Table 10 Survey questions response percentages by experience in awarding public contracts with ecological (or environmental) criteria for Politicians
Questions | Associations with | Experience in awarding public contracts with ecological (or environmental) criteria | Tests results | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Answers | Yes | No | Fisher's Exact Test p-value | |
It is socially useful to award 'green public contracts', i.e., contracts which they have in evaluation criteria include an environmental criterion | Absolutely disagree | 1.9 | 1.9 | < 0.00001 |
Somewhat disagree | 9.9 | 5.9 | ||
Do not know | 27.7 | 47.4 | ||
Somewhat agree | 48.8 | 38.5 | ||
Absolutely agree | 11.7 | 6.4 | ||
I am in favor of awarding public contracts that take into account the environmental criterion | Absolutely disagree | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.00001 |
Somewhat disagree | 0.9 | 3.8 | ||
Do not know | 25.4 | 39 | ||
Somewhat agree | 50.2 | 45 | ||
Absolutely agree | 21.6 | 11 | ||
Personally, I would prefer to announce a tender for a cheaper contract (without environmental requirements) before awarding a more expensive public contract with environmental characteristics | Absolutely disagree | 3.3 | 2.1 | 0.00045 |
Somewhat disagree | 21.6 | 18.3 | ||
Do not know | 16.4 | 30.5 | ||
Somewhat agree | 44.1 | 40.1 | ||
Absolutely agree | 14.6 | 9.1 | ||
If I have information that a public contract with an environmental criterion increases the risk probability of appealing to the Office for Protection of Competition, then I will clearly prefer the public contract without environmental criterion | Absolutely disagree | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.00147 |
Somewhat disagree | 10.8 | 7.2 | ||
Do not know | 15.5 | 26.9 | ||
Somewhat agree | 40.4 | 42 | ||
Absolutely agree | 31 | 21.8 | ||
If the contract has the following evaluation criteria: "employment criterion", "criterion support for local companies" and "criterion of ecological impact of public procurement on the environment", then I will always (or mostly) consider "criterion of ecological impact" as the most important criterion of public procurement | Absolutely disagree | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.3953 |
Somewhat disagree | 27.2 | 25.8 | ||
Do not know | 28.6 | 30.5 | ||
Somewhat agree | 33.8 | 32.9 | ||
Absolutely agree | 8.9 | 7 | ||
If I would like to include in the contract a criterion of ecological impact on the environment, then I would classify it as a general obligation of the supplier under the contract | Absolutely disagree | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.00021 |
Somewhat disagree | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
Do not know | 13.6 | 25.3 | ||
Somewhat agree | 57.7 | 56.8 | ||
Absolutely agree | 21.6 | 11.6 | ||