Procurement and purchasing
Stockholm is a city with ambitious goals for sustainable development. Each year, the City of Stockholm purchases goods, services and contracts worth approximately SEK 40 billion.
The City of Stockholm is a public organisation with one of Sweden’s largest public procurement volumes. To deliver welfare, the City rely on suppliers across a wide range of sectors.
The City’s work is guided by the goals set out in the City Budget, the City’s Vision 2040 – A Stockholm of Opportunities and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In the procurement processes, the City sets requirements that align with the City’s strategic objectives.
The City aims for sustainable and dynamic growth by applying smart and innovative solutions and strives to make sound business decisions that are cost-effective and deliver the right quality to the Stockholmers, based on their needs.
The City of Stockholm’s various policy documents define the direction for both operations and procurement. Procurement and purchasing contribute to achieving the city’s goals in areas such as:
- environment and climate
- fair working conditions
- food and meals
- elderly care
- housing
- accessibility and mobility.
Preventing corruption
The City of Stockholm works actively to reduce the risk of corruption. All procurement and purchasing activities are conducted in accordance with applicable legislation and the City’s internal regulations concerning bribery, conflicts of interest, corruption etc.
Related Operations
Welfare fraud
Welfare fraud occurs when companies, organisations or individuals improperly exploit public funds for personal gain. The City of Stockholm actively works to prevent, detect and address irregularities and offences targeting municipal operations.
Organisation
The City Executive Office is responsible for steering, leading and coordinating the City’s strategic procurement and purchasing activities, and is responsible for the City’s overarching policy documents in this area.
The City of Stockholm’s procurement organisation is decentralised. All departments and companies independently carry out their own procurement and purchasing activities.
For certain procurement areas, joint procurements are conducted on behalf of the entire city, often by the Service Department.
Policy documents
The annual budget, adopted by the City Council, is the ultimate governing document for all the City’s operations. Completing policy documents establish and clarify how the City’s operations should operate and how they should be run. Many of the city’s overarching policy documents form the basis for how the City work with procurement and purchasing.
Most of these policy documents, including the procurement programme mentioned below, are available in Swedish only.
Procurement programme
The programme outlines how procurement activities should be conducted within municipal boards and companies.