Abstract:
Public Procurement Process (Public PP) mainly focuses on the satisfaction of stakeholders in line
with development objectives of the country. The importance of public expenditures within the
world economy has stimulated and established interest in how public money is spent, with an
emphasis on transparency and openness through the Public PP. This was identified as critical
challenges with prevailing gaps of the Public PP when focuses on Sri Lankan construction
industry. In this context Sustainable Public Procurement Process (SPPP) in construction industry
emerge to Sri Lanka with numbers of benefits. Though it is a new concept to the developing
countries, SPPP is not another type of procurement; it rather seeks to address the environmental,
social and economic consequences of procurement actions. Moreover, the developed countries
have implemented the SPPP successfully as a solution to challenges and gaps of existing Public
PP. Hence, the SPPP has identified as one of most accepted alternative method to address the
challenges and gaps of the Public PP in Sri Lankan construction industry.
Thus, this paper has proposed a conceptual framework for the SPPP based on secondary data.
Further paper explored the framework in line with significant stages of Conceptual, Planning,
Tendering/ Purchasing, Implementation, and Closeout with due consideration to the relationship
of these all five stages of the Public PP. Relevant areas scrutinised through the comprehensive
literature review to develop the proposed conceptual framework. Further, experts in the field of
construction procurement also consulted to gather the opinions in order to evaluate the feasibility
of conceptual framework.
