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Sustainable Procurement - Joining The Gaps

Overview

There is no agency currently looking holistically at sustainable procurement pan London.  The government has made it clear that there is an expectation for public sector organisations to drive forward the sustainable procurement agenda and have published the National Procurement Action Plan requiring all public authorities to reach specific levels by 2009.

 

There is no clear understanding of London’s current position against standards, or the commitment / capacity from individual boroughs.  With the backdrop of the City Mayors launching a green purchasing club and the huge potential driven by the Olympics there is a real opportunity to join up the sustainable procurement agenda pan London; to influence the market to be innovative in its development of more sustainable services and commodities where markets are immature and learn from best practice transworld.

 

The project has been led by GLA, with a project board comprising the following organisations; TfL, Camden, Haringey, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, LDA, Islington, Hackney, and Croydon.

 

 

Objectives of Project

 

The overall objective of the project was to carry out a gap analysis to establish London’s position against the Flexible Framework with a view to highlighting good practice and identifying the major barriers to implementation. Specific objectives of the project were:

 
  • To map progress of London boroughs against implementing the SPTF Flexible Framework

  • To identify examples of good practice by London boroughs that enable progress on the flexible framework that could be replicated.

  • To produce an implementation map to show who has: policy; member lead; any key collaborative projects; networks which are in operation; organisations mapped onto the Flexible Framework; and quantifiable benefits and cashable savings that have arisen from sustainable procurement activity

  • To set up 5 boroughs in a project to aggregate/collaborate on spend/PQQs etc

  • To identify gaps in knowledge, tools or skills to implement the Flexible Framework

  • To develop a pan London draft action plan to meet the goals of the SPTF against the flexible framework.

 

The final report for this project was produced in December 2007 and is attached below.

 

Download PDF document Sustainable Procurement - Joining The Gaps: Final Report