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Case studies showcase replicable sustainable, circular, and innovation procurement approaches and strategies. Our resource centre contains over 200 case studies which detail the methods used, the obstacles overcome and successes achieved in implementing sustainable public procurement.  Below is a selection of representative case studies that contain inspiration and guidance on how to implement sustainable, circular, and innovation procurement in relevant sectors.

Mainstreaming SPP

Metropolitan city of rome capital, developing a monitoring system for gpp.

The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital has been monitoring GPP since 2009, and in 2016, it introduced a new monitoring system linked to the public procurement electronic information system. This innovative, digital system makes it possible to require departments to attach relevant environmental criteria to procurement procedures.

City of Barcelona

Sustainable city council programme.

Barcelona City Council has been implementing SPP for almost two decades, and in 2006 it launched the +SCC programme which introduced firm purchasing commitments which are applicable to all council departments. Participatory processes have been central to the development of the +SCC Programme, and were used to develop strategic goals and define compulsory criteria for 12 high priority procurement categories.

Transport & Mobility

Catalunya region, cleaning the air through clean vehicle procurement.

The Catalan Government has multi-pronged approach to encouraging SPP of vehicles, including: provision of Green Vehicle Procurement Guide, development of specific government agreements to encourage procurement of low emission vehicles, supporting the Catalan Ecolabel, and promoting sustainable mobility.

Food & Catering

The city of copenhagen, supplying seasonal and diverse organic fruit and vegetables.

The City of Copenhagen is dedicated to ensuring its food and catering service is healthy, sustainable and appetising. The City has a target to supply 90% organic food across its 900 municipal canteens. In 2014 the municipality ensured that bids for fruit and vegetable contracts would include a variety of different sorts, varieties and types. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2016 for Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

Plavinu Municipality

Testing circular school catering.

Plavinu Municipality wanted to sustain good quality catering in their school for a reasonable price. They also wanted to include circular aspects in the procurement in order to be more sustainable. The catering tender provided the opportunity to test circular economy aims, and is the first example of a circular public procurement supported by the Circular PP project.

Office Supplies & Stationary

Government of flanders, encouraging sustainable choices through an office supply framework (p+ awards winner 2018).

Flanders has set a target that at least 50% of products purchased in its latest office supply framework are sustainable. To achieve this, it used a mix of technical specifications and award criteria to encourage the inclusion of sustainable stationary products in the product inventory. In addition, it used contract performance clauses to ensure that the contractor works with users of the framework to ensure that the amount of sustainable products they are choosing is increasing over the lifetime of the contract.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, NETHERLANDS

Procurement of textiles from recycled fibres.

In its procurement of towels and overalls, the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (MODNL) followed a circular policy and explored requirements around recycled fibres. The winning bids creating estimated savings of 233,000,000 litres of water, 69,000 kg CO2 and 23 MJ of energy. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Innovation Procurement of the Year.

Cleaning Products & Services

Government of catalunya, socially responsible cleaning framework using green products.

The framework agreement for cleaning services, valid between December 2014 and November 2017, had the purpose  to  carry  out  environmentally-friendly  cleaning  services  in  buildings, premises and facilities with an administrative use.

Waste Management

Netherlands, efficient waste water treatment in the netherlands.

A competitive dialogue process was launched by Waterschapsbedrijf Limburg (WBL) for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of a waste water treatment plant (WWTP) in Venlo, with a high production of biogas, and reduced sludge.

City of Helsinki

Renewing the it equipment of the city of helsinki with low-carbon solutions.

This tender represents a model for fast IT renewal processes achieving remarkable energy savings. Estimations are based on approximated volumes for 7,000 basic computers, and 2000 laptops and 2,000 monitors. Calculations show that total lifetime cost savings for electricity are estimated to be 288,000€ and 27,4% CO2 emissions saved.

Construction, Buildings & Infrastructure

Rijkswaterstaat, sustainable reconstruction of the motorway a6.

Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) procured works and services to widen the A6 motorway, aiming for the motorway to be energy neutral after construction. RWS developed instruments to calculate the CO2 emissions, then selected a tender using a combination of price and quality according to the economically most advantageous submission. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2016 for Tender Procedure of the Year.

Hyvinkää Municipality

Procuring the first nordic swan ecolabelled pre-school in finland.

In 2015, Hyvinkää Municipality set an ambition to procure the first ecolabelled pre-school in Finland. By building a pre-school to the standards necessary to achieve the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Hyvinkää was able to promote a range of sustainability considerations, including promoting energy use and using sustainable building materials and methods. The winning bidder not only built the school, but also managed the ecolabel verification process, which the school successfully achieved in August 2017. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

Public Health Wales

Reuse and remanufacture of office furnishings.

When Public Health Wales (PHW) moved offices in 2016, it wanted the successful bidder to use as much of its existing office equipment, furniture and flooring as possible, as well as supplying remanufactured goods from other sources. The winning consortium of social enterprises supplied over 2,500 items, with only 6% from new stock. The circular approach diverted 41 tonnes of waste from landfill with a CO2 saving of 134 tonnes.  This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Tender Procedure of the Year.

Bio-based products

Region of skåne, disposable bio-based aprons for skåne’s healthcare sector.

Innovation-oriented public procurement to purchase renewable (bio-based) aprons for the health sector in the Swedish region Skåne. The Regional Council decided to change their purchasing approach for protective disposable aprons to one which results in a purchase of a more environmentally-friendly product alternative. Skåne’s healthcare system in fact disposes of five million aprons every year (approximately 100 million for the entire Swedish healthcare sector), which together makes them one of the products with the highest carbon footprint.

Timber & Forestry

City of madrid, responsible timber procurement: from campaigning to implementing.

A case study on Madrid implementation of responsible timber procurement. Madrid is listed in the ‘green’ list of the WWF campaign “Cities Friends of the Forest”, amongst the top scoring in Spain for implementing procurement policies that give preference to suppliers of wood certified with the maximum guarantee of social and environmental criteria.

Transport for London

Innovative lighting procurement for london's underground network.

Best practice case study as part of the European Commission GPP In practice series focusing on TfL's extensive market engagement for the procurement of innovative lighting. TfL introduced a new WLC and performance based process for lighting. The process has been met with such success that it will now be applied to a range of other assets commonly found across London’s transport network.

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Procuring goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle.

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Green Public Procurement (GPP) is defined in the Communication (COM -2008- 400) " Public procurement for a better environment " as "a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle when compared to goods, services and works with the same primary function that would otherwise be procured."

While GPP is a voluntary instruments and Members States are able to determine the extent to which policies or criteria are applied, it plays a key role in the EU's efforts to boosting a resource-efficient economy.

GPP is within the framework of Strategic Public Procurement , together with Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) and Innovation Procurement. The basic concept of GPP relies on having clear, verifiable, justifiable, and ambitious environmental criteria for products and services, based on a life-cycle approach and scientific evidence base.

The European Commission (EC) has been developing voluntary GPP criteria  for several product groups. Furthermore, following the adoption of the 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan, the Commission is proposing minimum mandatory GPP criteria and targets in sectoral legislation and phase in compulsory reporting to monitor its uptake.

EU Ecolabels:  Labels can play a particular role in developing technical specifications and award criteria, and in verifying compliance helping public buyers to save time in accordance with Art. 43 of Directive 2014/24/EU . More information on EU Ecolabel product groups is available online.

The University of Alcala’s Green Public Procurement research group was founded in 2017 by Professor Xemena Lazo Vitoria

The EU GPP Helpdesk hosted its first webinar of 2024 on 7 March titled 'Mainstreaming a profession: the Professionalisation of Public Procurement'.

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European Commission training on socially responsible public procurement destined to public authorities and social economy entities.

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This is a compendium featuring six successful examples of green public procurement implementation in four different Asia-Pacific countries -  Thailand , Japan , China , and Korea . Each case study focuses on identifying the challenges faced in the implementation process as well as the key factors that determined the success of the green procurement activities. The compendium was prepared by the Green Purchasing Network Malaysia in the framework of the Asia-Pacific GPPEL project (“Strengthening the capacities and improving the knowledge on green public procurement and ecolabelling in the Asia Pacific region”) run by UN Environment and supported by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Korean Environmental Industry and Technology Institute. The case studies were written with the contribution of green public procurement practitioners from the four countries involved, with the goal of showcasing successful examples of green purchasing in the public sector and inspiring policy makers to improve their green procurement practices.

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The earth’s resources are depleting, consequently, researchers, policymakers and change agents have shown growing concern for going green. This is premised on the thinking that human activities are affecting the earth particularly its climate, polluting the water system and general loss of living creatures. With the aim of reducing conservational decay, the Uganda government has embarked on charging environmental tax, installation of solar electricity on almost all the municipality streets, banning procurement of used vehicles and including the eco-friendly aspect in the statement of works. Stemming from this viewpoint, this study examined green procurement adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa focussing on Uganda. The researchers used an interview guide to obtain data which was analysed qualitatively. The study collected qualitative data from 10 interviewees to appreciate the nature of green procurement adoption. It presents findings that have both strategy and decision-making  implications that are presented.

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Green Procurement in an Organization: A Case Study of Unilever Ghana Limited

2019, African Journal of Procurement, Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Green procurement refers to acquisition of products and services with smaller-than-average environmental footprints. This study analyzed green procurement in manufacturing industry in Ghana, a case study of Unilever Ghana Limited. In addressing the latter, the research aimed at establishing the effect of staff competence in green procurement on performance of Unilever Ghana Limited, to find out the effect of green procurement ICT infrastructure has on performance of Unilever Ghana Limited and to assess the role of supplier participation in green procurement on performance of Unilever Ghana Limited. The beneficiaries will include; the management, employees and stakeholders in Unilever Ghana Limited. Descriptive research design was used and a stratified random sampling method to pick a sample of the respondents who were provided with the questionnaires. The target population comprised over 60 employees from Unilever Ghana Limited. A sample of 20 respondents was selected. The quantitative data generated was keyed in and analysed by use of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) to generate information which was being presented using tables, charts, frequencies and percentages. The findings indicated that, currently there is lack of Structural and organizational change to support implementation of green procurement, poor legal and regulatory framework. Moreover, the cost of green procurement is relatively high and the resources required to implement green procurement are limited in manufacturing sector. The study recommended that, the organization and other stakeholders should ensure that there is Structural and organizational change to support; implementation of green procurement, improvement of legal and regulatory framework on environment, reduction of cost associated with green procurement and allocation of resources necessary for effective implementation of green procurement.

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The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of environmental management system and green supply chain management (a case study of national disaster management organization NADMO), with some problem statement which include, Lack of coordination in the activities of various governmental and non-governmental agencies in the management of disasters. The research method used for this study include experimental research, questionnaires, etc. the researcher administered twenty (20) questionnaires to specific departments within the organization where information where gathered for a successful completion of these project. This research illuminates the debate by empirically evaluating the relationship between environmental management system (EMS) and green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. In sum, this research reveals that organizations that adopt environmental management systems EMSs more frequently implement green supply chain management (GSCM) practices, regardless of how long the EMS has been in place. These results suggest that EMSs and green supply chain management (GSCM) may complement each other, and that EMS adopters have a stronger probability of improving the environment not just within their organizational boundaries, but throughout their network of buyers and suppliers. Amidst several recommendations, the researcher finally recommended that, the green supply chain management and environmental management efforts in national disaster management organization (NADMO) should be appreciated and there should be systems for recognition and appreciation of implementation of these systems in order to motivate the staff to work effectively. Problem Statement: Environmental management systems (EMS) become a significant issue among organizations. Experiences from organizations indicates that background of great part of problems related to their implementation are of human origin misunderstanding, resistance to change, attitudes and inability of long-term planning. Lack of coordination in the activities of various governmental and non-governmental agencies in the management of disasters.

The study examined determinant of customer satisfaction through effective wholesale distribution system using distributors and retail outlets at the market in Accra, Ghana. Specifically the study assessed the nature of distribution channels used by Makola Marketers for product distribution to distributors and retail outlets in Makola market in Ghana; distributor channel differential strategy adopted by Makola Distributors; effect of Product distribution channel on customer satisfaction at Makola Market and effect of distribution channels on customer's satisfaction This case study research had customers and employees as unit of analysis. It had a sample of 20 respondents, whereby primary and secondary data were collected through the use of interviews, questionnaires, and documentary review. Data were analysed through Statistical Package of Social Science. Findings revealed that distribution channel adopted by Makola Distributors ensures availability of her products, reduce response time and makes information available to their customer in aspect it facilitates positive relationship with her customers and agents. Also, agreement by respondents to effect that process for getting their concerns resolved is high thus impacts positively on their satisfaction and commitment to doing business with Makola Distributors. Averagely, respondent agreed to been satisfied with current level distribution channel adopted by Makola Distributors in products delivery to their shops in Makola, Ghana. Based on the findings, it was recommended that Makola Distributors should be in position to continuously weigh the benefits that accrue from application of distribution channel. Makola Distributors should ensure strict adherence to their policies and guideline regarding the use distribution channel. Makola Distributors should ensure aggressive Marketing, regular visit to distributors.

Dama Academic Scholarly & Scientific Research Society , Tetteh Kofi

The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of procurement consolidation in humanitarian supply chain (a case study of national disaster management organization NADMO), with some problem statement which include, Lack of coordination in the activities of various governmental and non-governmental agencies in the management of disasters. The research method used for this study include experimental research, questionnaires, etc. the researcher administered twenty (20) questionnaires to specific departments within the organization where information where gathered for a successful completion of these project. This study consisted of three main objectives as follows. To determine the extent of Supply Chain Management consolidation within humanitarian organizations in national disaster management organization NADMO, to determine the relationship between Supply Chain Management Integration and the performance of humanitarian organizations in national disaster management organization NADMO, to determine the challenges of Supply Chain Management Integration in humanitarian organizations in NADMO. Amidst several recommendations, the researcher finally recommended that, SCM integration has enabled international humanitarian organizations achieve better performance. Other organizations should also be encouraged to adopt the same in order to provide faster and efficient goods, works and services to the beneficiary. Also, post-disaster procurement is necessary because disasters are unpredictable in nature (Balcik et al. 2010). The location, timing and severity of a disaster are unknown, hence the relief organization prefers making procurement decisions after a disaster occurs. Problem Statement: Procurement consolidation in humanitarian supply chain can be done in before or after disaster. Procurement at pre-disaster is necessary for prepositioning relief supplies in strategic locations near disaster prone areas. The beneficiaries are supplied from pre-positioned inventory during the initial days after the disaster. Therefore, having those supplies ready to dispatch is of critical importance. Nevertheless, only a small percentage of the total relief supply is sourced from the pre-positioned inventory (Balcik and Beamon, 2008). When a disaster occurs, a relief organization is interested in procuring a relief item in large amounts and it is not economical to preposition large amounts of inventory for this item. Thus pre-positioned inventories are usually insufficient in many disaster relief operations. Also, post-disaster procurement is necessary because disasters are unpredictable in nature (Balcik et al. 2010). The location, timing and severity of a disaster are unknown, hence the relief organization prefers making procurement decisions after a disaster occurs. In this study, a multi-attribute reverse auction mechanism is addressed to purchase required relief items at the post-disaster. It is worth noting that in addition to using prepositioned inventories and post-disaster procurement auctions, part of relief items' demands can be satisfied via special supply contracts set by some suppliers at pre-disaster and in-kind donations. In the supply contracts, large humanitarian organizations establish long-term agreements with suppliers to supply certain amount of relief goods on demand. Also, the amounts of in-kind donations as another supply source are unpredictable and tend to proliferate after the disaster strikes and needs to be sorted, prioritized, and stored. Since, the suppliers might become unavailable after the disaster occurs, the utilization of all available resources is necessary; hence, we consider these different supply sources in our proposed model. At below, we give more explanation for the main features, assumptions and formulation of our proposed model.

African Journal of Procurement, Logistics & Supply Chain Management | Published by: Dama Academic Scholarly & Scientific Research Society

Nowadays there are varied and practically endless goods, works and services procured by corporate entities. Some of these include cleaning services, IT systems and equipment, consultancy services, food supplies, real estates, and others. Most of these acquisition decisions are made at the strategic level because of procurement importance to corporate competiveness and attractiveness trend. Due to this, Parikh and Joshi (2005) reveals that organization decision makers are now restructuring their procurement function to achieve optimal operations. Procurement is now a big business and that the government remains the biggest entity that does procurement and disposal on a larger scale in most countries which attracts a countless players and stakeholders (Ondiek & Deya, 2013). The government does procurement from the smallest consumables to multi-million projects to meet the needs of the citizenry. According to Knight et al. (2007), in many economies in the developed world, procurement expenditure from the private sector represents around 40% - 50% in the public sector. Due to its obligations to the citizenry through acquisition of goods, works, and services, it has gain due attention from the media, civil society, donors, researchers, academicians, and other stakeholders. This is because the public constitutes the taxpayers and they are the ones who contribute money to the government for all those acquisitions and therefore need to be served better. There are several benefits connected to the role of procurement activities but there are also challenges that hamper its effectiveness to achieve the intended purpose. Serpins et al (2011) asserts that generation of monetary savings have been the main purpose of public procurement which directly has a great impact on the total costs of public institutions. Knight et al. (2007) assert that ‘even though there are substantial total value associated with public sector purchases, not much research has been undertaken to assess the public procurement systems across nations for improvement. In the report of Public Procurement Authority in 2009, it was stated that the government loses a significant percent of its annual budget through ineffective procurement practices in most government organizations. To what extent does this assertion apply to the current procurement processes in the public sector? Therefore, it is significant for this research to be undertaken to investigate the effectiveness and issues related to public procurement and quality service in the public sector

Given that Central Medical Store is a distribution industry in a resource limited setting the study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of inventory and stores management on turnover for Central Medical Store in a resource limited setting. The study uses a cross sectional research design methodology where Central Medical Stores is a case study with an objective of evaluating the effectiveness of inventory monitoring and information management on turnover. Data was collected mainly from primary sources using self-administered questionnaires. The findings arising from this evaluation reveals that inventory management practices are effective on inventory turnover. The established that inventory information management had a strong effect on demand forecasting and direct effect on turnover. The study also finds that it is possible to improve inventory management and optimize inventory turnover, a number of operational strategies are implemented. To achieve a study upward trend in turnover growth, inventory management practices must therefore be carried out efficiently. The study therefore recommended that continuous growth in turnover must be implemented through interventions through organizational policy and operational efficiency affecting inventory management practices.

Specifically, the study determined the effect of fairness on procurement ethical practices; investigated the effect of transparency on procurement ethical practices; assessed the effect of integrity on procurement ethical practices; and finally evaluated the effect of code of ethics and conduct on procurement ethical practices. A case study design adopted in which 23 (twenty-three) employees were selected and served with questionnaires whereas 7 (seven) employees were purposively sampled for a face to face interview, thus making a total of 30 (thirty) respondents. Quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive analysis, whereas qualitative data were analyzed through thematic and content analysis. The study findings indicate that adherence to code of ethics and conduct, fairness, transparency and integrity in the procurement process; have positive influence on the level of ethical practices achieved by the entity in its procurement process. The study concludes that enhanced ethical practices coupled with compliance with rules and regulations will close rooms for procurement corruption and fraud in the public entities. The study further recommends that ethical procurement practices should consistently be monitored and evaluated so as to ensure that procurement activities are conducted in a fair, transparent and in compliant manner with the applicable legal and regulatory framework

Suzzy K R I S T Addo (PhD)

Supply Chain Management encompasses, planning, design, control and implementation of all business processes related to procurement, manufacturing, distribution and sales order fulfillment functions of a business. All these activities involve multiple networks of vendors and service providers which are integrated and co-coordinated by the Supply Chain Experts of the organization to move raw materials and finished goods from and to all distant locations across the globe. Logistics is the backbone on which Supply Chains are driven. Logistics refers to the management of the flow of goods and supplies involving information, data and documentation between two entities or points. Logistics plays important role in post procurement function of delivery of raw material from the supplier to the point of production and Finished Goods Supply chain management from the point of dispatch from factory to the point of delivery to the customer. The flow of goods flows through a network of transportation by road, rail, air or ship and intermediary warehouses to hold inventories before moving to the forward locations. The entire activity involves multi-tier suppliers, agents, and agencies including freight forwarders, packers, customs department, distributors and Logistics service providers, etc.

Scholarly Journal of Arts & Humanities | Published by: Dama Academic Scholarly & Scientific Research Society

This study aimed to survey e-procurement in the Public Sector with a view to investigate the challenges in adoption of e-procurement. Current literature on Public Procurement indicates a shift towards adoption of new technologies in Supply Chain processes that include e-procurement. These technological changes in the external business environment are eliciting various responses from Supply Chain actors in the public sector. The level of public sector response is influenced by various factors posing as challenges to adoption of e-procurement. The existing literature indicates some of the challenges arising while responding to these technological changes include lack of employee competence, inadequate legal framework, inadequate technological infrastructure for integrating e-commerce with other systems and concerns about security of e-procurement business transaction data and information. These perceived challenges in informed the purpose for this study. The study population included state corporations under the Ministry of Finance. Due to time and financial constraints, the researcher carried out a simple random selection of three respondents from the procurement departments of all the 16 corporations giving a sample size of 48. Both primary and secondary data was used for the study. The research study used a questionnaire as a key instrument for primary data collection. Qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed through the use of frequency distribution, mean scores and standard deviations. In addition, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests was carried out. From the study, it was revealed that employee competency, inadequate legal framework, inadequate technological infrastructure and security of procurement transaction data was a challenge to e-procurement adoption in the organizations under review. The study recommended that among others, due to continuous turnover of the employees', continuous training for the incoming staff is required on eprocurement. In addition, formal recognition backed by legislation of the electronic procurement transactions should be encouraged. Integration of the Organizations system and those of the suppliers, demonstration of the positive impact of the system, and installation of linkages between all Governments agencies should be encouraged. Keywords: E-Procurement Adoption, Electronic Procurement, Public Procurement

ASIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING

Augustine Anane

This study was conducted to determine the effect of procurement policy, procurement planning and sustainable procurement on service delivery. The study employed a quantitative research approach and explanatory design. The target population for the study was staff and management of the Volta River Authority. Structured questionnaire was used to gather primary data. The study used SPSS version 32.0 for the data analyses. The study found that 73.6% variations in service delivery were explained by Procurement Policy, Procurement Planning and Sustainable Procurement. The study found that Procurement Policy (β = 0.623 ρ=0.000< 0.05) are significant determinants of service delivery thus a unit change in procurement policy will result in 62.3% change in service delivery. Procurement Planning (β = 0.027, ρ=0.080< 0.05) are significant determinants of service delivery thus a unit change in procurement planning will result in 2.7% change in service delivery. Sustainable Procurement (β = 0.39 ρ=0.000 < 0.05) are a significant determinant of service delivery. Original Research Article Anane et al.; AJEBA, 13(1): 1-23, 2019; Article no.AJEBA.53090 2 Thus a unit change in Sustainable Procurement will result in 39% change in service delivery. From the model estimation, procurement policy was the strongest predictor of service delivery followed by sustainable procurement and lastly procurement planning. The study revealed a strong significant positive correlation between procurement policy and service delivery. Moreover, the result showed a strong significant positive correlation between procurement planning and service delivery. Again the study found a significant positive correlation between sustainable procurement and service delivery. The study concludes that Procurement Policy, Procurement Planning and Sustainable Procurement significantly predict service delivery of VRA. The study recommends that the management of VRA must continuously invest in sustainable procurement, procurement planning and procurement policy to enhance service delivery to the public.

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SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION

Combining procurement models for green and healthy buildings

The South Moravian Region identified the need to build a new sanitarium for children with respiratory diseases. The intention was to give the market the opportunity to show the best they can offer to make the building as aesthetic, user-friendly, and energy-efficient as possible. To test clarity and feasibility of the planned procedure, the project was introduced to the market using preliminary market consultation. This was the Procura+ Award honourable mention in 2021 Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

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MURCIA HEALTH SERVICE

InDemand, a new demand-driven co-creation model that helps to procure innovation in public organizations

The European project inDemand brought together procurers from 3 European regions (Murcia, Paris and Oulu) to test a new co-creation model - inDemand - which is presented as being leaner, faster and requiring less organisational resources and overheads through pre-commercial procurement (PCP), and is therefore more suited to rapidly changing technologies, like digital solutions. So far, 22 innovation projects have tested the model, including one led by the Murcian Health Service (SMS) called EPICO (which stands for Epilepsy Communication Channel). This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2021 for Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT.

CITY OF COPENHAGEN

Supplying seasonal and diverse organic fruit and vegetables

The City of Copenhagen is dedicated to ensuring its food and catering service is healthy, sustainable and appetising. The City has a target to supply 90% organic food across its 900 municipal canteens. In 2014 the municipality ensured that bids for fruit and vegetable contracts would include a variety of different sorts, varieties and types. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2016 for Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

TRANSPORT FOR LONDON

Innovative lighting procurement for London’s Underground network

In 2015, Transport for London (TfL) sought to reduce the whole life-cycle cost of lighting the London Underground network. The procurement calculated external costs including installation, maintenance, energy use, carbon and cleaning costs. Indicative results suggest a 25% saving on whole life-cycle costs, and significant reductions in energy consumption. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2016 for Innovation Procurement of the Year.

RIJKSWATERSTAAT

Sustainable Reconstruction of the Motorway A6

Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) procured works and services to widen the A6 motorway, aiming for the motorway to be energy neutral after construction. RWS developed instruments to calculate the CO 2 emissions, then selected a tender using a combination of price and quality according to the economically most advantageous submission. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2016 for Tender Procedure of the Year.

CATALAN GOVERNMENT

Improving the air in Catalonia through clean vehicle procurement

The Catalan Government has multi-pronged approach to encouraging SPP of vehicles, including: provision of Green Vehicle Procurement Guide, development of specific government agreements to encourage procurement of low emission vehicles, supporting the Catalan Ecolabel, and promoting sustainable mobility. Aligning policies across governmental levels sends clear signal to the market, which is able and ready to deliver more sustainable options.

METROPOLITAN CITY OF ROME CAPITAL

Developing a monitoring system for GPP

The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital has been monitoring GPP since 2009, and in 2016, it introduced a new monitoring system linked to the public procurement electronic information system. This innovative, digital system makes it possible to require departments to attach relevant environmental criteria to procurement procedures.  

CORNWALL COUNCIL

Creating guidance and templates for market engagement

In 2016 Cornwall Council launched a project which focused on improving knowledge of and confidence around using market engagement techniques throughout the commissioning and procurement cycle. As a result, procurers and suppliers alike have been supported to participate in engagement, and activities are better targeted and more proportionate to the potential value to be gained.  

CITY OF BARCELONA

+Sustainable City Council Programme

Barcelona City Council has been implementing SPP for almost two decades, and in 2006 it launched the +SCC programme which introduced firm purchasing commitments which are applicable to all council departments. Participatory processes have been central to the development of the +SCC Programme, and were used to develop strategic goals and define compulsory criteria for 12 high priority procurement categories.

NANTES METROPOLITAN AREA

Promoting responsible purchasing through policy

Nantes Metropolitan Area has been implementing Responsible Public Procurement (RPP) since 2001, and in 2017 it initiated the Responsible Purchasing Promotion Scheme (SPAR) to guide further action across a range of areas, including the Circular Economy, energy transition, environmental pollution and organic food. The result is a framework of feasible, measurable actions, which are monitored and adjusted as required.

GOVERNMENT OF FLANDERS

Monitoring progress towards SPP in Flanders

The Government of Flanders has a target to achieve 100% sustainable public procurement by 2020. In order to track its progress towards this target, the Environment, Nature & Energy Department has developed a system for monitoring SPP, which it has integrated into existing accounting systems. Data can now be collected easily, in a format which generates useful, comparable results, and which can be used to guide future improvements.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, NETHERLANDS

Procurement of textiles from recycled fibres

In its procurement of towels and overalls, the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (MODNL) followed a circular policy and explored requirements around recycled fibres. The winning bids creating estimated savings of 233,000,000 litres of water, 69,000 kg CO2 and 23 MJ of energy. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Innovation Procurement of the Year.

PUBLIC HEALTH WALES

Reuse and remanufacture of office furnishings

When Public Health Wales (PHW) moved offices in 2016, it wanted the successful bidder to use as much of its existing office equipment, furniture and flooring as possible, as well as supplying remanufactured goods from other sources. The winning consortium of social enterprises supplied over 2,500 items, with only 6% from new stock. The circular approach diverted 41 tonnes of waste from landfill with a CO2 saving of 134 tonnes.  This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Tender Procedure of the Year.

INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY, NETHERLANDS

Sustainable textiles for the fire service

The Institute for Safety worked with 19 fire service regions in the Netherlands to engage suppliers and encourage sustainable solutions to their textile needs. By purchasing clothing made from organic cotton and polyester from recycled fibres , they saved 134 tonnes of CO 2 and prevented 262 tonnes of toxic additives and pesticides in one year alone of a 6-8 year contract.  This was the Procura+ Award 2017 runner-up in the category Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

Encouraging sustainable choices through an office supply framework

Flanders has set a target that at least 50% of products purchased in its latest office supply framework are sustainable.To achieve this, it used a mix of technical specifications and award criteria to encourage the inclusion of sustainable stationery products in the product inventory. In addition, it used contract performance clauses to ensure that the contractor works with users of the framework to ensure that the amount of sustainable products they are choosing is increasing over the lifetime of the contract.

HYVINKÄÄ MUNICIPALITY

Procuring the first Nordic Swan ecolabelled pre-school in Finland

In 2015, Hyvinkää Municipality set an ambition to procure the first ecolabelled pre-school in Finland. By building a pre-school to the standards necessary to achieve the Nordic Swan Ecolabel, Hyvinkää was able to promote a range of sustainability considerations, including promoting energy use and using sustainable building materials and methods. The winning bidder not only built the school, but also managed the ecolabel verification process, which the school successfully achieved in August 2017. This was the Procura+ Award winning tender in 2017 for Sustainable Procurement of the Year.

Working with suppliers to achieve social opportunities

Since 2009, TfL has worked in partnership with suppliers to provide opportunities to people from a range of backgrounds, while also ensuring the deliverability of its future business plan. This approach has been reinforced by the Greater London Authority's Responsible Procurement Policy (2017). By inserting Stategic Labour Needs and Training (SLNT) into contracts, and working with other third sector organisations, TfL has successfully increased the routes into supply chain employment, helping to create 5,400 supply chain apprenticeship starts and over 5,000 workless job starts.

Procuring energy saving building technologies for residential buildings

ATC Torino is a public agency which provides social housing, and since 1996, ATC has been improving the environmental and energy performance of its properties with the dual benefit of decreasing energy costs and increasing the comfort of its homes for residents. In conjunction with the PAPIRUS project, ATC conducted a PPI process to procure technical solutions which improve energy performance.  The contract was awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender, weighted according to energy efficiency, sustainability, installation and maintenance and economic criteria.

Vienna Ombuds Office for Environmental Protection

The Viennese Database for Disinfectants (WIDES)

In order to help procurers to identify disinfectants with low impact on health and environment, the City of Vienna set up the Viennese Database for Disinfectants (WIDES) . WIDES ranks and scores products across a number of hazard categories, and all departments are required to use it for purchasing. It significantly contributes to transparency on the disinfectant market, and its impact is reflected in rising purchases of disinfectants with low risk potential, and influencing producers to use low impact ingredients.