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Breaking Down Local Food Barriers: A Case Study on Food Forward Contracts in Thunder Bay

 For over a decade, the City of Thunder Bay has strengthened the connection between municipal facilities and local food systems. The city is a leader in food systems planning in Ontario, having adopted the Thunder Bay Food Charter, the Community Environmental Action...
Provision of school food in Bath
Provision of school food in Bath

This tender aims to support local supply chains to provide healthy and sustainable products - fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables - to primary and nursery schools in the Bath & North East Somerset area of England. Extensive market engagement informed the direction...

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Recycled asphalt used for road resurfacing
Recycled asphalt used for road resurfacing

After generating enough experience and assessing the performance of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) in previous projects, The City of Hamburg wanted to move from using less than 50% RAP to 100% when refurbishing resurfacing roads. Therefore, this tender focused on...

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A low carbon, circular approach to concrete procurement
A low carbon, circular approach to concrete procurement

Zurich has long strived to use as much recycled concrete as possible in its public building projects as aggregate. The inclusion of recycled aggregates helps close material loops related to concrete, which makes it more circular. While the use of recycled concrete is...

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Purchase of high quality, organic agriculture
Purchase of high quality, organic agriculture

Five framework contracts were awarded for supplying food to 31 public colleges in the Vendée region of France in 2017. Four of the contracts were for 100% organic vegetables, fruit, dairy products, and other groceries. The final was for high-quality meat originating...

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Hospital eco-catering service in Piedmont
Hospital eco-catering service in Piedmont

This joint procurement was issued on behalf of twelve health authorities. The objective was to use collective catering services and food supply to reduce administrative costs, obtain reductions in the supply and service price to achieve economies of scale, and collectively send a demand signal to the catering market. Tender criteria stipulated minimum weight criteria for […]

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