In order to promote use of framework agreements in the coming years, the Public Procurement Office will prepare models of tender dossiers with models of framework agreements for the supplies for which the use of these instruments is most appropriate. . In addition, monitoring of implementation and execution of centralised public procurements and framework agreements will be improved. 3.2. Sustainability The priorities set out in the European Strategy of document titled “Strategy Europe 2020 – Smart, Sustainable and include: public procurements, Inclusive Development” “green” inclusive development conductive to social cohesion and poverty reduction, facilitation of participation of SMEs in public procurement procedures and purchasing of innovative products, services and works. 3.2.1. Green procurement Environment protection is an important element of government policies in the EU countries and in the Republic of Serbia as well. In addition to direct measures to achieve the objectives of its environmental policy, a country can also indirectly contribute to the achievement of those objectives through public procurement. This is why environment-friendly or “green” procurement have become increasingly important in recent years. Their key distinguishing feature is the use of the purchasing power to achieve environmental objectives government’s and implement energy savings policies. Accordingly, the PPL identifies the principles of environment protection and energy efficiency as core principles of public procurement. Thus, the PPL provides for a possibility of procuring goods, services and works with environmental and energy-saving specifications and marks and sets out the elements of contract award criteria which relate to environmental benefits, environment protection, energy efficiency and overall lifecycle costs of the supplies. The PPL excludes bidders and their legal representatives from participating in public procurement procedures if they were convicted of environmental crimes. A strategic objective of the Republic of Serbia is to further promote To “green procurements”. achieve this objective, the following activities have been planned: Promotion of energy savings in the public transportation sector and in buildings managed by the government, in order to achieve two groups of objectives: which results from lower energy consumption, and the environmental objective, as reflected in lower gas emissions and lower carbon dioxide emissions; Preparation of guidelines for contracting authorities and bidders; Preparation of a guideline for calculation of total lifecycle costs ; Preparation of a model of standard technical specifications for “environmental” certain products.
In order to promote use of framework agreements in the coming years, the Public Procurement Office will prepare models of tender dossiers with models of framework agreements for the supplies for which the use of these instruments is most appropriate. . In addition, monitoring of implementation and execution of centralised public procurements and framework agreements will be improved. 3.2. Sustainability The priorities set out in the document titled “Strategy Europe 2020 – European Strategy of Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Development” include: “green” public procurements, inclusive development conductive to social cohesion and poverty reduction, facilitation of participation of SMEs in public procurement procedures and purchasing of innovative products, services and works. 3.2.1. Green procurement Environment protection is an important element of government policies in the EU countries and in the Republic of Serbia as well. In addition to direct measures to achieve the objectives of its environmental policy, a country can also indirectly contribute to the achievement of those objectives through public procurement. This is why environment-friendly or “green” procurement have become increasingly important in recent years. Their key distinguishing feature is the use of the government’s purchasing power to achieve environmental objectives and implement energy savings policies. Accordingly, the PPL identifies the principles of environment protection and energy efficiency as core principles of public procurement. Thus, the PPL provides for a possibility of procuring goods, services and works with environmental and energy-saving specifications and marks and sets out the elements of contract award criteria which relate to environmental benefits, environment protection, energy efficiency and overall lifecycle costs of the supplies. The PPL excludes bidders and their legal representatives from participating in public procurement procedures if they were convicted of environmental crimes. A strategic objective of the Republic of Serbia is to further promote “green procurements”. To achieve this objective, the following activities have been planned: Promotion of energy savings in the public transportation sector and in buildings managed by the government, in order to achieve two groups of objectives: which results from lower energy consumption, and the environmental objective, as reflected in lower gas emissions and lower carbon dioxide emissions; Preparation of guidelines for contracting authorities and bidders; Preparation of a guideline for calculation of total lifecycle costs ; Preparation of a model of standard “environmental” technical specifications for certain products.
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