Public Procurement Reform
INITIATIVESingle Market Deepening & Harmonisation
The Commission will overhaul the EU procurement framework to make public spending a strategic lever for competitiveness, security and innovation. The revision will enable sustainability, resilience and European-preference criteria in strategic sectors, while staying consistent with EU and international commitments. It will simplify and digitise procedures, embed once-only data reuse, curb overspecification, and promote innovation-friendly tools (e.g. outcome-based/R&D purchases, clearer IP clauses). Rules will be consolidated across legislation to ease use by all administrations and open tenders to startups and SMEs. Defence and security procurement will be modernised and cross-border aggregation strengthened to create lead markets and scale.
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Associated strategies (13)
Work Programme 2026
Competitiveness Compass
Single Market Strategy
Startup and Scaleup Strategy
Clean Industrial Deal
AI Continent Action Plan
Work Programme 2025
Political Guidelines 2024-29
Quantum Europe Strategy
Life Science Strategy
European Internal Security Strategy
European Preparedness Union Strategy
White Paper for European Defence