The European Commission has in its ambitious plan chosen to prioritize the implementation of e-tendering and digitization of the tender and procurement processes. The Commission has therefore proposed to make e-procurement the rule rather than the exception, by making it the standard method of procurement in the EU by mid-2016.
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