Figure 1
A flowchart is enclosed in a vertical rectangle divided into four horizontal sections labeled from top to bottom as follows: “Search,” “Screening,” “Selection,” and “Analysis.” At the top of the “Search” section, a large rectangle is labeled “Database Search.” Below it, two text boxes are placed side by side. The left one is labeled “Search Date: October 2024 to February 2025,” and the right one is labeled “Only Public Sector Tenders.” Below is a text box labeled “Searched on Government Electronic Tender Service (G E T S) (n equals 1725).” A downward arrow connects to the “Screening” section containing a text box labeled “Review and assessment of the tender documents.” Another downward arrow connects to a rectangle labeled “Excluded tenders that:” followed by five bullet points: “Are not Request for Proposal (R F P) tender type.” “Do not involve construction works.” “Do not use the weighted attribute evaluation method.” “Lack clear tender evaluation details.” “Are duplicates.” A downward arrow connects to the “Selection” section, containing a text box labeled “Review the selected tenders to identify sustainability requirements in public sector construction procurement (n equals 102).” Another downward arrow leads to the “Analysis” section, containing a larger text box labeled “Provide an overview of how public sector entities in New Zealand define and implement sustainability criteria in construction procurement.” From this box, three downward arrows branch out to three smaller text boxes placed side by side: The left text box is labeled “Quantify the percentage of public sector construction procurements that include sustainability requirements.” The center text box is labeled “Analyse the weighting assigned to sustainability requirements in contractor evaluation systems.” The right text box is labeled “Identify the specific sustainability criteria used in contractor selection and assess their relative prevalence.”Steps of content analysis. Source: Authors' own creation