SOCIAL ASPECTS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT is procurement that takes into account one or more social aspects – e.g. employment opportunities, e.g. support for youth employment, support for job opportunities for long-term unemployed and older people, job opportunities for people from disadvantaged groups, support for job opportunities for people with disabilities, up to criteria of environmental sustainability, ethical trading in order to pursue environmental and social goals. The legal basis for public procurement rules in the Slovak Republic is the law that represents the transposition of EU directives in the field of public procurement, which allows the application of social aspects provided that they are related to the subject matter of the contract or to the performance of the contract, if they are part of the contractual terms and conditions and are proportionate to the requirements for the subject matter of the contract, compliance with the principle of the best quality-price ratio and equal access for economic operators.
