Procurement: Article 55 of the EU procurement directive mentions environmental issues but not social ones – why is this the case?

CIPS_Expert 22 February 2013 16:58 2

The reason for this is that environmental characteristics can be easily reconciled with the evaluation of cost on which awards are made.

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