Public Food Procurement Guidelines
The guidelines on public food procurement, promoted in collaboration with the Contracting Department, the Urban Ecology Area and other municipal stakeholders, will serve as a pioneering tool to guide all Barcelona City Council’s public food procurement in a cross-cutting and comprehensive way.
This update includes new criteria, along with other environmental developments, to encourage the procurement of local and seasonal food, always aligned with the mandatory EU regulatory framework as well as the area’s productive capacity, and used for tackling the climate emergency. The criteria, which are cross-departmental, are as follows:
- Increase foods with plant-based proteins and reduce foods with animal-based proteins.
- Reduce added sugars and ultra-processed products.
- Consolidate and expand the supply of food from organic farming.
- Consolidate and expand the supply of fresh, seasonal food.
- Incorporate short circuit food supply chains.
- Incorporate higher quality produce.
- Consolidate the availability of fair trade staples and processed foods.
- Improve the environmental quality of the vehicle fleet.
- Reduce the CO2 emissions associated with transport.
- Reduce food waste.
- Promote training for those involved in implementing health and sustainability criteria: canteen staff, users, etc.
- Incorporate special work centres, job placement centres, and the social and solidarity economy (outsourcing).
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11/04/2025 - 19:09 h Commerce and markets A new tool to promote fairer, healthier and more sustainable catering services in BarcelonaA video explains how to include sustainable food criteria in the public procurement of catering services.
