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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NEWS

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CoR seeks significant changes to Procurement Directive draft

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has roundly criticised the revised Procurement Directive draft, calling it “difficult to understand and extraordinarily detailed” and opining that new additions ...

Phone survey reveals greater information and training on GPP needed to increase uptake

A recent EU LIFE+ funded survey of purchasing managers in Italy has identified factors that influence adoption of Green Public Procurement (GPP), and suggests that a broad knowledge of GPP is key to i...

27 December 2012

Austrian Procurement Agency opts for TCO Certified IT equipment

Austria’s Federal Procurement Agency (BBG) has announced that a major procurement for notebooks and tablets, scheduled for 2013, will include sustainability requirements based on certification label...

20 December 2012

Call for submission of bids to host the the 9th EcoProcura Conference 2014

ICLEI – Local Governments for sustainability are inviting European cities to submit a bid to host the 2014 edition of the EcoProcura conference. The ninth in the series, the conferences seek to gene...

18 December 2012

New publication explores public and private sector procurement in Brazil

A new publication on sustainable procurement, Sustainable Procurement: the power of public and private consumption for a green and inclusive economy, has been released in Portuguese. The publication h...

14 December 2012

Report finds public purchasing has the power to influence the market

A new report analysing local governments’ experiences of energy efficient purchasing (EEP) has concluded that EEP policies and programs can be an effective way to promote energy efficient products b...

12 December 2012

Public Sector Procurement Directive subject of debate and revisions

On 18 December the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) will vote on a series of amendments to the proposed new public sector Procurement Directive. ...

6 December 2012

Ihobe publishes guide to help local authorities continue GPP practices

Ihobe has published a guide to help public administrations find arguments and strategies to continue including an environmental perspective in their procurement practices, enabling them to continue us...

4 December 2012

GPP criteria for windows and external doors discussed at Brussels meeting

The second meeting for the revision of the GPP criteria for windows and external doors, facilitating technical discussions on the revised GPP criteria and the proposed benchmarks and verification proc...

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