May 26, 2011

CONSULTATION Green Public procurement Deadline July 8th


Draft National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement for Public Consultation Published

http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/SustainableDevelopment/ConsultationGreenPublicProcurement/

 

25/05/11

GPP a key tool in the transition to a Green Economy - Hogan

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan T.D., today (25th May 2011) published a draft National Action Plan on Green Public Procurement for public consultation. The Minister said that the Action Plan, when it is finalised later this year, will apply to all personnel involved in procurement across the Public Sector. It will also be of major interest to their partners in the business community, as well as to other stakeholders in the academic community, NGOs, and other parts of civil society.

Minister Hogan said that in 2010, public procurement in Ireland amounted to €15 billion. "This highlights the key role that Government Departments, State Agencies and public authorities play in the procurement of infrastructure, goods and services. It clearly illustrates the leadership role that these bodies can play in promoting green procurement, as we put Ireland on the path to a low-carbon, competitive and successful economy. GPP will be a key element in driving this change and this Action Plan, once finalised, will provide the framework the development of GPP in a consistent, progressive and coherent fashion."

It is intended that this Action Plan will:
(1) highlight existing best-practice procurement as an example to procurers of similar products and services across the public sector;
(2)  outline what further improvements could be made that would boost the percentage of GPP in Ireland to the most ambitious level possible.

The draft Action Plan proposes seven priority product groups for which the public sector should seek to "green" their tendering processes on a national basis. These seven product groups are:


1. Construction
2. Energy
3. Food and catering services
4. Transport
5. cleaning products and services
6. Paper
7. uniforms and other textiles
 

The draft Action Plan is now available for public consultation and may be downloaded on the webpages of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (www.environ.ie)

Encouraging all interested parties to submit their views, the Minister commented: "Stakeholder buy-in will be critical to the successful implementation of the GPP Action Plan. It is important therefore that all of the relevant stakeholders study this draft Action Plan and submit their comments. I look forward to finalising the process and publishing Ireland's first GPP Action Plan later this year", the Minister concluded.

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