Product Data > Procurement

The MTP supports UK Government policy on sustainable procurement by publishing a time series of product standards in the Performance Standards Information Base (PSIB). Data from the PSIB can be incorporated in procurement specifications or used to inform suppliers of potential future specification requirements.

Useful links:

• The current Quick Wins are available on the sustainable development website and as a PDF QW07.
• 'Procuring the Future' - The Sustainable Procurement Task Force’s (SPTF) National Action Plan, published in June 2006.
• HM Treasury published ‘Transforming Government Procurement’ in January 2007.
• The Government’s response to the SPTF’s Action Plan, the UK Government Sustainable Procurement Action Plan, published in March 2007.
• Government sustainable procurement policy: Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate and Part F - Procurement.
• The OGCbuying.solutions web pages for Quick Wins.
• The European Commission's Green Public Procurement (GPP) web pages.
• ICLEI – the international association of local and regional government organisations have produced guidance and specifications for sustainable procurement.