| dc.description.abstract | The goal of this thesis is to examine green public procurement (GPP) practices in Norway with
a focus on road transport. In recent years, both in Norway and in the European Union there
has been an increased focus on using public procurement to support environmental goals. The
most suitable award method for this purpose is MEAT – most economically advantageous
tender – which not only considers the price and minimum requirements of a bid but also other
quality aspect. Such quality aspects can concern the environment. The use of MEAT as an
award method usually requires organisations to adopt scoring rules. This thesis both identifies
the extent to which public organisations in Norway consider environmental aspects in tenders
and whether optimal scoring rules are applied. For this purpose, we use three data sources.
First, two datasets comprised of road related tenders in Norway set the base for our analysis
to better understand the status quo and past developments of green public procurement in
Norway. Secondly, expert interviews help us explain some of the observations made in the
data analysis. Lastly, survey results from public transport organisations in Norway inform us
about the current scoring rules used for tenders, and allow comparing them with an existing
framework on optimal scoring rules for different preferences. Our results show that there has
been an increase in the share of tenders including environmental criteria in the past years and
that there are regional, organisational and contractual differences. Northern Norway appears
to have the lowest share of road transport related tenders with environmental criteria.
Furthermore, tenders published at a county or municipal level are more likely to consider the
environment than tenders published at a national level. In terms of contract type, it appears
that service contracts have a higher share of environmental criteria than product contracts.
Finally, we find that organisations or departments with the sole purpose of procuring road
vehicles seem to value environmental criteria at a higher level than organisations where
transport tenders are only a part of their value chains. When it comes to the use of scoring
rules by public transport organisations in Norway, we identify a mismatch between the
organisations’ stated preferences regarding tender features and the actual scoring rules that are
used. The results of our thesis inform policy makers about current GPP practices in Norway
and on which basis they can assess whether the current level is as desired. | nb_NO |
