This report provides a strategic analysis and implementation framework for leveraging the electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system as the central mechanism to operationalize, measure, and monitor Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP). The analysis is driven by the imperative to drive SPP implementation globally but also to report progress of SPP implementation through a credible and transparent system against SDG 12.7.1 target.

The assessment concludes that governments across the world have implemented e-GP as a part of broader public procurement reform and in some cases it possesses the necessary foundational architecture and functionalities to support SPP implementation but requires targeted enhancements to function as an effective enabler for SPP implementation and monitoring. Currently, e-GP systems often lack structured data fields, controlled criteria libraries, and a dedicated workflow logic needed to systematically integrate sustainable bidding requirements into procurement decisions and generate transaction-backed evidence for monitoring and evaluation of SPP implementation progress.

Drawing on comparative analysis of global and regional practices, including the system-enabled models of South Korea and China, and the criteria-library approaches of Ireland and the Netherlands, the report identifies a clear set of functional requirements.