Performance Based Specifications in Public Procurement Laura Turley May 21 2014 Global Infrastructure Basel
Jan 19, 2015
Performance Based Specifications in Public Procurement Laura Turley May 21 2014 Global Infrastructure Basel
Sustainable Infrastructure
GIB Grading Tool
Ambition Web (NL)
ISI’s Envision Rating System
Best Practice in the Public Sector …
Holistic, Integrated Framework
Priority Areas
Tools: Output Based Needs
Analysis
Tools: Market Consultations & Dialogues
Targets
Tools: Performance Based Specs
Performance Based Specifications
Instructions that outline the functional requirements for a product or service – these should be clear, achievable, measurable and enforceable.
Luminosity > Number of Bulbs
Strength of Concrete > Mixture Proportions
Efficiency of Fuel Use > Type of Fuel & Use
Public Procurement as a Driver of Innovation
Large spend volumes
De-facto guarantee to private sector to invest in new processes & technologies
Sharing of risks
• Focus on results over inputs• Encourages private sector to be
innovative, resource & material efficient, and cost effective
• Expertise to the experts • Drive new patterns of ownership• Assist moving to service economy &
more circular economy
Performance Based Specifications (PBS) are great because:
PBS Common Practicein Infrastructure Already
In as far as PBS are used to measure and monitor service delivery (but not all service contracts use result-oriented PBS)
Areas for improvement for infrastructure: Use PBS in the needs analysis Replace tech specs with PBS Award based on performance targets Monitor performance & targets
• Translation into tenders • Capacity of procurers• Price• Finance for suppliers • Necessity of green business models
Performance Based Specifications (PBS) are challenging because:
About IISD • Non Profit Think-Tank, 75 specialists• Advisory and implementation services to
governments, international organizations and companies
• Themes: procurement, climate change, finance, water, energy, subsidies, investment, industrial development…
• Offices in Canada, USA, Switzerland, & China• Supported by Norad, DANIDA, SECO, SDC, CIDA, SIDA,
UNEP, AusAID, NZAid, OECD• Third in the Financial Times/Foreign Policy ranking of
influential think tanks• Advised 15 countries on Sustainable Public
Procurement and PPPs• Lead the 3GF Partnership for Procurement and Green
Growth
Thank you!
Laura Turley [email protected]