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1. Integrating sustainable development into procurement of food and catering services, Scottish Executive May 2004. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/SPD/17839/16689
2. "A review of the incentives and constraints which feature in the market for public sector food procurement in Scotland", DTZ Pieda, March 2005 ( seehttp://www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/2005/04/26120207/02086)
3. "Double Dividend: Promoting good nutrition and sustainable consumption through healthy school meals", Sustainable Consumption Roundtable, 2005 ( seehttp://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications/downloads/Double_Dividend.pdf)
4. Official Journal of the European Union - an online and printed bulletin incorporating tender notices for a wide variety of publicly funded projects within the European Union.
5. This total includes 4 producers who were interviewed in the initial pilot stage in November 2005, 2 of whom actually tendered for the schools supply contracts.
6. It must be stressed that this is the producer's own perception. Location of provider is not a permissible criterion under EU tendering regulations and was not used by East Ayrshire Council as a criterion for judging tenders in this process.
7. ( www.larderbytes.com)
8. In accordance with EU procurement rules, the Council is not permitted when awarding contracts to take into account the distance that food will travel.
9. Head of Service, Onsite Services, Educational and Social Services, East Ayrshire Council
10. Procurement Officer, Procurement Section, Legal, Administrative & Procurement Services, East Ayrshire Council
11. "Local" in this context, as elsewhere in this report, meaning Ayrshire as a whole
12. As borne out in the analysis presented in Chapter 2 of this report.
13. See section 2.7 for results of the Producers survey on this point
14. The cost that is estimated by the Council to process an invoice is between £17 and £62
15. The single day snapshot produced a lower figure for uptake in East Ayrshire than the Council estimates to be the case in practice. This is attributable in part to the fact that not all children take a school meal every day (see Section 5.1 of this report).
16. The evaluation did not include mapping the product back to source thus validating its origin. It is assumed that during certain times of year product not grown in Ayrshire would have to be sourced from other parts of the UK or abroad.
17. Quantifying the actual reduction in waste would be a useful exercise to support the evidence base as resource efficiency is an important policy objective for the public sector.
18. Head of Service, Onsite Services, Educational and Social Services, East Ayrshire Council
19. Procurement Officer, Procurement Section, Legal, Administrative & Procurement Services, East Ayrshire Council

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