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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (IV - vehicles)

Telles.eu

After parts I , II and III we finally reach part IV on the purchase or leasing of vehicles (contract type - 5) For these, the Annex establishes four different award criteria and two contract performance clauses/technical specifications, with issues to be found on both, mostly due to the non-technology neutral approach to the drafting.

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Portugal's plan for mandatory green public procurement (III - food procurement)

Telles.eu

Furthermore, it is inevitable food complying with this requirement will be more expensive than the alternatives so that means paying more for the same amount of food or having less food and produced with less efficient methods.

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The Public Procurement Glossary

Tracker Intelligence

Instead of running a full procurement procedure every time, they call off what they need under pre-agreed terms, making the process faster and more efficient. Contract Award Criteria The contract award criteria are the factors that decide which bid wins. It helps reduce paperwork and speeds up the procedure.

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Using AI for green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

In other jurisdictions, there is much greater variation in how green requirements are expressed, which might reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of the market. Simplify criteria: Green requirements do not need to be complicated sentences. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier.

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Six opportunities to promote resilience and decarbonization through fiscal policy

Inter-American Development Bank

The lack of data on climate-related public spending significantly limits the ability to evaluate it and prevents an accurate understanding of the associated fiscal risks. expand access to finance by developing climate finance strategies, building resilient and low-carbon project portfolios, and developing sustainable/green finance instruments.

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Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

Open Contracting Partnership

They are also working on tools to help contracting authorities to analyze their own data, for example, to monitor the average lead time of their tenders, or decide which award criteria to use when preparing a tender.

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In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Open Contracting Partnership

The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and improving efficiency, but few independent civil society organizations and individuals had the information, skills and influence to track contracting effectively. Professionalizing procurement.