Circular Procurement Municipality of Amersfoort

SHORT SUMMARY

Organisation: Municipality of Amersfoort, www.amersfoort.nl | Contact person: Wim van Druenen (Senior Procurement Adviser), LinkedIn | Product & sector: renovation of town hall green deal circulair (Construction), construction of western link (Infra), office chairs and furnishing (Office furnishing) | inkopen Country: The Netherlands

Circular procurement Municipality of Amersfoort

Create awareness among clients; the project managers will then follow.

The renovation of the town hall Project description procurement. For instance, circularity and the construction of the The Municipality of Amersfoort is partic- must form a standard part of the board ipating in the Green Deal and is aiming proposals for projects, so that ambitions new Amersfoort ring road. The for 10% circular procurement by 2020. do not get stuck in the board-administra- Municipality of Amersfoort Two large projects have now started: tive-client-project leader cycle. The mu- is working with circular the renovation of the town hall and the nicipality is also stimulating knowledge procurement in these two large construction of the new Amersfoort ring exchange between project leaders. An road (western link). Various initiatives online knowledge platform was estab- projects. have also started to stimulate circular lished for this so that project leaders can procurement across the municipality, share experiences with circular procure- such as the use of ambassadors and an ment. An Ambition web is also being de- online knowledge platform. veloped. This web is used for a list with a hundred frequently occurring projects, Approach such as sewerage system replacement The municipality had previously organ- or street and road reconstruction. These ised pilots, such as the circular economy kinds of projects lend themselves well to tender for office chairs and the furnish- a circular approach, as you can raise your ing of Het Groene Huis. The municipality basic level in a structured way. You can is aiming to use these two big projects also quickly re-apply good results, which for a significant scale-up. Initiatives have means that circularity becomes business also been devised to stimulate circular as usual. FACTS & FIGURES

Number of employees: >> 800 Tender volume: >> approx. € 100 million per year, excl. social domain Volume contract: >> approx. € 140 million (works) Contract form: >> determined per project/group of projects

Results The furnishing of Het Groene Huis (Cen- The tenders for the renovation trum voor Natuur en Milieu, centre for About REBus and the of the town hall and the western link nature and the environment) consists en- Green Deal on Circular are still in the start phase (November tirely of materials that have been given Procurement 2016). A market consultation was held a second lease of life. The hooks in the for the renovation of the town hall. This cloakroom are recycled from a hospital, The Green Deal on Circular the reception desk is made from potato Procurement (GDCP) is an starch and grass, and the information initiative of MVO Nederland “You can use frequently panels in the exposition area used to be (CSR Netherlands), NEVI, NS timetables. Central government, Duurzame occurring projects to make Leverancier, PIANOo, Kirkman business as usual from Lessons learned Company and Circle Economy. circularity.” • Gauge in advance how far the market Various pilots originating from is and base your ambitions on this. GDCP are partly financed by

Wim van Druenen, Senior Procurement Adviser • Do not be too modest in your ambi- the European REBus project, Municipality of Amersfoort tions. You can better aim high than implemented in the Netherlands realise afterwards that more was by Rijkswaterstaat (Directorate- possible. General for Public Works and showed that you can achieve a lot with • Ensure that your ambitions are fo- Water Management). They are sustainability. However: with every extra cused. This helps those involved to stay working together to support euro that you invest, proportionally, you on track. businesses and government achieve less. Whereas, there are many • Create awareness particularly among organisations in their circular more profits to be made using the circu- clients. Project managers will then procurement ambitions. lar economy approach. The first circulari- just follow because it is a part of the ty profit has already been achieved in the contract. Contact information tender for the western link. An existing • Ensure that there is sufficient support > E-mail: [email protected] multi-storey car park has been taken over to check the circular pledges. > Website: PIANOo from a contractor. • Appoint a circularity adviser who can The newly purchased office chairs are embed circularity in projects and who 98% circular. can improve and accelerate processes.

This publication is financed by Rijkswaterstaat