Using public procurement to promote sustainability in Copenhagen

Kriteria Aspek Ekonomi dalam Pengadaan Publik Berkelanjutan

“…Dukungan terhadap UMKM ini, sangat diperlukan mengingat dengan keterbatasan sumberdaya yang dimilikinya, memunculkan anggapan bahwa UMKM akan sulit terlibat dalam pengadaan publik berkelanjutan, utamanya dalam memenuhi standar kriteria berkelanjutan. Namun, hasil penelitian (Andhov, 2019) menunjukkan bahwa klaim bahwa keberlanjutan dan partisipasi UMKM bukanlah sesuatu yang bertolak belakang. Keterbatasan dari segi ukuran, permodalan, pengalaman dan kapabilitas teknis, dapat diatas dengan adanya peraturan hukum yang dapat memecahkan masalah ini dalam pengadaan publik berkelanjutan.…”

Towards mandatory Green Public Procurement (GPP) requirements under the EU Green Deal: reconsidering the role of public procurement as an environmental policy tool

“…According to the second approach, certain limitations refer to the MS' (and, by extension, a contracting authority's) freedom to enable or ignore GPP. 68 This second set of limitations derives from the small number of GPP provisions with mandatory character (Articles: 18(2), 69 and 71 of the Public Procurement Directive) and its scope depends on the normative content of these provisions. Thus, contrary to the clear demarcation of the first set of limitations, the delimitation of the second body of limitations is determined mainly by the content and the (binding?)…”

“…That being said, if a Member State has not transposed Article 18(2) and the contracting authority has failed at some point in the public procurement process to take measures to check the compliance mentioned in Article 18 (2), what would the legal consequences be? 71 In the same vein, provided a Member State fully transposes Article 18(2), but the national contracting authorities decide not to take any measures to ensure compliance according to this provision, how will the use of their discretionary power be reviewed? Moreover, the concept of "appropriate measures" expected to be taken by the MS does not shed light on the concrete tasks to be taken over so that this provision is given fully effect.…”