Ex-ante Control and Public Procurement Coordination Unit

The Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Logistics (DG INLO) is responsible for overseeing the European Parliament's vast infrastructure portfolio, which spans around 1.3 million square meters of building space across Europe. This includes a variety of tasks that are crucial to ensuring the smooth functioning and sustainability of the Parliament's operations. DG INLO's responsibilities go beyond just building management; it is also in charge of a range of essential services such as catering, mail distribution, furniture management, and transport for Parliament Members and staff. This comprehensive approach ensures that all physical and logistical needs are met, supporting the European Parliament’s political activities in a sustainable way.

The Ex-ante Control and Public Procurement Coordination Unit is a horizontal service, charged, among others, with the verification and coordination of these public procurement procedures.  The subject of these procedures varies widely from building maintenance, cleaning and architectural/engineering services through catering, car leasing to building works.

Sustainability aspects, such as environment and social responsibility are becoming more and more important in the field of public procurement. Based on the EP corporate strategy, DG INLO applies an ambitious approach to make its procurement green and socially responsible.

To that end, various tools are put in place, such as guidance, KPIs and recommendations to include sustainability criteria in the procurement documents.

Your tasks will include an analysis of current practices and their impact, as well as drafting recommendations to enforce due diligence in this field.

The ideal candidate has a legal or economic background, with some knowledge in public procurement and in environmental and social policies of the European Union.

The mission requires strong analytical skills, out of the box thinking and a very good initiative.

A good command of English or French is required.

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