| Short Title: | Public Procurement Act (PPA) |
| Legislature: | Federal Assembly of Switzerland |
| Long Title: | Federal Act on Public Procurement (SR 172.056.1) |
| Territorial Extent: | Switzerland |
| Enacted By: | Federal Assembly of Switzerland |
| Date Enacted: | 21 June 2019 |
| Date Commenced: | 1 January 2021 |
| Repeals: | Public Procurement Act (1994) |
| Status: | current |
The Public Procurement Act (PPA) (de|Bundesgesetz über das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen, BöB, fr|Loi fédérale sur les marchés publics, LMP, it|Legge federale sugli appalti pubblici, LAPub), is a Swiss federal law that governs the awarding of public contracts by Swiss federal authorities,[1] representing a total market of 80-100 billion CHF per year.[2] It transposes the WTO's Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) into Swiss law.[3] It was adopted on 21 June 2019 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 January 2021. It is a complete revision of the previous law of 1994.[4]
This act does not apply to cantonal authorities, which have their own regulation on the topic. However, the 2019 revision was also accompanied by a total revision of Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement (de|Interkantonale Vereinbarung über das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen, IVöB, fr|Accord intercantonal sur les marchés publics, AIMP),[5] which provides a common framework for the Public Procurement at the cantonal level. Together, these changes brought substantial harmonization of federal and cantonal law.[6]
The PPA is implemented by the Public Procurement Ordinance (PPO) (de|Verordnung über das öffentliche Beschaffungswesen, VöB, fr|Ordonnance sur les marchés publics, OMP, it|Ordinanza sugli appalti pubblici, OAPub) of 2020,[7] which came into effect at the same time as the law.