In the tender for sweeping services in Modena, out of the technical component of the bid, 27 points were attributed to the employment of persons facing hardship, 11 points to the organisation of the tender contract (with specific attention to the existence of internal procedures of the supplier for managing the service in relation to environmental protection and suitable equipment maintenance services) and 7 points to the structuring of the tender contract in terms of the equipment used (requesting the specification of the number and type of vehicles powered by electricity, methane, hybrid and/or the use of equipment/technologies for noise and dust reduction).