Delivering compliant procurement
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Public authorities are under pressure to ensure that their
procurement makes a positive contribution towards social inclusion,
secures improvements to the environment and minimises any adverse
environmental impact
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Sustainable procurement is good procurement
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Opting for environmentally sound goods, services and works helps
your organisation achieve sustainable development. Increased demand
for sustainable goods encourages sustainable production, and helps
environmentally friendly technologies conquer the market. It can
also help save taxpayers' money.
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Practicing positive social procurement
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Criteria involving social considerations may be used to
determine the most economically advantageous tender, where they
provide an economic advantage for the authority which is linked to
the product or service, and which is the subject of the
contract.
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Integrating social, environmental and sustainability issues
into your procurement
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All public authorities should be developing national or regional
contracts that ensure social, environmental and sustainability
issues are considered from the outset. The Government has raised
the profile of sustainable procurement across the public sector
with a major shift in the way the public sector buys goods and
services, signing up to a range of measures designed to achieve the
sustainable buying of a wide variety of products.
The new emphasis on environmental standards represents a
significant shift in public sector purchasing practice.
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