Where do European companies who after taking part in public procurement abroad and suspect of being discriminated against some unfair barriers complain? Among others, the barriers can either be illegal requirements in tender documentation or being disadvantaged in favour of national suppliers, intentionally or otherwise. Also barriers can arise over simple misunderstandings in relation to the tender documentation, the forms required, or over the specifics of national regulation.

To address these types of concerns, an informal system has been established to clarify misunderstandings and suspicions of infringements to the public procurement rules in the early stages of procurement procedures. This is a network of central government procurement policy officials and procurement experts in 30 European countries called the PPN (Public Procurement Network). Members from all EU Member States, EU candidate countries, EEA Continue reading Public Procurement Network