This law specifies the role of SMEs at both the procurement stage and the implementation stage. At the procurement stage, SMEs can bid alone or through association with other bidders. At the implementation stage, if the project is awarded to a non-SME, the private partner has to subcontract at least 20% of the construction value of the contract to SMEs.
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This is James Zhan's intervention at the Expert Meeting on Assessing the Impact of Public-Private Partnerships on Trade and Development in Developing Countries in Geneva, 2013. It highlights issues related to the promotion of SME in global value chains by the collaboration between the public and private sector.
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This article explains the importance of the infrastructure sector for the economy of a country, and how SMEs can benefit from it, either by improving their businesses, or by leveraging their inherent local advantage (ie they would not face certain non-commercial risks as the direct foreign investors would.)
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The recommendations aim to strengthen SMEs' industrial activity by opening the doors to "bigger and better work opportunities, in a wide market that offers equal options to all suitable bidders that want to participate in public bids". The recommendations target changes in the legal framework of the public procurement regarding the TORs in the public bidding, and in the contractual provisions and enabling requirements of the bidders, by giving precise and exact suggestions.
This Code aims to create fairer access to public procurement for all the economic operators, particularly for SMEs.
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In order to better compare the various approaches, a table of sample provisions related to SMEs inclusion in PPPs has been provided for download.
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This study seeks to analyze the various models of preferential treatment of SMEs in public procurement,provide an assessment of the impact such policies have had as well as identify lessons learnt based on a series of country level case studies.
The role of SMEs on PPP projects has been analyzed from different sectors. Below are some documents on how pro-SME PPP regulations and policies have worked in practice.
It should be noted that many large international contractors will also have a diversity or inclusion policy that includes use of SMEs where possible. Some samples of such policies are below.
To find more examples, visit Laws and Regulations on Inclusion of SMEs in PPPs or download the summary of sample provisions here.