Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2006, published 96th ILC session (2007)

Labour Clauses (Public Contracts) Convention, 1949 (No. 94) - Israel (Ratification: 1953)

The Committee notes that for the last 40 years the Government has been reporting that there has been no change in the implementing legislation. The Committee understands, however, that the legislation on state contracting is now basically embodied in the Mandatory Tenders Act of 1992, and the four sets of mandatory tenders regulations issued between 1993 and 1998. The Committee requests the Government to specify whether the Treasury Order No. 109/62 of 20 August 1962 which gave effect to the Convention, is still in force, or whether subsequent reforms in public procurement legislation have affected the application of the Convention in either law or practice. It also asks the Government to forward copies of all relevant legal texts which may not have been submitted in earlier reports.

Moreover, the Committee notes that, since the ratification of the Convention, the Government has never provided information regarding its application in practice. It therefore asks the Government to supply, in accordance with Part V of the report form, any available statistics concerning the number of contracts and workers covered by the relevant legislation, standard contract forms or standard labour clauses currently in use, inspection results showing the number and nature of the contraventions reported, extracts from official reports or studies addressing issues connected with the social dimensions of public procurement, as well as any other particulars which would enable the Committee to gain a full appreciation of the means by which and the extent to which the Convention is applied.