Circular Public Procurement through Integrated Contracts in the Infrastructure Sector

Public clients’ procurement strategies are central in facilitating innovation towards sustainability. In the infrastructure sector, the three main project activities—design, production, and maintenance—are traditionally not procured in an integrated way, which results in sub-optimizations and a lack...

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Autores principales:	Sofia Lingegård, Malena I. Havenvid, Per-Erik Eriksson
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	circular public procurement interdependencies integrated contracts design–build–maintain infrastructure projects industrial network approach Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/71f861789b444a77af51e94b952e0ca8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:71f861789b444a77af51e94b952e0ca82021-11-11T19:39:08ZCircular Public Procurement through Integrated Contracts in the Infrastructure Sector10.3390/su1321119832071-1050https://doaj.org/article/71f861789b444a77af51e94b952e0ca82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11983https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050Public clients’ procurement strategies are central in facilitating innovation towards sustainability. In the infrastructure sector, the three main project activities—design, production, and maintenance—are traditionally not procured in an integrated way, which results in sub-optimizations and a lack of life cycle perspective. As project actors are accustomed to traditional, non-integrated forms of contract, implementing integrated contracts imposes fundamental changes to the interdependencies among actors, resources, and activities. This study analyzes the interfaces among key project actors and the related interdependencies across design, production, and maintenance in Design–Build–Maintain contracts, and initiates a discussion on how to manage these interdependencies when implementing integrated contracts. This study of circular public procurement (CPP) focused on three infrastructure projects using integrated contracting and applied the industrial network approach (INA) to analyze interdependencies in how they may influence innovation and sustainable development. The study found significant obstacles to clients obtaining the benefits of integrated contracting and concludes that understanding interdependencies is necessary to implement integrated contracts successfully. The study contributes to the construction management literature by adapting the INA to contracting, and to the CPP literature by providing empirical evidence of sustainability and circularity in infrastructure projects.Sofia LingegårdMalena I. HavenvidPer-Erik ErikssonMDPI AGarticlecircular public procurementinterdependenciesintegrated contractsdesign–build–maintaininfrastructure projectsindustrial network approachEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11983, p 11983 (2021)
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description	Public clients’ procurement strategies are central in facilitating innovation towards sustainability. In the infrastructure sector, the three main project activities—design, production, and maintenance—are traditionally not procured in an integrated way, which results in sub-optimizations and a lack of life cycle perspective. As project actors are accustomed to traditional, non-integrated forms of contract, implementing integrated contracts imposes fundamental changes to the interdependencies among actors, resources, and activities. This study analyzes the interfaces among key project actors and the related interdependencies across design, production, and maintenance in Design–Build–Maintain contracts, and initiates a discussion on how to manage these interdependencies when implementing integrated contracts. This study of circular public procurement (CPP) focused on three infrastructure projects using integrated contracting and applied the industrial network approach (INA) to analyze interdependencies in how they may influence innovation and sustainable development. The study found significant obstacles to clients obtaining the benefits of integrated contracting and concludes that understanding interdependencies is necessary to implement integrated contracts successfully. The study contributes to the construction management literature by adapting the INA to contracting, and to the CPP literature by providing empirical evidence of sustainability and circularity in infrastructure projects.
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Circular Public Procurement through Integrated Contracts in the Infrastructure Sector

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