In Sri Lanka, the procurement guidelines 2006 introduced by the National Procurement Agency (NPA)... more In Sri Lanka, the procurement guidelines 2006 introduced by the National Procurement Agency (NPA) are to be followed by all public procurement Entities (PE), for purchasing goods, works or services. In the year 2019, The Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka published a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka and two sections relevant to public procurement. According to the said policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices at all levels in the health sector and institutions to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Further it is suggested to apply sustainable public procurement practices (SPP) in all relevant sectors and for each product with a significant impact. SPP concept has not been defined in public procurement in Sri Lanka and no study has been conducted. For this study, a sample of 47 different professionals working attached to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka participated, and data was collected using a questionnaire. According to the feedback, the majority (38.3 %) agreed that there is no mechanism to evaluate the Value for Money to measure the economic gain of procurement in the health sector, 78.7 % don’t prepare Social Impact Analysis report and 74.5% don’t prepare Environmental Impact Analysis. 60% of the participants agreed that the present procurement process to be improved with new green and sustainable concepts. In 2014, the European Union (EU) has adopted a new directive on public procurement (2014/24/EU) for Green and ethical procurement. The purpose of this study is to promote public procurement as a tool to achieve better health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Keywords: Concepts in Sustainable Public Procurement, Green Procurement (GPP) in EU, Procurement System status in Sri Lanka, Public Procurement in the Health sector- Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka (SL), public procurement guidelines should be followed by all public institutes, whe... more In Sri Lanka (SL), public procurement guidelines should be followed by all public institutes, when procuring goods, works, or services. There are multiple guidelines relevant to be followed for this purpose to ensure the value for money of the public procurement process. The Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka has passed a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka and two sections are allocated for public procurement and Health. According to the policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices in the health sector to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Adoption of those green and SPP public procurement would maximize the value of public money while minimizing damage to the environment and maximizing economic, and social benefits to the public health sector in Sri Lanka. The Local preference is applicable for public procurement in Sri Lanka, where applicable. The Domestic preference supports the capacity development of local businesses of the home country, while able retain the public money within the country as it allows preference for local bidders when evaluating bids. The level of adaptability of this concept in the health sector, in Sri Lanka is accessed in this paper based on the survey conducted.
In Sri Lanka public procurement guidelines should be followed by all government agencies, when th... more In Sri Lanka public procurement guidelines should be followed by all government agencies, when they are required to procure goods, works, and services. The Objective of such guidelines is to ensure the value for money of the process. The Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka has issued a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka. Two sections of this policy document are reserved for public procurement and Health sectors. According to the policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable practices at all levels in the health sector to be transformed into green work set up by 2030. The policy suggests applying sustainable public procurement (SPP) practices in all sectors and for each product or service that has a significant cost-saving impact. This paper mainly discusses Life Cycle Perspective Cost (LCC) and other Green and Sustainable evaluation practices regulated in health sector institutes in the European Union (EU) and reviews the possible adoption of those green and sustainable concepts to public procurement processes in Sri Lanka for cost-effective Public Procurement. The Adoption of green would maximize the value of public money while minimizing damage to the environment and maximizing economic, and social benefits to the public health sector in Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, the procurement guidelines 2006 introduced by the National Procurement Agency (NPA)... more In Sri Lanka, the procurement guidelines 2006 introduced by the National Procurement Agency (NPA) are to be followed by all public procurement Entities (PE), for purchasing goods, works or services. In the year 2019, The Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka published a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka and two sections relevant to public procurement. According to the said policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices at all levels in the health sector and institutions to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Further it is suggested to apply sustainable public procurement practices (SPP) in all relevant sectors and for each product with a significant impact. SPP concept has not been defined in public procurement in Sri Lanka and no study has been conducted. For this study, a sample of 47 different professionals working attached to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka participated, and data was collected using a questionnaire. According to the feedback, the majority (38.3 %) agreed that there is no mechanism to evaluate the Value for Money to measure the economic gain of procurement in the health sector, 78.7 % don’t prepare Social Impact Analysis report and 74.5% don’t prepare Environmental Impact Analysis. 60% of the participants agreed that the present procurement process to be improved with new green and sustainable concepts. In 2014, the European Union (EU) has adopted a new directive on public procurement (2014/24/EU) for Green and ethical procurement. The purpose of this study is to promote public procurement as a tool to achieve better health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Keywords: Concepts in Sustainable Public Procurement, Green Procurement (GPP) in EU, Procurement System status in Sri Lanka, Public Procurement in the Health sector- Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka (SL), public procurement guidelines should be followed by all public institutes, whe... more In Sri Lanka (SL), public procurement guidelines should be followed by all public institutes, when procuring goods, works, or services. There are multiple guidelines relevant to be followed for this purpose to ensure the value for money of the public procurement process. The Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka has passed a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka and two sections are allocated for public procurement and Health. According to the policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices in the health sector to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Adoption of those green and SPP public procurement would maximize the value of public money while minimizing damage to the environment and maximizing economic, and social benefits to the public health sector in Sri Lanka. The Local preference is applicable for public procurement in Sri Lanka, where applicable. The Domestic preference supports the capacity development of local businesses of the home country, while able retain the public money within the country as it allows preference for local bidders when evaluating bids. The level of adaptability of this concept in the health sector, in Sri Lanka is accessed in this paper based on the survey conducted.
In Sri Lanka public procurement guidelines should be followed by all government agencies, when th... more In Sri Lanka public procurement guidelines should be followed by all government agencies, when they are required to procure goods, works, and services. The Objective of such guidelines is to ensure the value for money of the process. The Ministry of Environment, Sri Lanka has issued a national policy on sustainable consumption and production for Sri Lanka. Two sections of this policy document are reserved for public procurement and Health sectors. According to the policy document, the Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable practices at all levels in the health sector to be transformed into green work set up by 2030. The policy suggests applying sustainable public procurement (SPP) practices in all sectors and for each product or service that has a significant cost-saving impact. This paper mainly discusses Life Cycle Perspective Cost (LCC) and other Green and Sustainable evaluation practices regulated in health sector institutes in the European Union (EU) and reviews the possible adoption of those green and sustainable concepts to public procurement processes in Sri Lanka for cost-effective Public Procurement. The Adoption of green would maximize the value of public money while minimizing damage to the environment and maximizing economic, and social benefits to the public health sector in Sri Lanka.
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Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices at all levels in the health sector and institutions to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Further it is suggested to apply sustainable public procurement practices (SPP) in all relevant sectors and for each product with a significant impact. SPP concept has not been defined in public procurement in Sri Lanka and no study has been conducted. For this
study, a sample of 47 different professionals working attached to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka participated, and data was collected using a questionnaire. According to the feedback, the majority (38.3 %) agreed that there is no mechanism to evaluate the Value for Money to measure the economic gain of procurement in the health sector, 78.7 % don’t prepare Social Impact Analysis report and 74.5% don’t prepare Environmental
Impact Analysis. 60% of the participants agreed that the present procurement process to be improved with new green and sustainable concepts. In 2014, the European Union (EU) has adopted a new directive on public procurement (2014/24/EU) for Green and ethical procurement. The purpose of this study is to promote public procurement as a tool to achieve better health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Keywords: Concepts in Sustainable Public Procurement, Green Procurement (GPP) in EU, Procurement System status in Sri Lanka, Public Procurement in the Health sector- Sri Lanka
Ministry of Health should ensure sustainable consumption practices at all levels in the health sector and institutions to be transformed into green work settings by 2030. Further it is suggested to apply sustainable public procurement practices (SPP) in all relevant sectors and for each product with a significant impact. SPP concept has not been defined in public procurement in Sri Lanka and no study has been conducted. For this
study, a sample of 47 different professionals working attached to the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka participated, and data was collected using a questionnaire. According to the feedback, the majority (38.3 %) agreed that there is no mechanism to evaluate the Value for Money to measure the economic gain of procurement in the health sector, 78.7 % don’t prepare Social Impact Analysis report and 74.5% don’t prepare Environmental
Impact Analysis. 60% of the participants agreed that the present procurement process to be improved with new green and sustainable concepts. In 2014, the European Union (EU) has adopted a new directive on public procurement (2014/24/EU) for Green and ethical procurement. The purpose of this study is to promote public procurement as a tool to achieve better health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Keywords: Concepts in Sustainable Public Procurement, Green Procurement (GPP) in EU, Procurement System status in Sri Lanka, Public Procurement in the Health sector- Sri Lanka