Standardization & Green Public Procurement Exam Questions and Answers Rated 100%
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Standardization & Green Public Procurement Exam Questions and Answers Rated 100%
What is public procurement? - Answers Purchasing by public contracting authorities to meet user needs and achieve different goals - primary is service improvement and cost reduction, secondary is innovation and susta...
Standardization & Green Public Procurement Exam Questions and Answers Rated 100%
What is public procurement? - Answers Purchasing by public contracting authorities to meet user needs
and achieve different goals - primary is service improvement and cost reduction, secondary is innovation
and sustainability. Government acts as intelligent buyer
What is green public procurement (GPP)? - Answers Purchasing by public contracting authorities which
reduces environmental impacts across product or service life cycle either directly (env performance etc)
or indirectly (leveraging the market) enabled by voluntary standards
The tendering process - Answers A request from a buying organisation to invite suppliers to formally
quote on a large value project. It specifies user need and specifics of what is being requested. Interested
suppliers will prepare a tender/bid which specifies the offer of the supplier and how it will meet need
and submits it where it will then be evaluated on award criteria set.
Where does the money come for GPPs in Europe? - Answers Taxpayer money
What is Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT)? - Answers The selected tender will include
both price and quality attributes in award criteria rather than just picking the lowest cost tender.
What are some special considerations to GPP? - Answers Label use, life cycle costing, innovation
partnerships
Explain what specifying the user need means for a tender? - Answers The need should be functionally
specified. This allows for innovative solutions for problems.
What is the difference between technically and functionally specified in the user need of a tender? -
Answers Technically specified only allows for in the box solutions (ferry with 2400 horsepower that is
60m long) and functionally specified allows for many potential solutions (energy efficient and low
emission)
What are voluntary standards in tender? - Answers Set specifications that go beyond regulation that are
formed through consensus processes at standards development organizations. Legitimacy is embedded
via the standardization process
What does the standardization process result in? - Answers Legitimacy
What is the role of standards in public procurement? - Answers Supports decision process and risk
management throughout the whole procurement (planning) process. Procurer must have knowledge of
technological landscape, trajectories, and market
Where are standards used in tenders? - Answers In technical specifications (mandatory requirements),
award criteria (awarding points for higher % of recycled content), and contracted clauses (monitor
performance)
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