La UE creará una macroplataforma para centralizar toda la contratación pública europea

The European Union is set to establish a macroplatform to centralize all public sector hiring in Europe, according to the European Commission's recent proposal. This new platform aims to streamline the bidding process, fight corruption, simplify procedures, and save up to 650 million euros annually. By connecting all national and regional platforms into a single access point, businesses will only need to register once in the European platform, instead of individually with each national public portal for each tender.

Once implemented, all public tenders will be automatically translated into all EU languages, allowing SMEs from different member states to access opportunities they may not have known about otherwise. The Commission estimates that the platform will generate annual administrative savings of 649 million euros, with 80 million euros going to public buyers and 570 million euros to businesses.

While public tenders exceeding certain thresholds will be mandatory to publish on the platform, those below will be optional but strongly encouraged to ensure competitive conditions and attract maximum bids. The platform also aims to combat corruption, as over 30% of European public procurement currently lacks data. With the new system, 100% of tenders will be registered, enabling rigorous oversight and transparency.

The macroplatform is expected to attract more private sector bidders and reduce the trend of declining tenders received.