International Public Procurement

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. International Public Procurement: Innovation and Knowledge Sharing

   • Khi V. Thai

   Pages 1-10

3. Innovation and Reforms in Public Procurement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Contract Management Innovation in Public Procurement: Costa Rica’s Experience

      • Ileana Palaco, Alicia Avendaño, Waldemar Núñez

      Pages 13-29

   3. The Municipal Partnering Initiative: Mixed Contracting in Local Government Procurement

      • David Rauch

      Pages 31-56

   4. The Impact of Changing Patterns of Commercial Card Use by the US Government on Governmental Efficiency and Cost Savings

      • Richard Palmer, Mahendra Gupta, Nathan Palmer

      Pages 57-88

   5. Defense Management Research Capacities and Topics: Blind Spots in Defense Acquisition Management?

      • Christian von Deimling, Andreas H. Glas, Michael Essig

      Pages 89-127

   6. Customers’ Preferences in Municipal Waste Services Procurement

      • Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro, Francesco Mascali, Liborio La Marca

      Pages 129-141

4. Public Procurement Transparency

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143

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   2. Rationalising Public Procurement of Complex Construction Projects by the Price Component Selection

      • Pertti Lahdenperä

      Pages 145-166

   3. Pricing for Public Purchase: A Qualitative-Empirical Analysis of Public Procurement and Price Setting Practices

      • Michael Georgi, Sascha Kemmeter

      Pages 167-181

   4. Procurement Conspiracies and Procurement Governance: Some Lessons from Thailand

      • Sirilaksana Khoman

      Pages 183-201

   5. Collaborative Public Procurement: A Comparative Review of the Indian Position with International Practices on Pooled Procurement from Competition Law Perspectives

      • Sandeep Verma

      Pages 203-219

   6. Regulating the Pre-procurement Phase: Context and Perspectives

      • Willem A. Janssen

      Pages 221-235

   7. Construction Procurers’ Perceptions of Value for Money

      • Warren Staples

      Pages 237-251

5. Preferential Public Procurement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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   2. The Reform to EU Utilities Procurement: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive?

      • Eleanor Aspey

      Pages 255-269

   3. Stages of Development Towards Sustainable Public Procurement

      • Tünde Tátrai

      Pages 271-286

   4. Policy Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in China

      • Conghu Wang, Xiaoming Li

      Pages 287-299

   5. The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in a Sustainable Public Procurement System

      • Anna Górczyńska

      Pages 301-321

Using a comparative framework, this volume presents case studies of issues of public procurement and discusses how procurement professionals and policy makers in different regions are responding to these challenges. This book discusses current issues in public procurement. Over the past few decades, public procurement has had to evolve conceptually and organizationally in the face of unrelenting budget constraints, government downsizing, public demand for increased transparency in public procurement, as well as greater concerns about efficiency, fairness and equity. Procurement professionals have also had to deal with a changeable climate produced by emerging technology, environmental concerns, and ongoing tension between complex regional trade agreements and national socioeconomic goals. The first section discusses innovation and reforms in public procurement and how practitioners are adapting to and making use of new technologies. The second section addresses the challenges of maintaining transparency, equity, and fairness in public procurement. The final section discusses preferential public procurement and introduces strategies for building sustainable public procurement systems. By combining theory and analysis with evidence from the real world, this book is of equal use to academics, policy makers, and procurement professionals.

• governmental purchasing
• innovation
• public procurement
• reform
• sustainability
• transparency

• School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

  Khi V. Thai

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