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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Goal
To use public procurement to drive markets for innovative
environmental goods and services
What’s the issue?
By contracting for products and services in sufficient volume, public
sector procurement can stimulate markets and encourage investment in new
skills, equipment or R&D.
The innovative
products and services brought to the market will help Government achieve
better value for money i.e. the best balance of product or service
performance, quality and whole life costs to meet the user requirement.
But there are a number of actual and
perceived barriers such as cost, risk, skills, information and inertia
that need to be overcome.
What will we do?
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Secure forward
commitment from a pubic sector purchaser to allow the scaling-up of an
innovative environmental product or service.
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Demonstrate how
barriers to innovative sustainable procurement can be overcome.
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Work with a
government agency or department to produce a model for replication in
other parts of the public sector.
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Develop a training
programme covering the key issues purchasers need to consider when
making purchasing decisions on environmental technologies, products
and services.
We will be
successful if:
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A greater number of public sector buyers commit to
purchase innovative products, services or technologies.
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A greater volume of
innovative environmental goods and services are be purchased by the UK
public sector.
EIAG Action Owner:
Jennie Price, Chief Executive, WRAP
Contact:
Barbara Morton
Programme Manager- Procurement
Environmental
Industries Unit
Department of Trade
and Industry
Bay 408
151 Buckingham Palace
Road
London SW1W 9SS
Tel: 020 7215 1366 |
