How is Sustainability Considered in Local Authority Procurement? Survey

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* 1. What is your Job Title?

Procurement Officer

Development Officer

Director

FOI Officer

Sustainability Officer

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Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your Geographical Location?

North East

North West

Yorkshire and Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

East Anglia

South West

South East

London

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* 3. What Authority Type do you Work for?

Metropolitan

London Borough

Unitary

County

District

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* 4. Do you undertake development within your local authority? Definition: Development is the construction of housing and non-housing on council owned land, or through a joint venture arrangement with a development partner.

Yes

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* 5. Do you undertake development independently or as part of a joint venture?

Joint

Independently

A mix of Independently and Joint

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* 6. What is the annual value of your development works?

Less than £10 Million

More than £10 million

Don't know

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* 7. Do you have a sustainable procurement policy? Definition: Sustainable procurement is the mechanism of procuring services whilst considering the economic, environmental and social impact.

Yes

Don't know

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* 8. If you do not have a sustainable procurement policy, can you please choose the option which you believe is the reason for not having a sustainable procurement policy.

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Inadequate training to allow a sustainable procurement policy to be developed

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations

Lack of time

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Other (please specify)

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* 9. If you have a sustainable procurement policy how regularly do you review and update your sustainable procurement policy?

Yes

Don't know

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* 10. If you do update your sustainable procurement policy how often do you update the policy?

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

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Other (please specify)

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* 11. Are updates to your sustainable procurement policy clearly communicated throughout the local authority?

Yes

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* 12. Does your sustainable procurement policy address the financial aspect of sustainability through whole life cycle costing consideration and best value?

Yes

Don’t know

Rather not say

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* 13. If your policy does not consider financial aspects why are financial aspects not considered?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop

Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance

Lack of time

Rather not say

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Does your sustainable procurement policy address the social aspect of sustainability? Social sustainability is the delivery of social benefits through the delivery of the development

Yes

Don’t know

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* 15. If social aspects are not addressed within your sustainable procurement policy why are social impacts not addressed?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop

Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance

Lack of time

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None of the above

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* 16. Does your sustainable procurement policy address the environmental aspect of sustainability? Definition: Environmental Sustainability provides benefits through development that will address the impact of climate change and waste minimisation. The use of renewable technologies and sustainable materials for the development.

Yes

Don't know

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* 17. If environmental impacts are not addressed within your sustainable procurement why are environmental impacts not addressed?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop

Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance

Lack of time

Rather not say

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Do you use BREEAM as a measurement tool for environmental sustainability? Definition: BREEAM is an internationally recognised measure of a buildings sustainability. Building Research Establishments Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM).

Yes

Don't know

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* 19. If you do not use BREEAM why do you not use BREEAM?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance Lack of time

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Other (please specify)

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* 20. What procurement method do you use to procure construction contractors?

Design and Build

Traditional method

Partnering

Management contracting

A mix of procurement methods

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Other (please specify)

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* 21. Does the technical specification provided to the contractor at tender stage incorporate sustainable objectives?

Yes

Don't know

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* 22. If no why is sustainability not incorporated into the technical specification?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop

Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance Lack of time

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Other (please specify)

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* 23. Have you adopted the National Social Value Measurement Framework (National TOMs) as a method for reporting and measuring social value?

Yes

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* 24. If no, why has the TOMs framework not been adopted?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability to develop Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments on sustainability

Inadequate enforcement of sustainability regulations and guidance

Vagueness of mandated sustainability regulations and guidance Lack of time

Rather not say

Other (please specify)

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* 25. When using the Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) approach when evaluating tenders do you consider economic, environmental and social aspects?

Yes

Don't know

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* 26. Which aspect of sustainability is given the greatest emphasis as part of the tender evaluation?

Economic

Environmental

Social

Equally weighted

Varies between development scheme

It is stipulated by the framework provider

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Other (please specify)

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* 27. Are the sustainability measures agreed at tender stage monitored and reported during delivery of the development?

Yes

Don't know

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* 28. If yes, how are the sustainability measures monitored?

As key performance indicators within the contractual agreement

Informally through general monitoring

As part of the funding monitoring

Through BREEAM

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Other (please specify)

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* 29. If no, why are the sustainability measures not monitored?

Lack of Resource

Funding availability

Lack of Training/Knowledge

Lack of management commitment to sustainability

Lack of collaboration between internal departments and external partners on sustainability

Lack of time

Rather not say