Sustainable Intermediation in the U.S. and Israeli Public Procurement

This article analyzes regulatory intermediation models and their effect on sustainable public procurement. It examines two regimes—the U.S. sustainable purchasing policy and Israel’s environmental procurement policy—and asks: What is the current sustainable public procurement policy of the U.S. federal government and the central government of Israel? What are the differences between the two regimes in terms of regulatory intermediation structure? And what are the advantages and drawbacks of each structure in implementing sustainable public procurement? For the first time, the article extends the regulator-intermediary-target (R-I-T) model into strategic public procurement. By revealing the nature and interconnections of, and between, various actors in each regime, the article captures how different R-I-T models can support or hinder the success of a strategic public procurement policy, such as sustainable procurement.