Table 2 Structure of questionnaire.
No. of question | Wording | Possible answers | Type of question |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Do you have experience in awarding public contracts with ecological (or environmental) criteria? | Yes/no | |
2 | It is socially useful to award ‘green public contracts’, i.e., contracts taking into account environmental criteria | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Personal attitude towards green public procurement |
3 | I am in favor of awarding public contracts that take into account the environmental criteria | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Personal attitude towards green public procurement |
4 | Personally, I would prefer to announce a tender for a cheaper contract (without environmental requirements) before awarding a more expensive public contract with environmental criteria | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Trade-off between stewardship and bureaucratic accountability rules |
5 | If I have information that a public contract with an environmental criterion increases the risk probability of an appeal to the Office for Protection of Competition, then I will clearly prefer the public contract without environmental criteria | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Trade-off between stewardship and bureaucratic accountability rules |
6 | If the contract has the following evaluation criteria: “employment criterion”, “criterion of the 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 most important | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Trade-off between stewardship and bureaucratic accountability rules |
7 | If I wanted to include a criterion of ecological impact on the environment in the contract, then I would classify it as a general obligation of the supplier under the contract | Absolutely disagree, somewhat disagree, do not know, somewhat agree, absolutely agree | Trade-off between stewardship and bureaucratic accountability rules |
8 | Size category of municipality | Up to 500 inhabitants, between 501 and 999, between 1000 and 9,999, between 10,000 and 49,999, 50,000 and more |