30 of them (94%), including Chile, Germany and Japan, have developed strategies or policies to support green public procurement, SMEs and/or innovative goods and services. Only two OECD countries Estonia and the Slovak Republic have never developed a public procurement strategy or a policy to address secondary policy objectives at the central level. In sharp contrast, the number of OECD countries that report measuring the results of their strategies or policies to promote environmental or socio-economic objectives is significantly lower and exhibits differences between the policy objectives. Among the OECD countries surveyed who have a strategy or policy developed at the central level or by procuring entities (line ministries), 20 OECD countries (69%) including Belgium, Portugal, Sweden and the United States measure the results of their strategy or policy to support green public procurement. 18 OECD countries (62%), in particular, Australia, Poland, and Slovenia, measure the results oftheirstrategyorpolicytosupportsmes.only11oecd countries (39%) including Canada, Korea and the United Kingdom measure the impact of their policy or strategy to foster innovative goods and services. For those countries that are not measuring the results of their strategies, the main challenges include the lack of data, as mentioned by, among others, Greece and Germany. Other countries such as Chile mentioned the lack of an appropriate methodology to measure the impact of their policies supporting green public procurement and SMEs. Furthermore, insufficient incentives to measure the effect of policies and the lack of financial resources were mentioned as constraints. In this context, the absence of a legal requirement was also signalled as a factor hindering the measurement of green procurement and support for innovative goods and services policies. For instance, Mexico and Norway acknowledged the absence of legal requirement as the factors constraining the pursuit of these measurements. Methodology and definitions Data were collected through 2014 OECD Survey on Public Procurement. 32 OECD countries responded to the survey, as well as Brazil, Colombia and Russia, accession countries. Respondents to the survey were country delegates responsible for procurement policies at the central government level and senior officials in central purchasing bodies. Secondary policy objective refers to any of a variety of environmental and socio-economic objectives such as green growth, the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, innovation or standards for responsible business conduct achieved through the use of public procurement. Governments increasingly use procurement as a policy lever to support such objectives, in addition to the primary objectives of public procurement: delivering goods and services necessary to accomplish government mission in a timely, economical and efficient manner. Green public procurement is defined by the European Commission as a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured. Innovative (goods/services) are those characterized by a new or significantly improved product or process. For an innovation to be considered as such, it needs to have been implemented, which is interpreted as having been introduced on the market. Further reading OECD (2015), Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement, OECD, Paris. OECD (2013), Implementing the OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement: Progress since 2008, OECD Public Governance Reviews, OECD, Paris, / en. OECD (2014), Procurement Green Procurement, Figure notes 9.5: Data unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. In November 2014, the Norwegian Parliament decided that green public procurement will once again be under the responsibility of the Agency for Public Management and egovernment (Difi). 9.6: Data unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. Estonia, Norway and the Slovak Republic are not included for the figure on support for green public procurement since policies or strategies for strategic public procurement have not been developed or have been rescinded. For the same reason, Estonia, Iceland and the Slovak Republic are not included for support for SMEs and Estonia, Greece, Iceland and Slovak Republic for support for innovative goods and services. 138
6 Strategic public procurement 9.5. Development of strategic public procurement by objective, 2014 Green public procurement Support to SMEs Support to innovative goods and services Australia Austria Belgium Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States OECD total A strategy/policy has been developed by some procuring entities A strategy/policy has been developed at a central level A strategy/policy has been rescinded A strategy/policy has never been developed Brazil Colombia Russia Measuring results of strategic public procurement s policies/strategies, 2014 No 31.0% No 37.9% No 60.7% Chile Iceland Greece Germany Australia Germany Finland Support for green public procurement Ireland United States United Kingdom Luxembourg Greece Denmark Chile Poland Norway Mexico Norway Canada Turkey Sweden Switzerland Spain Austria Support for SMEs Support for innovative goods and services Slovenia Portugal Luxembourg Japan Luxembourg Portugal Mexico United States Sweden Ireland Sweden Turkey United Kingdom Germany Hungary Switzerland New Zealand Switzerland United States Finland Spain Australia Austria Yes 69.0% Yes 62.1% Yes 39.3% Denmark Slovenia Slovenia Belgium Austria Portugal Canada Poland Denmark Netherlands Belgium Finland France Netherlands New Zealand Poland Chile Belgium Canada France Hungary Italy Japan Korea Hungary Ireland Mexico France United Kingdom Australia Italy Japan Korea Italy Korea Netherlands New Zealand Turkey Spain 139
7 E-procurement The use of digital technology in the public sector is a driver of efficiency and supports the effectiveness of policies by enabling more open, transparent, innovative, participatory and trustworthy government. In this light, the use of e-procurement, defined as the use of information and communications technologies in public procurement, not only increases efficiency by facilitating access to public tenders, thereby increasing competition and decreasing administrative burdens, but can also improve transparency by holding public authorities more accountable. All OECD countries that responded to the survey announce procurement opportunities and provide tender documents through their e-procurement systems. Moreover, 94% of them are mandated by law to announce procurement opportunities and 78% to provide tender documents through their e-procurement systems, such as in Belgium, Mexico and Portugal. Functionalities at the beginning of the procurement cycle, in particular publishing of procurement plans (84%), electronic submission of bids (84%) and e-tendering (84%), are provided in most OECD countries surveyed. In contrast, functionalities related to the end of the procurement cycle (except for notification of award (94%)) are provided by a smaller number of OECD countries. For example, fewer countries, in particular Austria, Denmark and New Zealand, provide e-auctions (in e-tendering) (63%), ordering (66%), electronic submission of invoices (56%) and ex post contract management (41%) through their e-procurement systems. Furthermore, the majority of the countries that provide these functionalities in their e-procurement systems are not obliged to do so by law, with the exception of electronic submission of invoices. The main challenge faced by both procuring entities and potential bidders and suppliers to use e-procurement systems are low knowledge and skills of ICT (44%) as mentioned by Hungary, Poland and the United States, among other OECD countries who responded to the survey. Low innovative organisational culture (41%) and low knowledge of the economic opportunities raised by e-procurement systems (34%) were identified as additional challenges for procuring entities as evidenced in countries including Greece, and Spain. Related to potential bidders and suppliers, 13 OECD countries including Canada, Italy and Slovenia identified difficulties to understand or apply the procedures and difficulties in the use of the functionalities as additional challenges (41%). Methodology and definitions Data were collected through 2014 OECD Survey on Public Procurement that focused on strategic public procurement, e-procurement, central purchasing bodies, and public procurement at regional levels. Some 32 OECD countries responded to the survey, as well as Brazil, Colombia and Russia. Respondents to thesurveywerecountrydelegatesresponsiblefor procurement policies at the central government level and senior officials in central purchasing bodies. E-procurement refers to the integration of digital technologies in the replacement or redesign of paper-based procedures throughout the procurement cycle. Public procurement cycle refers to the sequence of related activities, from needs assessment, through competition and award, to payment and contract management, as well as any subsequent monitoring or auditing. More data on countries providing functionalities in e-procurement systems (Table 9.7) is available online at Further reading OECD (2015), Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement, OECD, Paris. OECD (2013), Implementing the OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement: Progress since 2008, OECD Public Governance Reviews, OECD,Paris, / en. Figure notes 9.7: Data unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. See Statlink for information on more functionalities. 9.8: Data unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. The challenges for understanding or applying the procedure and for the use of functionalities are faced only by potential bidders/suppliers. 140
8 E-procurement 9.7. Functionalities provided in e-procurement systems, 2014 Mandatory and provided Not mandatory but provided Not provided Announcing tenders Electronic submission of bids (excluding by s) e-tendering Notification of award Electronic submission of invoices (excluding by s) AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHL, DNK, EST, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, IRL, ITA, KOR, LUX, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA BEL, CHL, EST, FRA, GRC, ITA, MEX, PRT, USA BEL, CAN, CHL, EST, GRC, IRL, ITA, MEX, CHE, USA AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHL, DNK, EST, FIN, DEU, GRC, HUN, IRL, KOR, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, USA AUT, DNK, FIN, ITA, NLD, ESP, SVN, SWE, CHE, USA ISL, JPN AUS, AUT, DNK, FIN, DEU, IRL, JPN, KOR, LUX, NLD, NZL, NOR, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, TUR, GBR AUT, DNK, FIN, FRA, DEU, JPN, KOR, NLD, NZL, NOR, PRT, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, TUR, GBR FRA, ITA, JPN, GBR FRA, DEU, ISL, JPN, KOR, NZL, NOR, GBR Ex post contract management CHE, TUR, USA DNK, FIN, DEU, ITA, JPN, KOR, NZL, NOR, SVN, SWE CAN, HUN, ISL, POL, CHE AUS, HUN, ISL, LUX, POL ISL, LUX AUS, BEL, CAN, CHL, EST, GRC, HUN, IRL, LUX, MEX, POL, PRT, SVK, TUR AUS, AUT, BEL, CAN, CHL, EST, FRA, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, LUX, MEX, NLD, POL, PRT, SVK, ESP, GBR Main challenges to the use of e-procurement systems, 2014 Low knowledge/ ICT skills Low knowledge of the economic opportunities raised by this tool Low innovative organizational culture Difficulties to understand or apply the procedure Difficulties in the use of functionalities Do not know Australia X Austria X X X X X Belgium X Canada X Chile Denmark Estonia X Finland X X X X X France X X X X X Germany X Greece X Hungary X Iceland X X X X X Ireland Italy X Japan X Korea X Luxembourg X X X X X Mexico Netherlands X New Zealand X Norway X Poland X Portugal X Slovak Republic X Slovenia X Spain X Sweden X X X X X Switzerland X X X X X Turkey X United Kingdom X United States X OECD total Procuring entities X X 10 Potential bidders/suppliers Not a major challenge X Brazil X Colombia X Russia X
9 Central purchasing bodies A central purchasing body is a contracting authority that: i) acquires goods or services intended for one or more contracting authorities; ii) awards public contracts for works, goods or services intended for one or more contracting authorities; or, iii) concludes framework agreements for works, goods or services intended for one or more contracting authorities. Large procurement volumes could reduce prices by achieving economies of scale as well as increase competition. Furthermore, they reduce duplication, transaction costs, and increase certainty, simplicity and uniformity, allowing for more focused delivery of policy goals. Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs) have been implemented in an increasing number of the OECD countries as evidenced by the established CPBs for example in Chile, Estonia, and Luxembourg. In fact, with the exception of Australia, Japan, Mexico and the Netherlands, all OECD countries that responded to the survey have established CPBs. CPBs are embedded in the system of public administration of each country and reflect the specific structures for the provision of public services. Among the OECD countries who responded to have CPBs, almost all of them have a CPB(s) at the central level; while half of them also have CPB(s) at the regional level. With regard to the legal status of CPBs, 15.6% of OECD countries reported to have these bodies which function as state-owned enterprises. This is evidenced by those in Finland, Italy and Turkey. However, the majority of CPBs in the OECD countries either operate under a line ministry (28.1%) or function as a government agency (43.8%). In some countries, as in Ireland, a preliminary discussion on the appropriate degree of independence of the CPB is taking place. Among the OECD countries surveyed, 78% of the CPBs undertake the role of acting as a contracting authority aggregating demand and purchasing and as manager of the system for awarding framework agreements or other consolidated instruments, from which contracting authorities then order. In contrast, in fewer countries CPBs co-ordinate training for public officials in charge of public procurement (36%) and establish policies for contracting authorities (29%). CPBs in Greece, Ireland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States exercise all the above-mentioned functions whereas CPBs in nine OECD countries (32%) have a single role, e.g. in Estonia, Luxembourg and Poland. The motivations reported to establish CPBs in OECD countries include better prices of goods and services (100%), lower transaction costs (96%), improved capacity and expertise (81%), increased legal, technical, economic and contractual certainty (81%), and greater simplicity and usability (78%). Additionally, CPBs are increasingly playing an important role in the implementation of secondary policy objectives. In fact, 54% of the CPBs in the OECD countries surveyed include environmental consideration as award criterion in more than half of the cases and smaller numbers of CPBs (25%) include support to SMEs in their awarding criterion for more than half of the cases while 36% do so rarely. Methodology and definitions Data were collected through 2014 OECD Survey on Public Procurement. 32 OECD countries responded to the survey, as well as Brazil, Colombia and Russia. Respondents to the survey were country delegates responsible for procurement policies at the central government level and senior officials in central purchasing bodies. The nature of framework agreements varies by country, but generally these are agreements between procuring entities and suppliers that establish certain terms and can facilitate the awarding of future contracts. Framework agreements are conducted in two-stages: a first stage selects a supplier (or suppliers) or a contractor (or contractors) to be party (or parties) to a framework agreement with the procuring entity. In a second stage, a procurement contract is awarded under the framework agreement to a supplier or contractor party to the framework agreement. Award of a procurement contract refers to the final stage of the procurement resulting in the conclusion and entry into force of procurement between the procuring entity and selected supplier(s). Further reading OECD (2015), Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement, OECD, Paris. OECD (2013), Implementing the OECD Principles for Integrity in Public Procurement: Progress since 2008, OECD Public Governance Reviews, OECD,Paris, / en. Figure notes 9.9: The figure refers to the CPB at the central level where there exist multiple CPBs. Data are unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. Some countries have several CPBs at the central level, as evidenced by Germany. The Commonwealth of Australia does not have a CPB but the Department of Finance has established a number of whole of government arrangements. Some states and territories in Australia have CPBs. In Mexico, the Ministry of Public Administration has the capacity to carry out certain functions as a CPB. 9.10: Data are unavailable for the Czech Republic and Israel. Australia, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and Russia do not have central purchasing bodies. 142
10 Central purchasing bodies 9.9. Legal status of central purchasing bodies, 2014 State-owned enterprise: 15.6% United States United Kingdom Sweden Austria Portugal Norway Finland New Zealand Korea France Hungary Luxembourg Government agency: 43.8% Iceland Italy Turkey Germany Estonia Australia Denmark Japan Mexico Netherlands Belgium Canada Greece Ireland Poland Slovak Republic Switzerland Chile Slovenia Spain No CPB: 12.5% Under ministry: 28.1% Role of central purchasing bodies, 2014 Contracting authority aggregating demand and purchasing Manager of the national system awarding framework agreements or other consolidated instruments Co-ordinate training for public officials in charge of public procurement Establish policies for contracting authorities Austria Belgium Canada Chile Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Korea Luxembourg New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States OECD total Yes No Brazil Colombia
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