[PDF] Centralising Public Procurement eBook

Author : Nicola Dimitri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 2006-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521870733

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How can organizations ensure that they can get best value for money in their procurement decisions? How can they stimulate innovations from their dedicated suppliers? With contributions from leading academics and professionals, this 2006 handbook offers expert guidance on the fundamental aspects of successful procurement design and management in firms, public administrations, and international institutions. The issues addressed include the management of dynamic procurement; the handling of procurement risk; the architecture of purchasing systems; the structure of incentives in procurement contracts; methods to increase suppliers' participation in procurement contests and e-procurement platforms; how to minimize the risk of collusion and of corruption; pricing and reputation mechanisms in e-procurement platforms; and how procurement can enhance innovation. Inspired by frontier research, it provides practical recommendations to managers, engineers and lawyers engaged in private and public procurement design.

Author : Gian Luigi Albano
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File Size : 10,38 MB
Release : 2011
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When designing a national public procurement system, the degree of centralization (or, equivalently, the degree of demand aggregation) is one of the most crucial as well as puzzling policy choices. Centralized procurement has been traditionally considered as an instrument to reduce public spending. In more recent years, though, and particularly after the 2008 global financial turmoil, a growing interest has arisen among both policy makers and researchers in government procurement as a lever to pursue broader policy goals, such as competitive markets structure, sustainable development and innovation. This paper reviews and discusses several issues related both to the rationales and to the practical implementation of centralized procurement strategies, with a particular focus on the procurement of goods and services.

Author : Risvig Hamer, Carina
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1800370415

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This timely book examines the ever-increasing prevalence of Central Purchasing Bodies (CPBs), analysing their use and structure across different EU Member States. It argues that since CPBs are only partially regulated at EU level, their operations will depend on the legislation of the individual Member States and more importantly on the States’ distinct practices and traditions. Comparative contributions consider the legal nature and structures of CPBs across 12 Member States and the UK.

Author : Vasil Khachidze
Publisher : Springer
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 50,34 MB
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 364234447X

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on E-business and Strategy, iCETS 2012, held in Tianjin, China, in August 2012. The 65 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 231 submissions. The papers feature contemporary research on developments in the fields of e-business technology, information management systems, and business strategy. Topics addressed are latest development on e-business technology, computer science and software engineering for e-business, e-business and e-commerce applications, social networking and social engineering for e-business, e-business strategic management and economics development, e-business education, entrepreneurship and e-learning, digital economy strategy, as well as internet and e-commerce policy.

Author : Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
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File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2015
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Centralized purchasing benefits contracting authorities and society in general as it may reduce purchasing prices and transaction costs, lead to administrative economies of scale, and help specializing procurement officers across Member States. Centralization techniques are also used to pursue broader economic goals, such as fostering innovation, create competitive markets and sustain development. Directive 2014/24 reinforces the impulse given to central purchasing bodies due its popularity and establishes two different types: either wholesalers/wholebuyers or intermediaries that carry out procurement on behalf of other contracting authorities. However, the competitive benefits that may be generated by centralization can also be eroded by its abuse and inadequate implementation, particularly when dynamic efficiency is jeopardized by focusing on pure cost-saving and short term results. This paper addresses the benefits and concerns derived from centralized purchasing from a microeconomic and legal perspective and proposes that centralization should be carried out in a pro-competitive manner with an emphasis on long term efficiency, benefiting all stakeholders, and not purely tender cost saving. To do so, central purchasing bodies and their purchasing power should be regulated by adopting conducts in line with competitive standards and public procurement "best-practices" guaranteeing that buyer power is not abused and the competitive playing field is preserved.

Author : Gian Luigi Albano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 37,84 MB
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107077966

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This book addresses the increasing demand for a logical understanding of how framework agreement should be used and implemented.

Author : G. Piga
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137430632

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This volume addresses different issues related to green innovation procurement as well as exploring the challenges involved in public procurement. It offers a broad array of perspectives, addressing both general, abstract problems of optimal public procurement and concrete cases of national or even local public procurement systems.