KEINO buyer groups
KEINO Competence centre facilitates several so-called buyer groups, consisting public purchasing authorities with common needs. The buyer groups aim at speed up the development and implementation of new ways of working, solutions and methods of scaling up best practices and innovative solutions. At the same time enhancing the capabilities to conduct sustainable and innovative procurement.
The buyer groups provide a platform for co-operation and peer support for procurement experts. A central part of the group activities is also co-operation with the suppliers and developers of goods, services and solutions.
Each buyer group is formed by its members, who make a joint plan of activities. Action points of group may be clarifying the common challenges ahead, developing joint criteria, tools, test beds or road maps and/or organizing joint market dialogues. The groups compile existing best practices from Finland and abroad. The work is facilitated by an expert from KEINO.
In 2020 there is a total of 11 active buyer groups in KEINO:
Construction
- Management of polluted soil- buyer group. Contact person: Katriina Alhola
- Clean indoor air- buyer group. Contact person: Matti Pihlajamaa
- Use of public space 24/7- buyer group. Contact person: Matti Pihlajamaa
- Low carbon construction- buyer group. Contact person: Katriina Alhola
Procurement in the social welfare and health sector
- Sustainable procurement in healthcare regions- buyer group. Contact person: Elina Ojala
- Healthcare and social welfare procurement - buyer group. Contact person: Antti Tuukkanen
Procurement of transport and mobility
- Platforms, apps and combined transports- buyer group. Contact persons: Piia Moilanen and Taneli Varis
- Clean vehicles and transport- buyer group. Contact person: Taneli Varis
Procurement in the education sector
- • Platforms and apps in education – buyer group. Contact persons: Riikka Munne and Piia Moilanen
Procurement in waste- and water management
- Platforms and apps in water management -buyer group. Contact person: Piia Moilanen
Cross-cutting themes
- Employment clauses in procurement- buyer group. Contact person: Taneli Varis.
Green deals in public procurement
- Green deal for zero emission construction sites. Contact person: Elina Ojala
- Green deal for reducing hazardous substances in kindergartens and pre-school environments. Contact person: Salla Koivusalo