Table 4 Survey questions response percentages by size of municipality.

It is socially useful to award ‘green public contracts’, i.e., contracts that include an environmental criterion in the evaluation criteria

Absolutely disagree

1.7

1.3

1

2.4

6.2

0.02983

0.07946

Somewhat disagree

5.7

6.7

7.3

14.6

18.8

Do not know

46.9

43.3

39.3

24.4

18.8

Somewhat agree

37.5

41.2

44.3

46.3

31.2

Absolutely agree

7.1

7.6

8

12.2

25

I am in favor of awarding public contracts that take into account the environmental criterion

Absolutely disagree

1.5

1.7

0.7

0

0

0.00141

0.09

Somewhat disagree

3.6

2.9

2.7

4.9

18.8

Do not know

39.3

40.8

28

22

25

Somewhat agree

43.3

40.8

54

46.3

37.5

Absolutely agree

12.3

13.9

14.7

26.8

18.8

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

2.5

1.3

1.7

2.4

0

0.0015

0.09226

Somewhat disagree

16.1

21.8

28.7

43.9

31.2

Do not know

28.5

30.7

30

17.1

18.8

Somewhat agree

41.4

35.7

32.3

29.3

43.8

Absolutely agree

11.5

10.5

7.3

7.3

6.2

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 would clearly prefer a public contract without an environmental criterion

Absolutely disagree

2.1

1.3

2.3

7.3

18.8

 < 0.00001

0.11412

Somewhat disagree

7.7

5

10

19.5

6.2

Do not know

31

21.4

23

9.8

6.2

Somewhat agree

38.9

49.6

39.7

36.6

31.2

Absolutely agree

20.3

22.7

25

26.8

37.5

If the contract has the following evaluation criteria: “employment”, “support for local companies”, and “ecological impact of public procurement on the environment”, then I will always (or usually) consider” ecological impact” to be the most important criterion of public procurement

Absolutely disagree

3.4

2.5

2

7.3

6.2

0.09566

0.07287

Somewhat disagree

22.8

26.9

29.3

31.7

37.5

Do not know

29.9

28.6

35

31.7

25

Somewhat agree

35.1

34.9

30

26.8

31.2

Absolutely agree

8.8

7.1

3.7

2.4

0

If I want to include an environmental impact criterion in the contract, then I would classify it as a general obligation of the supplier under the contract

Absolutely disagree

1

1.7

0.7

2.4

0

0.02966

0.07949

Somewhat disagree

4.8

4.6

5.7

9.8

25

Do not know

23.9

21

25.7

19.5

25

Somewhat agree

56.7

54.6

59.3

58.5

43.8

Absolutely agree

13.6

18.1

8.7

9.8

6.2