Examples of Sustainable Procurement Duty in a sentence
The Council must comply with the Sustainable Procurement Duty before and during procurement of a Regulated Contract.
Applying the relevant parameters into the Green’s formula, which is m=6 variables, the total sample size needed will be 50+8(6)=98.
Utilisation of the tools also supports compliance with the Sustainable Procurement Duty.
The Sustainable Procurement Duty forms part of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, placing sustainable and socially responsible purchasing at the heart of the procurement process.
With the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 the Sustainable Procurement Duty applies to all regulated procurements which commence on or after 1st June 2016.
In response to the Sustainable Procurement Duty included in the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, our Procurement Policy sets out how SCRA will meet this duty including adopting best practice, meeting legal and financial obligations, securing wider economic, social and environmental benefits, including the use of community benefit clauses, and encouraging the procurement of low carbon options to support the development of a low carbon economy.
Sustainable Procurement DutyIn compliance with the Sustainable Procurement Duty, Glasgow Clyde College continues to give consideration to environmental, social and economic issues relating to all regulated procurements and how benefits can be accrued on a contract-by-contract basis by taking proportionate actions to involve SME’s, third sector bodies and supported businesses in our procurement activities and in so bringing benefit not only the College but the wider community.
Under the Public Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, specific duties have been placed on procurement in terms of the Sustainable Procurement Duty (paragraph 9), Supported Businesses (paragraph 11), and Community Benefits (paragraph 25).
SPS needs to comply with this duty for all procurement activity regulated under the PRA 1 including the need to comply with the Sustainable Procurement Duty.
These also align with the 7 Public Procurement Priorities, in particular, Sustainable Economic Recovery, Maximise Impact of the Sustainable Procurement Duty, Climate Emergency and Achieving Professional Excellence.