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treatment (BWB 2016). The main goal is to ensure the water quality for present
and the future generation (BWB 2018). This involves the restoration, renovating,
reconstructing and enhancing of plants. The engineering and purchasing of different
engineering projects already require various legal, technical and company internal
guidelines (Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin 9/5/2016;
BWB 2014). The implementation of sustainability indicators needs to be fitted for
this complex process. For an enterprise the implementation of indicators given in
the Agenda 2030 can therefore be problematic.
This paper exhibits an option to incorporate sustainability indicators into the
procurement process to support decision-makers. The inclusion of the engineering
phase in the procurement process is seen as essential to secure a more sustainable
company. Thus a sustainable procurement can only be realised when the engineering
phase and purchasing phase also consider sustainability indicators (Koplin 2006;
Wutke 2016).
For this, the top-down approach of the Agenda 2030 was linked to the problemoriented bottom-up approach (Coen 2000). Using the bottom-up approach the
specific demands in the procurement of the urban water management can be
considered.
2 Method
The procurement process at the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) consists of several
phases involving different departments. The main departments are planning and
construction (PB) as well as purchasing (EK) (Pankow 2018). The PB is the biggest
division and oversees systems planning which includes the environmental laws,
technical standards and economic indicators. The decision making for different
variants during the engineering process is usually based on economic indicators.
In consultation with the PB the EK oversees the tendering process. As a state
authority the BWB is bound to the procurement law of the EU and Germany and the
environmental procurement directive of the Senate Department for the Environment,
Transport and Climate Protection of Berlin (Europäische Union 2014; Senat Berlin;
VgV 2016; Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin 9/5/2016).
Indicators that have already been included in procurement process of the BWB
are defined as “status quo indicators”. The status quo indicators should be complemented with sustainability indicators, those indicators are called “target indicators”.
However, the indicators must be assessed for their applicability and their relevance
in the specific field for procurement of civil engineering. In a technical workshop
with employees of relevant departments, indicators were selected. Afterwards the
selected indicators had to be tested on their causal relationships in the procurement
process.
N. Pankow et al.
treatment (BWB 2016). The main goal is to ensure the water quality for present
and the future generation (BWB 2018). This involves the restoration, renovating,
reconstructing and enhancing of plants. The engineering and purchasing of different
engineering projects already require various legal, technical and company internal
guidelines (Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin 9/5/2016;
BWB 2014). The implementation of sustainability indicators needs to be fitted for
this complex process. For an enterprise the implementation of indicators given in
the Agenda 2030 can therefore be problematic.
This paper exhibits an option to incorporate sustainability indicators into the
procurement process to support decision-makers. The inclusion of the engineering
phase in the procurement process is seen as essential to secure a more sustainable
company. Thus a sustainable procurement can only be realised when the engineering
phase and purchasing phase also consider sustainability indicators (Koplin 2006;
Wutke 2016).
For this, the top-down approach of the Agenda 2030 was linked to the problemoriented bottom-up approach (Coen 2000). Using the bottom-up approach the
specific demands in the procurement of the urban water management can be
considered.
2 Method
The procurement process at the Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) consists of several
phases involving different departments. The main departments are planning and
construction (PB) as well as purchasing (EK) (Pankow 2018). The PB is the biggest
division and oversees systems planning which includes the environmental laws,
technical standards and economic indicators. The decision making for different
variants during the engineering process is usually based on economic indicators.
In consultation with the PB the EK oversees the tendering process. As a state
authority the BWB is bound to the procurement law of the EU and Germany and the
environmental procurement directive of the Senate Department for the Environment,
Transport and Climate Protection of Berlin (Europäische Union 2014; Senat Berlin;
VgV 2016; Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin 9/5/2016).
Indicators that have already been included in procurement process of the BWB
are defined as “status quo indicators”. The status quo indicators should be complemented with sustainability indicators, those indicators are called “target indicators”.
However, the indicators must be assessed for their applicability and their relevance
in the specific field for procurement of civil engineering. In a technical workshop
with employees of relevant departments, indicators were selected. Afterwards the
selected indicators had to be tested on their causal relationships in the procurement
process.