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Sustainable public procurement in Portugal: The case of two public school canteens

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  • Sofia Bizarro
  • Maria de Fátima Ferreiro

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In recent years, numerous opportunities have been created to encourage new integrated approaches to sustainable food programs in many sectors, namely education. The critical role played by the State and public policies in the transition toward a more sustainable food system is at stake in the case of public procurement. Having this in mind, this paper explores the emergence of innovative procedures of public procurement in the canteens of Portuguese public schools. After consideration of the evolution of European and Portuguese normative framework regarding this subject, this paper presents a synthesis of the Government database on the public procurement of school food, and two case studies corresponding to two distinct territories where local public administration innovated in terms of public procurement in food preparation. This paper presents the main challenges, barriers and opportunities involved in the inclusion of qualitative criteria in public contracts of acquisition of goods and services, considering social, environmental, and ethical dimensions. Our findings suggest that, in the Portuguese case, and despite the many efforts to actively encourage the use of green and sustainable procedures in the canteens of public schools, the effective realization on the ground is uneven. En los últimos años se han creado numerosas oportunidades para fomentar nuevos enfoques integrados de programas alimentarios sostenibles en muchos sectores, concretamente en el de la educación. En el caso de la contratación pública está en entredicho el papel fundamental que desempeñan el Estado y las políticas públicas en la transición hacia un sistema alimentario más sostenible. Teniendo esto en cuenta, este artículo explora la aparición de procedimientos innovadores de contratación pública en los comedores de las escuelas públicas portuguesas. Teniendo en cuenta la evolución del marco normativo europeo y portugués en esta materia, este artículo presenta una síntesis de la base de datos del Gobierno sobre la contratación pública de la alimentación escolar, y dos estudios de caso correspondientes a dos territorios distintos en los que la administración pública local introdujo innovaciones en materia de contratación pública en la preparación de alimentos. Este artículo presenta los principales retos, barreras y oportunidades que conlleva la inclusión de criterios cualitativos en los contratos públicos de adquisición de bienes y servicios, teniendo en cuenta las dimensiones sociales, medioambientales y éticas. Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que, en el caso de Portugal, y a pesar de los numerosos esfuerzos por fomentar activamente el uso de procedimientos verdes y sostenibles en los comedores de las escuelas públicas, la práctica efectiva sobre el terreno es dispar. 近年、たとえば教育などの多くのセクターにおいて、持続可能な食料プログラムに対する新たな統合的アプローチを促進する機会が数多く創出されている。より持続可能な食料システムへの移行において国と公共政策が担っている重要な役割は、公共調達の場合では問題になっている。そこで本稿では、ポルトガルの公立学校の食堂における革新的な公共調達の方法の出現について検討する。また、この課題に関するヨーロッパとポルトガルの規範的フレームワークの進化を考察し、それに続いて学校での食事の公共調達に関する政府のデータベースを統合し、公共調達における食品調達に関して地方行政が刷新を行った2つの領域のそれぞれのケーススタディを示す。さらに、社会的、環境的、倫理的側面を考慮し、財とサービスの取得の公的契約に定性的基準を含めることに関わる主な課題、障壁、機会について述べる。知見から、ポルトガルの事例では、環境に配慮された持続可能な方法を公立学校の食堂で採用することを積極的に奨励する多くの努力にもかかわらず、現場では一律には実行されていないことが示唆される。

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  • Sofia Bizarro & Maria de Fátima Ferreiro, 2022. "Sustainable public procurement in Portugal: The case of two public school canteens," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(3), pages 560-574, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:14:y:2022:i:3:p:560-574
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12508
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