Gender-responsive Public Procurement

Public procurement and the promotion of gender equality are often seen as two separate issues. General provisions on gender mainstreaming and/or gender budgeting make, at best, little or, at worst, no reference to GRPP. Laws that specifically mention the use of GRPP as a tool to promote gender equality not only provide legal certainty on its use (usefulness), but also...

Technical specifications set the mandatory requirements for the goods, services or works being purchased. They may be formulated by referring to standards, they may be performance based or they may use some combination of these approaches. Under the 2014 procurement directives, there is no explicit authorisation for specifications to address social characteristics, unlike award criteria and contract performance clauses. Despite...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities to help with the development and application of GRPP contract performance conditions. This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners to develop a GRPP monitoring and reporting plan. This tool allows you to keep track of the specific GRPP commitments and targets that apply under a contract or framework...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to apply GRPP from the perspective of service providers. It offers guiding questions that can help you to improve the working conditions of the workforce employed during the execution of a contract for the provision of social and health services, including from...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to apply GRPP under the light regime and to design healthcare and social care service contracts with a gender perspective. This tool offers guiding questions that can help you to integrate a gender equality perspective when designing a tendering procedure for the...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to choose a procedure for GRPP. It summarises the factors influencing the choice of procedure for GRPP. It asks guiding questions and, based on your answers, then guides you towards the most appropriate procedure for the tender you intend to launch. Is...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to develop a needs assessment or a preliminary market consultation. Are there differences in the way women and men will use/benefit from the outcome of the contract? If so, have you consulted users in a way that represents these differences? For example...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to assess if a public contract has gender relevance. Depending on your answers, it will help you to identify whether it would be worth designing a tendering procedure with gender elements or not. The tool provides you with guiding questions. If, from...

This tool provides you with an overview of the legislative, regulatory and policy frameworks relevant for GRPP that exist in your country. You can also compare the frameworks that exist in your country with the frameworks from other EU Member States. If you are a policymaker, you can draw inspiration from other EU Member States. You can also use this...

This tool can be used by contracting authorities, policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming to explore the possibilities of, knowledge regarding and the context for applying GRPP. GRPP focuses on bringing a gender perspective to public procurement. If you are considering applying GRPP, it may be helpful to know to what extent your specific context (laws...

This toolkit aims to increase the capacity of contracting authorities to implement GRPP. Currently, the promotion of gender equality as a legitimate objective has been limited within public procurement policy at both EU and national levels. This means that many public bodies are not yet aware of the possibility of addressing gender issues through procurement. Even when the most favourable...

GRPP can contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth in the EU Public procurement accounts for a major part of the European economy. Every year, public authorities in the EU spend around 14 % of gross domestic product (GDP) on public procurement [1]. GRPP can, as a gender equality measure, lead to an increase in the productive capacity of the economy...