scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY OF SLOVAKIA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka ŠTOFOVÁ ◽  
Petra SZARYSZOVÁ ◽  
Lucia BEDNÁROVÁ ◽  
Artur KOTTNER
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Criteria

Ökologische Aspekte im öffentlich-rechtlichen Beschaffungswesen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Steengrafe
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
German Law ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
European Law ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
The Government ◽  
Model Law ◽  
The Government Procurement

The awarding of public contracts is of considerable economic importance and for this reason can be used to promote environmental concerns. The present work examines whether environmental criteria may be taken into account in the context of public procurement. To answer this question, the Government Procurement Agreement and the UNICTRAL Model Law on Public Procurement are considered at the level of international law. In European law, the primary as well as the relevant secondary law requirements and, in German law, the Cartel and Budget Procurement Law are assessed. This analysis also includes the interactions between the three levels.

Implementation of Green Considerations in Public Procurement

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Andrea Appolloni ◽  
Maria Antonietta Coppola ◽  
Gustavo Piga
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Good Work ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Contracting ◽  
Contract Performance ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Winning Bidder ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Environmental Considerations

Green considerations can be applied during all phases of the public procurement process: from the pre-award to the award and post-award phase. They can be included in technical specifications, award criteria, and contract performance clauses. Technical specifications provide a detailed description to the market of the good, work, or service to be procured. They constitute the basis for drafting green award criteria, which allow contracting entities to evaluate the received bids and award the contract. Contract performance clauses can also be used by public contracting entities to introduce environmental considerations in the procurement process. These clauses are based on the capacity of the winning bidder to perform the negotiated environmental criteria. Notwithstanding the importance of GPP, green considerations are seldom applied in public procurement. Reasons can be found in the lack of appropriate regulations at national and international level, or in the actual lack of training of the procurement workforce.

scholarly journals White paper: How to procure e-mobility solutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro José Bueso Guillén
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Government Procurement ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
The Government

This White Paper provides a step-by-step approach on how to procure e-mobility solutions. Chapter 1 covers the implementation of a so-called innovation procurement. Chapter 2 covers all relevant aspects that are related to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) of the World Trade Organization with a link to the most relevant aspects of EU Trade Agreements that enhance the competitiveness of European companies. The chapter also presents an overview of the most recent and relevant EU initiatives to maintain a level playing field in public procurement within and across the boundaries of the EU Internal Market. Chapter 3 covers the possibilities to include social and environmental criteria within government procurements. Chapter 4 concludes on the findings of the e-Mobility paper and provides the reader with useful practices and tools to follow up on the procurement of e-mobility solutions. For the context of this White Paper, e-mobility solutions are transport solutions which are based on heavy duty vehicles with a zero-emission tailpipe pollution, which are a category under article 4 (5) of the Directive 2009/33/EC of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission mobility amended by Directive (EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019

scholarly journals The Concept of Introducing Eco-Friendly Criteria into The Contract Procurement System

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 150-158
Author(s):  
Kirill A. Belokrylov ◽  
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Alena N. Vakulenko ◽  
Alena O. Kishkovskaya ◽  
Anastasia N. Situkho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Current Level ◽  
High Price ◽  
Categorical Analysis ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Procurement System

The article analyses the current level of development of the topic of "green" public procurement both in Russian legal acts and in domestic scientific literature. The authors conducted a categorical analysis of the term "green" public procurement, based on which the definition recommended for use in the Russian system was derived. The analysis of international experience in the implementation and development of green procurement was followed by a description of the specifics of legal regulation in several countries. By means of an electronic questionnaire survey of contracting system entities, the current level of application of environmental criteria in procurement was empirically assessed and the attitudes of Russian customers and suppliers towards the introduction of new environmental requirements in procurement legislation were identified. Thus, customers are not motivated to use "green" criteria, as they are not aware of them and their application may be regarded by regulatory authorities as a restriction of competition, and suppliers are not interested in producing such products, since they will not be competitive due to the high price. Based on the results obtained, recommendations were developed for the gradual, step-by-step incorporation of norms and practices related to the greening of the procurement process into the contract system.

EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR APPLYING ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. Osipova ◽  
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N. A. Zhilnikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Procurement System

The article consists the approaches to a solution on including the environmental criteria in the public procurement system. The Guide to the implementation of public “green” procurement in Russia is developed on the results of the analysis of European and Russian legislation. The use of the recommendations provided in the guide will allow purchasing organizations to acquire the skills to work independently on integrating environmental criteria into their procurement practices.

Buying Green – a European Commission handbook

elni Review ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Jill Michielssen
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Procurement Procedure

The European Commission has published a Handbook entitled "Buying Green" which explains in clear non-legal terms how to include environmental criteria in the different stages of a public procurement procedure.

scholarly journals Analysis of Green Public Procurement of Works by Spanish Public Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Fuentes-Bargues ◽  
Pablo Ferrer-Gisbert ◽  
Mª. González-Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Public Universities ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Spanish Universities ◽  
Contracting Process ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
Spanish Public Universities ◽  
Geographical Scope

Universities play an important role among public institutions because they initiate huge purchasing and contracting activities and contribute to sustainable development through education, research, and day-to-day operations. Existing studies on green public procurement (GPP) practices at Spanish universities focus on products and services. For this study, a total of 316 procedures were collected and analysed from the calls for tenders made by Spanish public universities between 2016 and 2017. The environmental criteria involved in the tenders and their weights were classified by subsector, geographical scope, and project budget. The results of this study show the use of environmental criteria in the works tendered by Spanish public universities is low (19.2%) in comparison with the results of other studies. It is therefore necessary to encourage GPP practices in the contracting process to comply with the environmental policies that universities have defined as part of their institutional policies.

scholarly journals Green Public Procurement at a Regional Level. Case Study: The Valencia Region of Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Fuentes-Bargues ◽  
Pablo Sebastian Ferrer-Gisbert ◽  
Mª Carmen González-Cruz ◽  
María Jose Bastante-Ceca
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Population Number ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Valencian Region

Research on current practices and the state of green public procurement enables the identification of areas that can be improved, as well as opportunities to improve the tendering procedures from an environmental point of view. To understand the behaviour of local, provincial, and regional administrations concerning green public procurement, a case study on the Valencia region of Spain is made. The Valencian region is one of the most important communities in terms of population, number of contracting authorities, and weight in the Spanish Gross Domestic Product. In this study, a total of 967 procedures were analysed from calls for tenders made by municipal, provincial, and regional administrations in2016 and 2017.The results of this study show that the use of environmental criteria is 19.7% and the average weight is 4.1 out of 100. The civil engineering subsector, more than the building subsector, employs environmental criteria, particularly in projects tendered by regional administrations, whereas for projects with large budgets the level of use is similar for both subsectors. It is necessary to encourage plans to improve Green Public Procurement (GPP) practices in the Valencian administrations, especially those with a local scope such as municipalities.

scholarly journals An Approach to Environmental Criteria in Public Procurement for the Renovation of Buildings in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Soto ◽  
Teresa Escrig ◽  
Begoña Serrano-Lanzarote ◽  
Núria Matarredona Desantes
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Measures ◽  
Climate Neutrality ◽  
The Eu

In order to contribute to climate neutrality within the EU in 2050, it is necessary for administrations to play a driving role through green public procurement for building renovation (GPPBR). Among the main barriers that slow down the GPPBR, a lack of knowledge of the parties involved can be highlighted. Faced with this scenario, the aim of this article is to provide a compilation, as a preliminary state of the art, of the most important environmental measures to bring to the GPPBR specifications. The methodology used for this compilation and critical analysis consisted of a systematic search for laws, regulations and guides prepared by Spanish public administrations, as well as looking into other international information sources, mainly collected from the EU. Despite the fact that related technical information is abundant, it is scattered and at times impractical. This study can be useful as a basis for both drafting specifications and highlighting the need to develop other specific and advanced technical procedures to assist GPPBR professionals.

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