The fast track to flexibility in public procurement: An exploratory study on institutional design concepts for the Dutch Railways using a morphological chart

Fast developing technology offers many opportunities for innovation and optimization in the public domain. However this sector is bound to European directives on public procurement transposed into national law and therefore bound to the mandatory procurement of, among others, their assets. This legislation provides a limiting framework in which,...

Circular Land Tender Procedures: A study on the perception of stakeholders in circular land tender procedures in Rotterdam and Amsterdam

To attain a transition such as to a circular economy and built environment, actions at all scales are necessary, which implies that interventions should positively contribute to the transition (Petersen& Heurkens, 2018). Governments see the problems that the linear built environment entails and are making steps in implementing circular...

Limiting amount of information can increase chances for successful collaboration: Network pictures in the procurement of innovation context. Based on the case study in the City of Amsterdam CTO Innovation Team

Public procurement in the European Union is an important part of interaction between governments and the market. According to the European Commission1 every year over 250 000 public authorities in the EU spend around 14% of GDP (around €2 trillion per year) on the purchase of services, works and supplies. Often perceived as a purely bureaucratic...

Municipal Circular Land Tenders: How do they affect real estate developers?

Many countries have committed themselves to the target for a circular economy (CE) in 2050. In this transition, the construction sector is important. One of the tools governments can use to stimulate circular building, is by incorporating circular tender criteria in land tendering. This thesis aims to improve circular land tendering requests by...