Developing a harmonic sustainable public procurement framework

Abstract Sustainability is aimed at addressing the environmental and socio-economic issues of this generation future ones. In context, sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been proposed to link consumption side (government) production (companies), whilst four dimensions sustainability (economic, environmental, social, time). This paper undertakes an analysis, through hermeneutics, sets system elements SPP: (1) demand-offering, which includes products, services, their combination; (2) specifications (technical, non-technical, socio-cultural); (3) stakeholder interactions; and, (4) research disciplinary approaches. The analysis shows that despite most SPP efforts focussing on demand-offerings or specifications, there have some framework proposals explaining complexities interactions between elements. Additionally, carried out single proposes Harmonic framework, integrates interactions, approaches, dimensions, where harmonisation interrelations sine qua non . providing a more holistic perspective thus fostering effective efficient implementation.