Lithuania has made significant progress in transitioning public procurement to an electronic environment. The value of public procurement contracts in Lithuania was over 14 billion Litas (4.2 billion euros) in 2012. Key measures taken include establishing a central e-tendering platform and e-catalogue. There has been an increase in the number and value of e-procurement contracts as well as shorter procurement times and greater transparency and competition. Challenges included overcoming inertia and lack of awareness, but mandatory requirements, centralized systems, training and guidance helped achieve successful results. A goal of Lithuania's EU presidency is reaching agreement on an e-invoicing directive for public procurement.

1. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT
– THE WAY TO BUY MORE EFFECTIVELY
Rasa Noreikienė
Vice-Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania
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2. CONTENT
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Volumes of public procurement in 2012
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Transposition of public procurement into the electronic
environment
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Centralisation of public procurement
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Progress and benefits of e-procurement
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Lessons learned
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Objective of the Presidency of the EU Council
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3. Volumes of public procurement in 2012
• Total value – LTL 14.6 billion (EUR 4.2 billion) or 13 % of GDP:
 contracts above and below the EU Directive thresholds
 above – LTL 8.3 billion (EUR 2.4 billion)
 below – LTL 6.3 billion (EUR 1.8 billion)
 procedures with and without publication
 with publication – LTL 12 billion (EUR 3.5 billion)
 without publication – LTL 0.6 billion (EUR 0.2 billion)
 small value public procurement – LTL 2 billion (EUR 0.5 billion)
• Number of contracting authorities – 7 508
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4. Transposition of public procurement into electronic
environment: measures
• Law on Public Procurement
• Platforms for e-procurement
 e-Tendering platform - Central Public Procurement Information
System (CPP IS) administrated by the Public Procurement Office
 e-Catalogue - Electronic Catalogue CPO.lt™ administrated by the
Central Purchasing Body
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5. Transposition of public procurement into electronic
environment: process
Means for e-procurement
2002
e-Notification
e-Reporting
2009
2004
e-Access
2009
2007
e-Catalogue
2009
for central CA
2014
for all CA
2009
e-Tendering
2009
e-Awarding
2014
e-Invoicing
2009
no less than 50 %
Mandatory requirements
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6. Transposition of public procurement into
electronic environment: e-Tendering platform
PPM IS
e-Notices &
e-Reports
CPPP
e-Access
CPP IS
e-Submission & eAwarding
24/7 free access from anywhere
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7. Centralisation of public procurement: e-Catalogue
(Electronic Catalogue CPO.lt™)
€68.9 m
€34.6 m
€14.4 m
€0.6 m
2007
€2.6 m
2008
€4.9 m
2009
2010
2011
2012
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8. Progress: increased number and value of e-procurement
100%
100%
90%
83.1%
85.7%
75.5%
80%
70%
75.7%
80%
70%
64.0%
60%
75.2%
2011
2012
63.1%
60%
50%
40%
89.7%
90%
50%
36.3%
40%
30%
30%
20%
20%
10%
10%
0%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 I-II
quarter
Number of e-procurement
0.4%
0%
2009
2010
2013 I-II
quarter
Value of e-procurement
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9. Benefits of e-procurement: increased transparency and
competition
• Number of published procurement –
increased by 22% (from 59% to 81%)
• SME participation in public procurement –
increased by 2% (from 73% to 75%)
• Number of suppliers participating in public procurement –
increased by 13% (from 7230 to 8185 suppliers)
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10. Benefits of e-procurement: shortened procedures
Average duration of procurement procedures
2012
103
54
2011
108
55
64
Above the Directive threshold
66
Below the Directive threshhold
2010
118
60
2009
119
67
71
Average
79
To compare 2012 with 2009, when the procurement procedures were being carried out in the traditional
manner, the average period of procurement procedures became 15 days shorter.
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11. Benefits of e-procurement: compliance with
publication requirements
The diagram provided during the meeting of the Economics and Statistics Working Group of
EC, which took place on 29 April 2013 in Brussels

12. Benefits of e-procurement: savings
Lithuania is supposed to save
• In 2010 - from EUR 43 to 100 million
• In 2011 - from EUR 120 to 270 million
• In 2012 - from EUR 150 to 340 million
The savings are calculated following the World Bank estimation that e-procurement
can help save from 6 to 13.5% of the total public procurement expenditure
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13. Lessons learned: obstacles
Obstacles we had to overcome:
• inertia – hesitation over the possibility of changing
the rooted habits
• lack of awareness and capabilities
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14. Lessons learned: our strong point
Successful results were achieved due to:
• mandatory requirements
• the existence of centralised national information
systems
• consultations and user guidance
• trainings
1818
1442
729
2009
2010
852
2011
2012
Number of users instructed by the Public Procurement Office
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15. Objective of the Lithuanian Presidency of the
Council of the EU 2013
One of the main tasks of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2013 –
agreement within the Council on the Directive on e-invoicing in public procurement