The Holy Father clarifies that this motu proprio It aims to “encourage transparency, control and competition in the procedures for awarding public contracts” for a “more effective application” of the rules.
Specifically, in the first article of section 2 it clarifies that this new regulation aims to be in accordance “with the principles of the Social Doctrine of the Church, the canonical order of the Holy See and the State of Vatican City and the Charter Encyclical Laudato si”.
In this document, the Pontiff redefines four points of the 2020 procurement code: “the sustainable use of internal funds”; “the transparency of the award procedure”; “equal treatment and non-discrimination of tenderers” and “promotion of effective competition of tenderers, in particular through measures against unlawful competition agreements and corruption”.