03/12/2009

Nantes

COMPRO final conference

How to buy together at a European scale

Consip’s experience

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Consip is a public stock company, created in 1997 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), its sole stockholder.

Consip has no profit goals and deals with two main fields of action.

•Management and development of ICT services for the MEF•Eprocurement and procurement for Public Administrations

Consip SpA

More information is available on the website: www.consip.it

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• IT services management and development for the MEF (Economy and Court of Audits areas.

• Consultancy and support projects.

Consip Fields of Action

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Consip Fields of Action

Implementation of the Program for the Rationalization of Public Spending on Goods and Services using information technology and purchase tools (framework contracts, web-based tenders, the Electronic Marketplace, as well as special projects and on demand consultancies).

Consip acts as an “awarding administration and contracting authority”. Defines, implements and awards tenders on behalf of other Administrations.

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Introducing innovative procurement tools and models aimed at public spending rationalization, enhancing simplification, transparency and competition

MEF entitled Consip to carry out the implementation of the Programme

Eprocurement forPublic

Administrations

The Programme is part of a bigger government project, the e-Government plan, aiming at implementing the technological innovation and digitalization process within the Italian public administration

Financial Act 2000 (law n.488 – Dec. 23, 1999 art. 26) laid down the foundations for the rationalization of public spending on goods and services.

National PP Legal Framework

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Process simplification

Quality

Improve the ratio between cost and quality of the goods and services offered to PA

Reduce procurement time simplifying the entire procurement process

Public SpendingOptimizati

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Guarantee transparency and public communication on tender procedures and awarding criteria, enhancing competition and competitiveness

Innovation

Develop innovation procurement tools encouraging change management among public officials and suppliersEPROCUREMENT

Transparency

Public Procurement System Goals

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Consip’s experience in public service transport vehicles

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BUSES(urban and suburban)

published 05/2003

FIGURES ELEMENTS

3 lots6 modelsmax q.ty

170

Possibility to customize the equipments

Transport and delivery, spare parts

Guarantee extensionmaintenance services (Charged services)

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SCHOOL BUSES

published 06/2005

FIGURES ELEMENTS

3 lots6 modelsmax q.ty

130

Possibility to customize the equipments

Transport and delivery, spare parts

Guarantee extensionmaintenance services (Charged services)

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SCHOOL BUSES 2nd edition

published 04/2007

FIGURES ELEMENTS

3 lots6 modelsmax q.ty

155

Possibility to customize the equipments

Transport and delivery, spare parts

Guarantee extensionmaintenance services (Charged services)Possibility to purchase CNG or LPG fuel vehicles

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Lesson learned

Most of participants are fitters, not producers

Highly concentrated market

Unkown Final use of the vehicles

Indefinite demand

More than 80% of the purchases have been for diesel fuel vehicles

CNG, LPG, electric and Hybrid available in very few models

hardly comparable

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The future

Deepening of the studies on:

Fleet management

Car sharing

Car pooling

Telepresence