Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice

This study aims to propose actions to improve the implementation of sustainable public procurement by identifying the problems perceived by public servants and social economy entities. Two types of questionnaires were sent to organizations in Spain and Europe and 217 complete answers were received (...

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Autores: Mendoza Jiménez, Javier, Hernández López, Montserrat, Franco Escobar, Susana Eva
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
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sustainability
social economy
public sector
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spelling Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to PracticeMendoza Jiménez, JavierHernández López, MontserratFranco Escobar, Susana Evapublic procurementsustainabilitysocial economypublic sectorThis study aims to propose actions to improve the implementation of sustainable public procurement by identifying the problems perceived by public servants and social economy entities. Two types of questionnaires were sent to organizations in Spain and Europe and 217 complete answers were received (152 from the public sector and 65 from the social entities). In addition, 20 semi-structured personal interviews were conducted by phone with managers of social enterprises and four interviews, also by phone, were carried out with relevant people from the public sector. The results of the surveys and the interviews were structured using the analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT), which was considered consistent with the strategic nature of public procurement. The perceived opportunities for the public sector focus on more e cient use of public resources and improvement of reputation and social equality. For the social entities, more participation in procurement could lead to less dependency on public funds and more visibility. The obstacles for the public sector are related to lack of training and internal resistance to change, as well as, in the case of social entities, to their small size and the tensions with their social object that might derive from bigger competition. The proposed activities focus on two objectives, more training to increase knowledge from the public sector and the readiness of social entities. It is concluded that it is necessary to establish channels of communications between the two groups to avoid possible ine ciencies.202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/40637reponame:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Lagunainstname:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)InglésSustainability 2019, 11, 6388;Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riull.ull.es:915/406372026-06-22T13:13:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
title Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
spellingShingle Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
public procurement
sustainability
social economy
public sector
title_short Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
title_full Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
title_fullStr Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
title_sort Sustainable Public Procurement: From Law to Practice
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
Hernández López, Montserrat
Franco Escobar, Susana Eva
author Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
author_facet Mendoza Jiménez, Javier
Hernández López, Montserrat
Franco Escobar, Susana Eva
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Franco Escobar, Susana Eva
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv public procurement
sustainability
social economy
public sector
topic public procurement
sustainability
social economy
public sector
description This study aims to propose actions to improve the implementation of sustainable public procurement by identifying the problems perceived by public servants and social economy entities. Two types of questionnaires were sent to organizations in Spain and Europe and 217 complete answers were received (152 from the public sector and 65 from the social entities). In addition, 20 semi-structured personal interviews were conducted by phone with managers of social enterprises and four interviews, also by phone, were carried out with relevant people from the public sector. The results of the surveys and the interviews were structured using the analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT), which was considered consistent with the strategic nature of public procurement. The perceived opportunities for the public sector focus on more e cient use of public resources and improvement of reputation and social equality. For the social entities, more participation in procurement could lead to less dependency on public funds and more visibility. The obstacles for the public sector are related to lack of training and internal resistance to change, as well as, in the case of social entities, to their small size and the tensions with their social object that might derive from bigger competition. The proposed activities focus on two objectives, more training to increase knowledge from the public sector and the readiness of social entities. It is concluded that it is necessary to establish channels of communications between the two groups to avoid possible ine ciencies.
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