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Hier komt tekst The goal versus the law
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City of Utrecht and Sustainability
This afternoon
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The change of public procurement
Sustainability as goal
Four ways to do so
The struggle to gain that goal
The City of Utrecht
Percentage sustainablity of total spend
Circular and recycling
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The City of Utrecht
Difference between recycling and circular?
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A brief history...
First public procument law: 1815
Public procument is older
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A brief history...
Political focus on public procurement is relatively new
Main goals: freedom of goods and people
Transparancy, equality, non discrimination, proportionality
Focus: compliancy with the EU Laws
Lawfulness, lawfulness, lawfulness
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Politics discover procurement (1)
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Procurement becomes a policy tool
In 2012 by national law
Small companies are hot!
Introducing ‘Gids Proportionaliteit’
Then comes climat changes and economic crisis
Politics discover procurement (2)
The EU laws change in 2016
Innovation and sustainability
EU 2020
Directive 2014/24/EU
A new vision on public procurement
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The struggle begins (1)
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The original principles are still there
Freedom of goods and people
Transparancy, equality, non discrimination, proportionality
But the main goals has changed
The struggle begins (2)
A boat over land
Utrecht has policy goals
Innovation
Social entrepreneurship
Sustainability
It’s hard to move a boat over land
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Sustainability in a tender
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Four ways to move the boat:
1. Selection criteria
2. Technical specifications
3. Contract award criteria
4. Competitive dialoque
Selection criteria
What does EU law say?
Environmental management standards
Check by independent bodies
Only use European standards
Related to the subject of the contract
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Selection criteria (2)
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So what is the problem?
We want to change the attitude of the company
Not related to the contract!
Lots of national standards
Forbidden to use them
Selection criteria (3)
For example the ‘milieubarometer’
Dutch initiative
Measures the environmental performance
Creates awareness en sets business targets
Utrecht can not use it as selection method
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Selection criteria (4)
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It is not based on EU standards
And is it not related to the contract
Outdated principles
But understandable in 2004
Contract award criteria (1)
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Environmental aspects explicitly stated
No unrestricted freedom of choice
The criteria must be clear and precise
A big struggle for Utrecht
Because the proof is in the pudding
Contract award criteria (2)
Sustainability by innovation
The business in the lead
Utrecht does not give the solution
The business is always three steps ahead
But how the compare?
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Contract award criteria (3)
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Utrecht:
“the one that fits our ambitions the best will win”
But is this clear and precise?
Is this unrestricted freedom for Utrecht?
Contract award criteria (4)
Example: the Utrecht cleaning service
Business 1: only use bio cleaning solution
Business 2: the employees wil drive electric cars
vs.
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Contract award criteria (5)
Example: the building of parking spaces
Business 1: all machinery run on bio diesel
Business 2: we will give a donation to the WWF
vs.
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Contract award criteria (6)
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Other solution: make it more specific
No innovation by the business
But it is clear and precise
Contract award criteria (7)
The purchase of playsets
PEFC wood: Recycled wood:
5 points 7 points
Utrecht sets the tone
One business said: I want to use bamboo!
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Technical specifications (1)
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You can ask for a specific label
Related tot the subject of the contract
The use is limited
Most labels refer to business themselves
For example FSC wood
“The organization shall comply with all applicable laws”
Technical specifications (2)
There is a solution
Prescibe the underlying criteria
Mention a specific label as proof
Also accept other equivalent label
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Technical specifications (3)
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Technical specifications most ‘save’
They are clear and precise
But it is only a minimal
No room for innovation
The competitive dialogue
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On of the set procedures
Answer to the ‘specific and clear’ problem
The outcome of the dialoque is sustainable
Then a bidding on the outcome (lowest price)
Expensive procedure
Conclusions
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Utrecht uses all of the three options
Takes a legal risk on contract award criteria
The EU directive needs an update
The competitive dialogue is an (expensive) solution