Sustainable Procurement Tools

Monitoring and Reporting Outcomes

Internal and external Climate Change Reporting requirements

Given Climate Change reporting duties, it is important to determine and collate, where possible, how specific procurements have supported adaptation and resilience ambitions. Any detail that can be provided on adaptation and resilience through procurement activities is useful both for establishing baselines and sharing good practice lessons with others.

Sharing of lessons and good practice

This includes identifying how public bodies have enabled climate change adaptation and resilience outcomes through commissioning, procurement and contract management. It also means working with markets to further develop adaptation or resilience solutions.

  • is it clear what the contracting authority adaptation and/or resilience intended outcomes are?
  • How were these established internally and with markets, to help identify market capability?
  • how did the specification focus on relevant and proportionate technical/ outcome-based adaptation/ resilience requirements, including relevant use of standards and the role of innovative solutions?
  • is it clear what an excellent response to outcome-based adaptation and resilience tender requirements would be?
  • is it clear how intended outcomes are measured and monitored?
  • were climate change adaptation and/or supply resilience ambitions discussed at the mobilisation stage?
  • during contract review does this encourage further relevant improvement in adaptation and/or resilience outcomes? 

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