Life-Cycle Costing in Public Procurement in Hungary
Stocktaking of Good Practices
This report provides Hungary with key recommendations and policy options to establish comprehensive and user-friendly methodologies and tools for the greater uptake of life-cycle costing (LCC) methodology in public procurement. The report introduces the concept of LCC and its links to the wider sustainable public procurement agenda, and maps the current practices in Hungary and existing LCC tools in other EU and OECD countries, with a view of drawing insights to promote the development and uptake of LCC tools.
Mapping life-cycle costing tools and practices
This chapter presents a mapping of available life-cycle costing (LCC) tools and methodologies, providing insights into the approaches EU and OECD countries and organisations have taken towards LCC, focusing on LCC calculation methodologies, cost parameters, and features of the tools. It also presents a deep-dive comparative analysis of selected tools and extract essential user-friendly features of common LCC tools to support the development process of LCC tools in Hungary. Finally, this chapter describes the uptake of LCC use based on practical experience from contracting authorities and policymakers, highlights the challenges and draws recommendations for a way forward to improve the uptake of this practice.
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