Circular Procurement for Cities
  • Circular public procurement: a framework for cities
    • Disclaimer
  • INTRODUCTION
  • How to use this framework
  • Framework overview
  • The benefits of circular public procurement
  • PART 1: SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
    • Set and communicate the level of ambition
      • Set the level of ambition
      • Communicate your ambition
    • Build internal capacity and collect data
      • Learn from other cities
      • Form a working group
      • Align and build internal capacity
      • Conduct market research and collect data
      • Conduct market dialogues
    • Identify opportunities for pilots
      • Identify opportunities for pilots
  • PART 2: ADAPT CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS
    • Develop circular criteria
      • Criteria for products
      • Criteria for food
      • Criteria for plastic packaging
      • Criteria for mobility
      • Criteria for buildings
  • PART 3: RUN A CIRCULAR TENDER PROCESS
    • Assess needs and review assets
      • Assess needs and consider the use of services
      • Review assets
      • Assess risks and opportunities
    • Engage relevant departments
    • Adapt selection and evaluation
      • Evaluation and performance review
      • Adapt the tender procedure
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  • PART 4: MAINSTREAM CIRCULAR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
    • Learn and improve
    • Support innovation and emerging innovators
    • Align business support with circular objectives
    • Create an enabling regulatory environment
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • Thank you
    • Core team and contributors
  • Glossary
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  1. PART 1: SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
  2. Build internal capacity and collect data

Conduct market research and collect data

Understanding market readiness to deliver circular solutions

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It is easier to procure in line with the circular principles when the market is ready to provide circular goods and services. Conducting market research will provide you with insights on the innovative circular options available on the market. Understanding market readiness will help you to select sectors or product categories for successful pilots, as well as inform the development of circular criteria that suppliers can realistically respond to. Opportunities can be prioritised depending on market readiness.

Questions to consider:

  • Which businesses in your city are already providing circular goods and services (e.g. rental, reuse, pay-per-use, take-back, or leasing service)? If you cannot identify circular businesses, can you assess the willingness of businesses in cities to adopt more circular business models or provide more circular goods?

  • Can you conduct market research on market readiness and feasibility to deliver circular solutions?

  • Can you collaborate with local universities or research institutions to collect and analyse data on circular economy activities in your city?

Examples

1) Ahead of a call for tender for sustainable office supplies, conducted in-depth market research to assess the circularity and recyclability of materials to ensure a recycling chain. The market research consisted of an analysis of the manufacturers, visits to factories and analysis of their logistics systems, regular meetings with suppliers, testing of products, and a technical feasibility study. As a result, 99.7% of the paper purchased by the local authority came from 100% recycled fibres.

2) Circular startups & scale-ups, from property to sharing, circular area development, and smart design in the are being mapped to support circular procurement.

3) Maps and online platforms, such as London’s , , or can help to locate circular businesses in a city. City governments can use these existing directories or create one to track the development of circular economy activities across a city.

Resources

  • The developed by INTERREG Europe is an assessment tool to understand, visualize and compare progress towards a circular economy in a region. The tool analyzes the following six overarching indicators: circular procurement, access to funding, circular society, value chain activation, governance, and integrated policy framework.

  • Metabolic has outlined to analyse circular economy solutions in cities.

Brest Metropole
Amsterdam Metropolitan region
Repair Directory
Paris Good Fashion
Gothenburg's Smart Map Platform
Circular Benchmark Tool
data-driven tools