Title: Self-test Quiz: Section 4.1
Course: ICT Sustainability

Q: Which of the following statements apply to green ICT procurement considerations?
- Higher efficiency power supplies may be required.
- Smaller quantities of equipment to be used more intensively might be purchased.
- Equipment may need to be to a higher quantity to allow for more intensive use.
- Materials need to meet recycling and hazardous materials standards.
- Relationships with vendors are of no particular importance. (Purchasing arrangements may go beyond conventional legal contracts and involve long-term partners, co-destiny suppliers that commit one organization to another.)
A: Higher efficiency power supplies may be required.; Smaller quantities of equipment to be used more intensively might be purchased.; Equipment may need to be to a higher quantity to allow for more intensive use.; Materials need to meet recycling and hazardous materials standards.

Q: Today, every organiztion has a formal corporate sustainability or green procurememt policy that applies to ICT products and services.
- True
- False (Many large organizations do have this kind of policy.)
A: False
Feedback: That would be good . . .

Q: In the tendering process, the lowest bid is accepted.
- True (Partially true . . .)
- False (The lowest bid that complies with requirements is accepted.)
A: False

Q: Match the procurement step to its description:
- A search for potential suppliers and available products. A formal RFI may be issued, describing what purchases are intended and asking for information from suppliers. This might be used to see what environmental standards suppliers are able to supply to. | Information gathering
- A RFQ RFT/ITT may be advertised publicly or sent to a limited set of suppliers. | Supplier contact
- The products or services offered are assessed against criteria set down in the RFT. In the case of green ICT, this might require testing power consumption of equipment, or verifying claims of conformance with independent standards or tests conducted with independent test labs. | Background review
- A dialogue regrding terms and conditions is undertaken, usually with one selected supplier or a short list. | Negotiation
- An order is made and payment made. For a large order, the payments may be staggered. | Fulfillment
- The performance of the supplied product and after sales service is assessed. For ICT products there are usually maintenance contracts and the supply of maintenance, ensuring an ongoing relationship with the supplier. Green ICT considerations may include provision for return of the product to the supplier at the end of its useful life for disposal or refurbishment. | Consumption, maintenance, and disposal
- At the end of the supply contract, the supplier’s performance is evaluated. With ICT equipment, it is likely that further equipment will be ordered from the same supplier, if satisfactory. | Renewal
Feedback: At what points in the procurement process can you introduce sustainability considerations?

Q: Match the term or concept with its definition:
- A systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives that satisfy transactions, activities, or functional requirements for a business. | Cost–benefit analysis
- The acquisition of goods, services, or works from an outside external source. | Procurement
- Occurs in manufacturing settings only. It encompasses all items that are part of finished products, such as raw material, components, and parts. | Direct procurement
- Concerns operating resources that a company purchases to enable its operations, e.g., office supplies, machine lubricants, and complex and costly products and services such as heavy equipment and consulting services. | Indirect procurement
- A process by which a formal, structured invitation is issued to suppliers to bid to supply products or services. In the public sector, such a process may be required and determined in detail by law to ensure that such competition for the use of public monies is open, fair, and free from bribery and nepotism. | Tendering process
- A form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of two or more courses of action. | Cost–utility analysis