In recent years, Social Services Europe has been a strong advocate for procurement regulations that enhance, rather than obstruct, the provision of high-quality and affordable social services. The current revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives presents a crucial opportunity to ensure that social services are not treated as mere market commodities but rather as essential services that uphold social value and quality standards.
SSE is part of the Network for Sustainable Development in Public Procurement (NSDPP), a group of social and environmental NGOs and trade union organisations and together we outline a number of amendments currently discussed upon which all signatory parties encourage the Members of the European Parliament working on this key legislative dossier, in particular those of the IMCO and EMCO Committee currently involved in the negotiations on the compromise amendments, to support. We also point out those amendments we urge them to reject. The topics covered correspond to the thematic priorities of the network.
As the European Parliament prepares for the pivotal vote on the Public Procurement Report (2024/2103(INI)) in the IMCO Committee at the end of June 2025, SSE and the members of the Network for Sustainable Development in Public Procurement call on the European Parliament to support a procurement framework that places long-term value, fairness, and sustainability at its core.
Read the full letter here.
To know more about NSDPP and SSE's key messages on the need for socially response, read the Joint letter on revision of Public Procurement Directive (January 2025) and the SSE Reply to the EC Call for Evidence for the Evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives (March 2025).