Transcript 1. Introducing GPP

PRIMES
[1]Introducting Green Public Procurement
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Why procuring green products?
Buying cheap costs more
From sustainable development...
Profit
People
Planet
...to sustainable procurement
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Cost-efficiency
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Energy-efficiency
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Resource-efficiency
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Climate targets
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Social targets
Green Public Procurement
Definition
"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.”
Source: (COM (2008) 400 Public procurement for a better environment)
Legal framework of GPP
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Procurement Directives (2014/24)
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National and sub-national legislation
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ECJ jurisdiction
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Procurement principles valid above/below thresholds (e.g. Nondiscrimination, proportionality etc.)
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Market power of GPP
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European public purchasing for products and services
= 16-18 % EU GDP
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Examples of public purchasing power:
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Procurement of buses: +/- 50 %
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Procurement of IT products: +/- 15 %
Switching to greener products and services can:
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Directly and enormously impact on the environment
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Foster a greener market
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Lead by example
Climate power of GPP
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CO2 emissions would be cut by 15M t per year if the whole EU
adopted the same environmental criteria for lighting and office
equipment as the City of Turku, Finland – reducing electricity
consumption by 50%
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If all IT purchases in Europe followed the example of Copenhagen
and the Swedish Administrative Development Agency, energy
consumption would be cut by roughly the equivalent of four
nuclear reactors.
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Enormous potential in the building (40% of EU energy
consumption) and transport sector (1/3 of EU CO2)
Money saving power of GPP
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Cost-efficiency through energy-efficiency
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Energy performance contracting (EPC)
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Value for money: Life cycle costing (LCC) instead of
cheapest offer
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Smart procurement
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Joint public procurement
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Procurement of innovation (PPI, PCP)
Needs assessment prior to any purchasing decision
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Social power of GPP
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Showing responsability in a globalized world along the supply chain
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Supporting small and medium-seized enterprises (SMEs)
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E.g. Splitting tenders in smaller lots
Supporting marginalised working groups (e.g. Longterm unemployed
people)
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E.g. Reserving/recruiting local workforce as a means
to tackle unemployment
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Involving companies through early market engagement
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Success factors for GPP
GPP training
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People (human factor)
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Longterm strategy not shortterm caretaking (election-resistant)
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Political committment (Council decision)
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Binding committment
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Interdepartmental cooperation (E.g.: Environment + Economy –
Construction)
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Cooperation with NGOs and/or businesses
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GPP best practice
EcoBuy Vienna (ÖkoKauf Wien)
Vienna, Austria
Success factors:
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Overarching strategy [Climate Protection Programm (KliP)]
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Cooperation between different departments (Economy,
Environment, Buildings)
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Mandatory use of developed green purchasing criteria
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Awareness raising & public relations work
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Collaboration with regional business
EcoBuy Vienna
Vienna, Austria
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17 working groups on GPP of product groups
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Developed 60 GPP product catalogues
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Cross-departmental project
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Financial savings: 45 mil EUR between 2004-2007
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Carbon emissions savings: 103.000 tons CO2
Other good practice examples (I)
Examples Tübingen, Aschaffenburg (Germany):
Tübingen centralised the procurement of cleaning services and
shifted to innovative (dosage) and environmentally friendly
cleaning products. Savings: 30.000 Euro/Year.
Aschaffenburg achieved even higher savings.
Example Milan (Italy):
Prior: 660 printer, 32 copy machines, 20 Scanner, 45
Fax machines for 612 employees.
After: 90 appliances remain and 60 multifunctional
devices newly purchased. Result: 607 less devices
Fonte : Lorenzo Puricelli
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Other good practice examples (III)
Estonia:
 Framework contract in 2012, covering PCs and monitors
for all national ministries and agencies
 Required to meet Energy Star 5.0 (PCs), and TCO 5.0
(monitors). Additional 10% of award points for better
performance
 20-30% reduction in energy consumption estimated
Karlsruhe, Germany:
Combining the local fleet with carsharing helped the city to
save 50.000 Euro annualy.
Useful links
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EU GPP website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/index_en.htm
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Sustainable Procurement Forum: https://procurement-forum.eu/
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Good practice: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/case_en.htm
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