Principles of sustainable development policy used in public procurement

This article presents the legal possibilities of integrating sustainable development policy with procedures for the award of a public contracts. Procurement procedure in which the contracting authority makes use of environmental criteria are referred to as green public procurement. Environmental criteria can attach to contractors and may also be a criterion for the evaluation of tenders. The policy of sustainable development can provide a positive change in the quality of goods ordered by public entities. Conscious use of GPP is one of the powers of public authority which enable it to create a public procurement market.Uniwersytet Wrocławsk