Socially Responsible Public Procurement and Set-Asides: A Comparative Analysis of the US, Canada and the EU
Public procurement can be used to achieve goals other than purely economic ones. Such goals are often referred to as “social linkages”. A preference for social considerations has been gaining ground against the dominant best value for money (BVM) paradigm over the past few decades. In the past, publ...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/739 2023-05-15T14:18:42+02:00 Socially Responsible Public Procurement and Set-Asides: A Comparative Analysis of the US, Canada and the EU Cravero, Carol 2017-11-10 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.739 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739/2102 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739/2103 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739/2104 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739/2105 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/739 doi:10.23865/arctic.v8.739 Copyright (c) 2017 Arctic Review http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ CC-BY-NC Arctic Review; Vol 8 (2017) 2387-4562 sustainable public procurement Public procurement socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) Sustainability set-asides best value for money (BVM) Best value for money disadvantaged employees indigenous communities sheltered workshop US small business Canadian Procurement strategy for Aboriginal Business (PSAB) European directives European public procurement directives info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.739 2022-03-24T06:35:03Z Public procurement can be used to achieve goals other than purely economic ones. Such goals are often referred to as “social linkages”. A preference for social considerations has been gaining ground against the dominant best value for money (BVM) paradigm over the past few decades. In the past, public procurement policies followed the principle of non-discrimination and free competition beyond national boundaries. Today considerations other than (purely economic) BVM have become relevant in public procurement policy and practice. Examples of social linkages in public procurement are found in various countries, from the well-known ‘Affirmative Action Programs’ in the US that advance minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans, to specific set-aside programs made available to only less-competitive businesses, such as women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, businesses operating in economically disadvantaged areas, etc. Set-asides can be seen as social procurement linkages through the promotion of both supplier diversity and employment. The latter means that social use of public procurement can positively impact employment by providing opportunities to workers who are generally excluded from the labour market, while the former means that chances are given to less-competitive bidders. Set-aside programs have been widely developed in the US, which has a long tradition of set-aside contracts for special classes of small businesses, including small disadvantaged businesses, and in Canada where set-asides have been introduced for the development of Aboriginal businesses. However, the restriction of full and open competition that set-asides entail is frequently criticized by EU institutions. Despite this, the new European procurement framework also seems to have established set-asides as a means of providing economic opportunities to disadvantaged groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Review on Law and Politics Canada Arctic Review on Law and Politics 8 0 |
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Public procurement can be used to achieve goals other than purely economic ones. Such goals are often referred to as “social linkages”. A preference for social considerations has been gaining ground against the dominant best value for money (BVM) paradigm over the past few decades. In the past, public procurement policies followed the principle of non-discrimination and free competition beyond national boundaries. Today considerations other than (purely economic) BVM have become relevant in public procurement policy and practice. Examples of social linkages in public procurement are found in various countries, from the well-known ‘Affirmative Action Programs’ in the US that advance minorities, women, persons with disabilities and veterans, to specific set-aside programs made available to only less-competitive businesses, such as women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, businesses operating in economically disadvantaged areas, etc. Set-asides can be seen as social procurement linkages through the promotion of both supplier diversity and employment. The latter means that social use of public procurement can positively impact employment by providing opportunities to workers who are generally excluded from the labour market, while the former means that chances are given to less-competitive bidders. Set-aside programs have been widely developed in the US, which has a long tradition of set-aside contracts for special classes of small businesses, including small disadvantaged businesses, and in Canada where set-asides have been introduced for the development of Aboriginal businesses. However, the restriction of full and open competition that set-asides entail is frequently criticized by EU institutions. Despite this, the new European procurement framework also seems to have established set-asides as a means of providing economic opportunities to disadvantaged groups. |
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Socially Responsible Public Procurement and Set-Asides: A Comparative Analysis of the US, Canada and the EU |
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Socially Responsible Public Procurement and Set-Asides: A Comparative Analysis of the US, Canada and the EU |
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