BS 8903:2010

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Principles and framework for procuring sustainably. Guide

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BSI	2010	78

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This British Standard gives recommendations and guidance on how to adopt and embed sustainable procurement principles and practices across an organization and its respective supply chains and provides practical information to support implementation. It includes guidance on measurement to help organizations assess the extent and effectiveness of their sustainable procurement activity.

The principles set out in this guide are applicable to both public and private sector organizations. However, public sector buyers comply with EU Procurement Directives [1][2] (and the Regulations that implement them in the UK [3] [4]). The EU has requirements with regard to public procurement and what can be considered throughout the qualification, tender and contracting process. It is advisable that proper legal advice always be sought. This guide provides information which is likely to be useful to public procurement but it ought to be read in conjunction with the latest Directives, Regulations and government policy. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) also provides guidance for public sector buyers.

NOTE See Annex A for further information and reference material.

This British Standard gives detailed guidance across all stages of the procurement process and is applicable:

to individuals and small and large organizations responsible for commissioning or procuring any form of goods, works or services regardless of sector, for own use, resale or to support service provision;
across the public sector, private sector and third sector;
across the whole procurement cycle including one-time purchases to ongoing contracts with long-term supplier partners;
to individuals and organizations with sole responsibility for their purchasing needs and third parties contracted to provide outsourced procurement solutions.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
5	Foreword
7	Section 1: General 0 Introduction
8	Figure 1 Sustainable procurement process overview
9	1 Scope Table 1 Relationship between BS 8903 and the UK Government’s Flexible Framework
10	2 Terms and definitions
12	3 What is sustainable procurement? Figure 2 Balancing sustainable procurement objectives
13	Table 2 Examples of key sustainability issues
16	Section 2: Fundamentals 4 Organizational policy 5 Sustainable procurement policy and strategy
20	Section 3: The procurement process 6 Sustainability considerations within the procurement process
22	Figure 3 Example questions for buyers
26	Figure 4 The cradle to grave approach
29	Table 3 Comparison of new polymer kerbing system and traditional kerbs
31	Figure 5 Weighted decision making, example template
32	Table 4 Different specification approaches and example criteria
33	Figure 6 Sustainability requirement decision matrix
44	Figure 7 Plan, do, check, act approach
45	Section 4: Enablers 7 Leadership and governance 8 People
47	9 Risk and opportunity assessment Table 5 Example training options
49	Figure 8 Supply chain risk map
51	Figure 9 Prioritize action: risk and spend
52	Figure 10 Buyer approach: scope and risk
53	Figure 11 Market engagement strategy: scope and influence
54	Figure 12 Example risk and opportunity plan
55	10 Engagement
56	11 Measurement
58	Figure 13 Example targets for reducing waste to landfill
60	Annex A (informative) Public procurement guidance
64	Annex B (normative) Stakeholder engagement planning Figure A.1 Relevant theme matrix
65	Figure B.1 Stakeholder mapping template
66	Annex C (informative) An introduction to ecolabels and environmental declarations Figure B.2 Communications planning template
67	Annex D (informative) Example pre-qualification questionnaires
70	Table D.1 Example scoring for question 1
71	Annex E (informative) Further resources
74	Bibliography

Additional information

Status	Withdrawn
Pages	78
Publication Date	2010-08-31
Withdrawn Date	2017-04-26
Replaced By	BS ISO 20400:2017
ISBN	978 0 580 67694 9
Standard Number	BS 8903:2010
Title	Principles and framework for procuring sustainably. Guide
Descriptors	Environmental management, Economic development, Management, Tenders, Contracting, Commerce, Sustainable development, Risk analysis, Sustainability, People, Personnel, Organizations, Contracts, Purchasing, Enterprises, Conditions of employment, Consumer-supplier relations
Publisher	BSI
Committee	SES/1/9
ICS Codes	03.100.99 - Other standards related to company organization and management

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