Table 8 Survey questions response percentages by size of municipality for Politicians
Questions | Answer | Size of municipality | Fisher's Exact Test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Up to 500 | 501–999 | 1000–9999 | 10,000–49,999 | 50,000 and more | |||
It is socially useful to award 'green public contracts', i.e., contracts which they have in evaluation criteria include an environmental criterion | Absolutely disagree | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.2509 |
Somewhat disagree | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 44.8 | 41.7 | 39.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 39.2 | 42.7 | 43.4 | 50 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
I am in favor of awarding public contracts that take into account the environmental criterion | Absolutely disagree | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.07596 |
Somewhat disagree | 4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 36.4 | 40.8 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 45 | 41.7 | 54.6 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 50 | 0 | ||
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 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.04348 |
Somewhat disagree | 15.2 | 20.9 | 25 | 50 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 25.6 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 44.5 | 38.4 | 36.7 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 11.9 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
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 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.009995 |
Somewhat disagree | 8.4 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 28.7 | 19 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 38.5 | 50.7 | 38.8 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 22.1 | 23.7 | 28.6 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
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 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.3188 |
Somewhat disagree | 24 | 28 | 29.1 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 29.8 | 27.5 | 32.7 | 50 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 33.3 | 34.1 | 32.1 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 9.2 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
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 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.06297 |
Somewhat disagree | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Do not know | 22.6 | 19.9 | 24.5 | 16.7 | 0 | ||
Somewhat agree | 57.1 | 53.6 | 61.2 | 33.3 | 0 | ||
Absolutely agree | 13.7 | 19.9 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 0 | ||