The commitment of Assorel to improve and regulate public and private tenders. With the hope that there will be a sharing of intentions both on the side of companies and trade associations, only in the last month did Assorel present a complaint for the tender issued by EUR SpA for Media Relations services, for the which disputed the request for the obligation of registration in the National Register of Journalists for at least 10 years for the Contract Representative, also reporting the case to the Market and Competition Authority.
It was pointed out to Unioncamere-Regione Puglia that the procedure indicated for the procurement of press office activities and communication services of the Puglia Region, with the indication of a week's time for the delivery of documents, does not favor the preparation of valuable technical offers and maximum participation by sector operators.
The Municipality of Cervia, whose tender was aimed at promoting the image of the Municipality through PR and press office activities, was challenged for the incongruity of the budget and the method of evaluating the agency fee, compared to the total budget allocated and not the value of skills.
The Municipality of Salsomaggiore was asked to point out the short time required for submitting offers, just over a week for
participate, and the re-launch of the same tender already announced at the end of January 2016, then "cancelled in self-defense".
In all these cases, the Association has found conditions that strongly limit the participation of Agencies operating in the market and, consequently, constraints to the legislation on free competition. Assorel will intensify its supervisory and monitoring work
of the Calls for Tenders to safeguard the professionalism and interests of the sector, working to achieve transparency objectives between
demand and offer of consultancy services for Corporate Communication.
ASSOREL is the Italian Association of Public Relations Agencies, founded in 1982 which brings together the major operators in the sector in Italy and adheres to Confindustria Intellect and ICCO - International Communications Consultancy Organization - the global organization that brings together the trade associations of 31 countries .
