04-01-2011 makeITfair’s priorities for public procurers

For procurers makeITfair has set the following priorities:

Bidders should respect decent working conditions:
Public procurers should ask all contract bidders to respect decent working conditions in the production process of electronics. Decent working conditions should follow the ILO core conventions and extraprovisions as described in the ‘priorities for production’ above. The purchaser should ask for continuous improvements and routines for achieving the demands, rather than a ‘guarantee’ of full compliance throughout the supply chain.

Bidders should provide full transparency throughout their supply chain

Public institutions should ask bidders to provide information about the exact location of the production facilities of its first-tier suppliers, as well as of the facilities of the major manufacturers of components.

Establish a thorough follow-up mechanism and verification process

Public procurers must establish a thorough follow-up mechanism. This should include asking the contracting parties to give an account of their routines for continuous improvements to fulfil the requirements for decent working conditions (with documentation), as well as spot check verification by an independent third party along the production chain.

Avoid contradictory purchasing practices

To avoid contradictory purchasing practices that hamper the respect of decent working conditions, public institutions should make sure that delivery times and other purchasing requirements are reasonable.

Other priorities were set for:

• Production
• Extractives
• E-waste
• Mobile network operators