Guidance

Sustainable procurement: the GBS for transport (vehicles)

Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for vehicles.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 2 January 2012
• Last updated: 9 November 2020 — See all updates

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Government Buying Standards for transport 2017

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All government departments and their related organisations must make sure that they meet the minimum mandatory Government Buying Standards (GBS) standards when buying goods and services. We also encourage the wider public sector to specify the minimum mandatory standards in tenders.

We encourage everyone to meet the best practice standards, which go further than the mandatory standards.

The product specifications set out in the Government Buying Standards are aimed primarily at public sector organisations procuring goods or services. However, any organisation concerned about sustainable procurement may choose to follow them or to specify them in tenders.

Published 2 January 2012
Last updated 9 November 2020 + show all updates

1. 9 November 2020

   Updated information under: Minimum Mandatory Standards point 4 and Safety.

2. 21 December 2017

   2017 edition of the Buying Standards for transport published.

3. 2 January 2012

   First published.