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Catering for Change
Hampden Park
18th January 2011
Catering for Change
George Tarvit
Sustainable Scotland Network
Best Value
Procurement for
Sustainability
www.sustainable-scotland.net
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Catering and the Planet
“Before you've
finished your
breakfast this
morning, you’ll have
relied on half the
world”
Martin Luther King
Integration of Env, Society, Economy
Environment
Society
SD
Economy
Interdependence of Env, Society, Economy
Environment
Society
Economy
Sustainable Development
Scottish Government – Purpose and Objectives
Local Government in Scotland Act 2003
Duty of Best Value
The local authority shall discharge its duties … in a way
which contributes to the achievement of Sustainable
Development
Best Value Ministerial Guidance - Chapter 7
A council pursuing Best Value should ensure
6. That sustainable development requirements are taken into
account in the procurement strategy.
7. There is a systematic approach to the management of
resources which contributed to the achievement of
sustainable development
Scottish Government Policy Drivers
Scottish
Sustainable
Procurement
Action Plan
2009
Climate Change
(Scotland) Act
2009
‘Greening’ Scotland’s
£8bn public spend
Public Bodies Climate Change Duties
In effect from 1st January 2011
Food and Sustainability Drivers
The perfect storm of factors that will force all of us to
address sustainable food and drink choices:
• Food Prices
• Oil Prices and Peak Oil
• Biofuels – people versus engines
• Water – floods and draughts
• Biodiversity and food stocks
• Climate Change – SCC Act = 42% by 2020, 80% by 2050
• The economics of trade in food (note Herman Daly)
• Health (and inequality: global and local)
(see Raj Patel / Tim Lang / Andrew Simms)
Ecological Overshoot
Ecological Footprint Inequality
U
K
Components of an Ecological and
Greenhouse Gas Footprint
Travel
Food
Energy
Housing
Water
Energy
Waste
Consumables
Afghanistan
Africa
China
Latin America
Middle East
World
Europe Non-EU
Europe EU
KSB
Scotland
UK
Australia
North America
United Arab Emirates
Footprint
Ecological Footprint Comparisons
14
12
10
8
EF
6
3 Planet Living
4
2
1 Planet Living
0
Source: GFN 2006
One Planet
West
Dumbarton
W Lothian
Midlothia
S Lanarkshire
Fife
Scotland
Dundee
UK
Stirling
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Scottish Local Authority Footprints
7.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
Source: SEI 2006
Midlothian GHG Footprint - 2004
15.86 tCO2e per person
GHG Footprint by Them e
Capital Other
Public Investment 0%
Services
3%
13%
Housing
27%
Private
Services
6%
Consumer
Items
12%
Transport
21%
Food
18%
Sustainable Food Procurement
Opportunity
Sustainable food and drink contributes to
addressing all of the drivers for change.
Low carbon food usually equates to healthy food,
and contributes to local and global fairness and
economic development.
Good Practice Examples Abound
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Food for Life/Sustain + local authority examples
Scotland’s Global Footprint in schools
Eco-Schools Scotland food topic
Organic procurement - Malmo
Procura+ : part of ICLEI Europe
Local Multiplier 3 – Northumberland/Barry Mitchell
Some simple advice (Michael Pollan): eat food, not
too much, mainly plants. Try not to eat anything with more
than 5 ingredients on the packet. Shop at the edges of
supermarkets, Don’t buy your food in the same place you
buy your petrol .
The Challenge
• Leadership and commitment
• Organisational buy in and crossdepartmental/cross-sector working – focused on
outcomes
• Know your procurement and your catering
• Prioritise
• Specify
• Working with suppliers
• Measure and assess impact
• Promote what you are doing
Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement based on bending the spend
towards meeting objectives
Note: Barry Mitchell’s comments on eggs.
Don’t get overly concerned about perfection – it is not
a perfect world out there (mainly due to unfair trade
and TNC power), but that is no excuse for doing
nothing.
SSN can help: Sustainable procurement training,
Sustainable Procurement Working Group, Footprinting
in schools, links with Eco-Schools Scotland
Some words of wisdom
“The future
depends on what
we do in the
present”
Mahatma Gandhi
We need your help to make
things happen, to make the
changes that are necessary.
The importance of public food for
public health
Heather Peace
Senior Dietary Advisor
Catering for Change Seminar
Hamden Park, Glasgow
18th January 2010
1) Why a healthy diet is
important for sustainability
2) Why the public sector
catering is important for
health and sustainability
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Defining a healthy diet
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Health challenges
OBESITY AND PREVENTABLE CHRONIC DISEASE
 Overweight and obesity brings with it
increased risk of heart disease, cancers,
Type II diabetes and other conditions
 Poor diet is also related to increased risk
of obesity and preventable disease
 High cost of obesity and preventable
diseases to individuals and to society
 Healthy workforce essential for economic
growth
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Global challenges
 Increasing world population
 Climate change
 Reduced capacity to produce food
with more people to feed
 Must adopt a responsible approach
to global food production and
consumption
 Challenges → scientific and
technological solutions
 Challenges → opportunities for
local economy
Reuters
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The public sector as an EXEMPLAR
 Healthy Eating, Active Living
 Recipe for Success
 Obesity Route Map
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ImplementationLegislation and guidance
 Schools
 Hospitals
 Prisons
AND
 Local Authorities
 Universities…
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The Healthy Living Award
 Catering award
 Scottish Government funding
 Managed by Consumer Focus Scotland
 Applies to public and private sector caterers
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Food Safety
 Wales 2005
 Second largest E Coli 0157 outbreak in the UK
 Pennington 2009 made 24 recommendations
 Prime responsibility for
food safety lies with
businesses
 Food businesses must
follow correct
procedures
 Review in five years time
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An Opportunity for
Sustainable Procurement
Duncan Osler, MacRoberts LLP
Catering for Change Conference
January 2011
Scope of Talk
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Public Procurement – legal basics
and policy context
Sustainability in procurement:
 ‘Community benefits’
 Environmental/Social
Considerations
Further comments
Procurement Basics
Current climate
‘…getting the best result…’
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Current conditions intensify focus on
economic outcomes
Interest in potential for ‘targeting’ in public
procurement
- but there are limits…
Background Basics
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Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations
2006 (PCSR) implements into Scots law:
EC Directive 2004/18/EC
EU principles – buyer ‘shall’s and ‘shall
not’s:
 Fairness
 Non-Discrimination / Equal Treatment
 Transparency
 Meet Legitimate Expectations
Public Procurement Procedures
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Purpose of legal regime is economic
 level playing field in process terms
how not what
 buyer discretion not directly restricted
 No ‘rule on scale’ per se
Buyer requirements
 Direct & Indirect:
 [primary and] secondary evaluation
criteria
Procurement Basics
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Procurement Directives and EC
Treaty Rights and Freedoms
including:
 Free movement of goods, freedom
of establishment
 No discrimination on grounds of
Nationality
Procedural nature of PSCR
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PCSR set out procedures to be
followed prior to contract
award…contracting authority acting
transparently must:
 tell bidders what it’s going to do in
advance
 do what it said it would do and tell
bidders about it afterwards
Procurement and
Sustainability
Sustainability
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Brundtland Report:
 Sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs:
 the concept of needs and
 the idea of limitations
Value of sustainability?
A calculation in connection with
requirements
Procurement and Tendering
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Tender submission on a level playing field
evaluation of lowest price or most economically
advantageous tender (MEAT)
CAN INCLUDE SOCIAL AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
ALSO:
 “Value for Money”/”Best Value” – “the optimum
combination of whole life cost and quality to
meet the end user’s requirement”
EC Directive Recital 1
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Directive based on Court of Justice case-law, in
particular case-law on award criteria, which
clarifies the possibilities for the contracting
authorities to meet the needs of the public
concerned, including in the environmental
and/or social area, provided that such criteria
are linked to the subject-matter of the contract,
do not confer an unrestricted freedom of choice
on the contracting authority, are expressly
mentioned and comply with the fundamental
principles mentioned in recital 2.
EC Directive Recital 5
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This Directive clarifies how the
contracting authorities may contribute
to the protection of the environment
and the promotion of sustainable
development, whilst ensuring the
possibility of obtaining the best value
for money for their contracts.
EC Directive Recital 6
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Nothing in this Directive should prevent
the imposition or enforcement of
measures necessary to protect public
policy, public morality, public security,
health, human and animal life or the
preservation of plant life, in particular with
a view to sustainable development,
provided that these measures are in
conformity with the Treaty.
EC Directive Recital 29
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Contracting authorities that wish to
define environmental requirements
for the technical specifications of a
given contract may lay down the
environmental characteristics, such
as a given production method, and/or
specific environmental effects of
product groups or services.
EC Directive – Article 26
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Conditions for Performance of Contracts
“Contracting authorities may lay down
special conditions relating to the
performance of a contract, provided that
these are compatible with Community law
and are indicated in the contract notice or
in the specifications. The conditions
governing the performance of a contract
may, in particular, concern social and
environmental considerations.”
Environmental Considerations
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Pre-qualification – Regulation 25(2)(h)
 Necessary for performance
Technical specifications/conditions of contract –
Regulation 9
 May include environmental performance
Evaluation Criteria - Regulation 30(1)
 May use criteria linked to the subject matter
of the contract to determine MEAT including
quality, price...environmental
characteristics
Social / environmental conditions:
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ARE lawful for public procurement:
 Need to be in OJEU or contract
documents
 Need to be linked to contract
subject matter, and proportionate
 Not in/directly discriminatory
Must be a transparent process and
enable objective evaluation of bids
Tendering and Sustainability
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Legal compliance a matter of
Economic or market effects
Primary and secondary award criteria
Effect on undertakings (suppliers)
 E.g. requirement to have a local
facility
consortia
Comments
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Bid evaluation and meeting authority
requirements
Are sustainability considerations:
 Integrated components of a
procurement
 Afterthoughts?
Maintaining competition
© MacRoberts LLP 2011
Catering for Change
18 January 2011
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Dave Cook
Policy Division
Commercial and Procurement Directorate
[email protected]
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
• What is sustainable procurement?
• Scottish Sustainable Procurement Action Plan –
features
• 10 steps in Action Plan
• Key steps for food procurement
• Sustainability: how will Catering for Change help?
• Climate Change
• Food procurement & the Action Plan – common
themes
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
What is sustainable procurement?
Recognised definition in both the Action Plan and
“Catering for Change” but in simple terms:
taking into account economic, social and
environmental benefits as part of delivering value
for money
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Features
• 10 steps
• Emphasises whole organisation approach
• Attempts to encourage a systematic approach –
within organisations and across the Public Sector
• Launched by Cabinet Secretary end October
2009, endorsed by Procurement Reform Board
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/10/sspap
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
10 Steps
• Commitment within the organisation - Champion
• Making the commitment public
• Organisational buy-in
• Benchmarking & progression
• Prioritising
• Specifying sustainably
• Sustainability in the Procurement Process
• Working with suppliers
• Measuring performance
• Publicising your successes
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Key Steps
• Specifying sustainably
• Sustainability in the procurement process
• Working with suppliers
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Food procurement – key steps
• Specifying sustainably
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Food procurement – key steps
• Sustainability in the procurement process
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Food procurement – key steps
• Working with suppliers
“Catering for Change” – how will it help?
Takes you through the procurement process:
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supporting SMEs
specifying fresh food
specifying seasonal food
looking at minimising/recycling packaging
avoiding/recycling waste
working with suppliers……….and much more
But NOT “Food Miles”!
Climate Change
• Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
• Sets emissions reduction targets
– 42% by 2020
– 80% by 2050
• Places duties on all public bodies
• Duties came into effect on 1 January 2011
• Powers to impose further duties on public sector
bodies
Climate Change
Section 44 of the Act requires that a public body
must, in exercising its functions, act:
• in the way best calculated to contribute to
delivery of the Act's emissions reduction targets;
• in the way best calculated to deliver any
statutory adaptation programme; and
• in a way that it considers most sustainable.
Climate Change
Section 46 of the Act provides for Ministers to
require any public body found to be failing to
comply with its commitments to prepare a report
explaining what they have done and what they
will do to ensure future compliance.
Such reports to specifically include information on
how:
its procurement policy; and
its procurement activity
have contributed to compliance with climate
change duties
Summary
“Scottish Sustainable Procurement Action Plan”
“Catering for Change”
Common Themes
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Planning for the outcomes you want to achieve
Specifying your requirements sustainably
Whole organisation approach
Working with Suppliers
Addressing Climate Change issues
Catering for Change
18 January 2011
SCOTTISH SUSTAINABLE
PROCUREMENT ACTION PLAN
Dave Cook
Policy Division
Commercial and Procurement Directorate
[email protected]