Public procurement is at the intersection between the public and the private sectors. On one hand, relying on the private sector for the provision of certain goods and services can enhance efficiency; on the other public procurement can be a strategic tool to sustain firms’ growth both in the short and in the long term. Policy makers and practitioners are increasingly paying attention to the potential catalytic role of public procurement to promote economic growth and inclusive and sustainable development, for example through participation of SMEs and women-owned firms in this market.To sustain evidence-based policies in public procurement, firm-level survey data can be a valuable source of information on public procurement market. In particular, it can capture dimensions such as views and perceptions of firms that cannot be observed from e-government procurement data, it allows to study firms that never entered the public procurement market, and it provides data for countries that have not adopted an eGP system yet.