Uses of Time

In the Annual Plan of sustainable procurement objectives, a clause has been included that rewards those bids which incorporate a higher number of full-time employees. The application protocol for this clause recommends its insertion in those municipal contracts related to the most feminized sectors, and it is therefore expected to have an impact on these sectors and to reduce involuntary part-time work, one of the main forms of precariousness that women suffer in the labour market. 

During 2021, work was carried out on the design of this clause, taking into account the difficulties in formulating it and the conditions of application to guarantee the expected results. This task was conducted in collaboration with the Department for the Coordination of Administrative Procurement.  

Finally, on 2 June 2022, the Government Commission agreement approving the Sustainable Public Procurement Objectives Plan 2022, which incorporates the clause, was published in the Gaseta Municipal. The number of social clauses intended to foster gender equality that municipal contracts can include was thus increased to ten.

Time Impacts:

• Facilitation of work–life balance.

More information:
2022 Sustainable Public Procurement Objectives Plan