The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Think of the common good when awarding contracts

2021-02-26T13:16:30.235Z


The Peißenberg market should develop a catalog of criteria for the award of municipal contracts based on the principles of the Economy for the Common Good (GWÖ). That is what the market council groups of the Greens and the citizens' association are calling for. The topic was discussed controversially in the Energy and Climate Committee.


The Peißenberg market should develop a catalog of criteria for the award of municipal contracts based on the principles of the Economy for the Common Good (GWÖ).

That is what the market council groups of the Greens and the citizens' association are calling for.

The topic was discussed controversially in the Energy and Climate Committee.

Peißenberg - In 2018, the then municipal council decided with a narrow majority that Peißenberg would become a community for the common good.

Not much has happened since then.

The subject is still controversial.

The new mayor in particular is in a kind of dilemma.

In the 2020 local election campaign, Frank Zellner (CSU) sharply criticized the implementation of the GWÖ.

Now, as head of the town hall administration, he should actually ensure that the decision of 2018 is implemented and filled with life - contrary to his conviction.

However, it will be difficult to reconcile the various interests, as the most recent meeting of the preliminary energy and climate committee showed.

The committee dealt with a joint application by Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen and the Citizens' Association (BV).

This calls for a sustainable procurement strategy to be developed for the market within one year.

For this purpose, a working group should be formed which formulates a catalog of criteria based on fields of action such as “human dignity”, “solidarity”, “justice”, “transparency” and “ecology”.

In the committee debate, however, the mayor gave a clear rejection of the application: “We need fewer instead of more regulations and not even more complex award criteria,” said Zellner.

A working group is simply not necessary.

Building authority manager Bernhard Schregle also reported concerns.

According to this, the procurement system is comprehensively regulated by law.

The scope for individual adjustments is not great.

Criteria such as “human dignity” or “social justice” also play an important role in the selection of companies.

In addition, there should be no “standard matrices” for tenders, but the evaluation sheets would have to be created anew each time by a decision-making body and be factually related.

And: The central factor in the test is still the price.

Schregle's conclusion: “We don't want to spoil it, but we are skeptical.

It works pretty well that way. "

From the point of view of Matthias Reichhart (BV) it doesn't.

“Then why is there the Supply Chain Act?

And why did the CSU develop a sustainability strategy?

If everything went well, why do you need that? ”Adjusting the award criteria to sustainability and fair business practices is legally possible.

"We're not taking this out of thin air," emphasized Reichhart.

They also don't want to create more bureaucracy, but rather simplify things.

It is also not a question of imposing the GWÖ, but merely orienting oneself to the framework of the GWÖ.

“The public sector has enormous market power through the award of contracts.

If we don't use them, who will please? ”Says Reichhart.

Annette Daiber (Greens) made a similar statement.

The municipalities would spend a lot of money.

Sustainable award criteria could spark a “pull”: “Procurement is a powerful lever.

Once the market is there, the economy will follow suit, ”says Daiber.

Walter Wurzinger (Free Voters) also approved the BV / Greens application: General evaluation matrices are not a new finding - and: The application is a logical consequence of the GWÖ decision of 2018: “Decision is decision.” Also former mayor Manuela Vanni ( Peißenberger list) promoted the application: “We should urgently give ourselves new procurement criteria.

In the long run, we will not get very far. ”In the end, the vote of the preliminary advisory committee was tight: With 6: 5 votes, the committee recommended the adoption of the motion in its resolution proposal to the market council.

Source: merkur

All news articles on 2021-02-26

You may like

Life/Entertain 2024-03-27T18:05:11.163Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-27T16:45:54.081Z
News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.