ACTION 27 Include VSEs/SMEs and social enterprises

in building the Grand Paris Express

The Grand Paris Express is perfectly placed to explore issues

of work integration and the integration of social enterprises

and small and mid-sized businesses (VSEs/SMEs) in public

procurement contracts. It has included social responsibility

clauses in its public procurement contract requirements

for several years. It has also put in place an allotment strategy

for its development and industrial contracts to facilitate access

to VSEs and SMEs.

An allotment strategy for construction contracts

Prior consultation processes with competitive market players

in the course of preparing to award a contract, the use

of co-contracting or subcontracting and the allotment of

contracts are all levers that can facilitate access to public

procurement for businesses of all sizes.

Earmark clauses for VSEs/SMEs/social enterprises

Société du Grand Paris also earmarked a minimum of 20%

of the volume of its works contracts for VSEs/SMEs. These

commitments are regularly tracked together with the trade

associations, chambers of commerce and industry, and the

Regional and Interdepartmental Directorate for the Economy,

Employment, Labour and Solidarity (DRIEETS) within the SME

Observatory, which was founded in 2017 at the initiative of

the Société du Grand Paris.

Expansion of sourcing from social enterprises

Société du Grand Paris is working with social enterprise

networks to expand sourcing from these organisations.

This initiative to identify potential contractors early on can

lead to direct and joint contractor bids and to the inclusion

of earmark clauses for social enterprises in certain contracts.

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