The GPP criteria are not directly applicable in Switzerland, as Switzerland is not a member of the EU. However, Switzerland has its own system for sustainable procurement, which is based on the GPP criteria. The Federal Council’s “Guidelines for Sustainable Procurement” were adopted in 2011 and oblige all federal authorities to take environmental and social criteria into account when procuring goods, services and works. The guidelines were revised in 2019 and now also contain specific requirements for the application of GPP criteria. In the last revision of the Swiss Federal Act on Public Procurement (BöB) in 2021, the primacy of the “most favorable” offer was changed to the “most advantageous” offer. This explicitly stipulates that significant scope for sustainable procurement be utilized, so that other criteria such as quality, sustainability and social responsibility now also play an important role and price is no longer the only decisive factor. The prerequisite for these criteria is uniform specifications for evaluations based on common standards that do not lead to any barriers to trade.
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