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Work item:
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L.1304 (ex L.Proc_DC)
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Subject/title:
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Procurement Criteria for Sustainable Data Centres
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Status:
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Approved on 2020-12-14
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Approval process:
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AAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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-
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Timing:
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-
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Liaison:
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ETSI EE, ISO
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Supporting members:
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Argentina, Huawei
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Summary:
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This Recommendation aims to support public authorities in purchasing data centres related products, services and items with reduced environmental impacts through establishing a set of procurement criteria.
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Comment:
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This Recommendation aims at facilitating public authorities the purchase of products, services and works with reduced environmental impacts, by establishing a set of procurement criteria.
The use of the criteria is voluntary. The criteria should be formulated in such a way that it could be, if deemed appropriate, integrated into tender documents.
According to recent studies, there are some types of Procurement Criteria such as:
a. Selection criteria (SC), assess the suitability of an economic operator to carry out a contract, may be relate to:
- (a) suitability to pursue the professional activity;
- (b) economic and financial standing;
- (c) technical and professional ability.
b. Technical specifications (TS), the required characteristics of a product or a service including requirements relevant to the product at any stage of the life cycle of the supply or service and conformity assessment procedures;
c. Award criteria (AC), qualitative criteria with a weighted scoring which are chosen to determine the most economically advantageous tender.
The criteria are linked to the subject-matter of the public contract in question and may comprise, for instance:
- Environmental performance characteristics, including technical merit, functional and other innovative characteristics;
- Organisation, qualification and experience of staff assigned to performing the contract, where the quality of the staff assigned can have a significant impact on the level of performance of the contract; or
- After-sales service and technical assistance, delivery conditions such as delivery date, delivery process and delivery period or period of completion.
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Contact(s):
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First registration in the WP:
2017-11-27 18:49:44
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Last update:
2021-05-12 15:56:55
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