Public procurement below RON 13,000 (EUR 2,800) will no longer need to be carried out via Romania’s electronic public procurement tender (SEAP). The Government is now preparing a draft law in this regard, EU funds minister Marius Nica said on Friday, reports local Hotnews.ro.

For example, authorities will no longer need to organize a tender to cover public institutions’ utilities costs. Every time a mayor wants to “change a bulb”, “fix a heater” he needs to use SEAP, the minister explained. The procedure is difficult and it is often necessary to intervene right away, he added.

“There will be a threshold below which they will no longer be obliged to do so, we’ll stop tormenting them with this procedure,” Nica said.

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