Public Procurement: International Cases and Commentary

✍ Scribed by Louise Knight, Christine Harland, Jan Telgen, Khi V. Thai, Guy Callender, Katy McKen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 401
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In many countries and sectors, public procurement is developing from a functional orientation to an effective socio-economic policy lever. There is a great interest among managers and academics to learn from other countries’ and other sectors’ change initiatives and how they dealt with the challenges they encountered. This text provides such learning opportunities, presenting case studies of public procurement, covering diverse nations, sectors and issues.

The cases are combined with editorial commentary and contextualizing chapters to assist the student reader in understanding this complex topic. The text combines descriptions of cases of public procurement with cross case analysis to draw out the key dimensions to enable further examination of the central themes. Each case study concludes with three questions to aid its use as a teaching and training text.

Edited by a team of internationally recognised experts in the field this innovative text illustrates the strategies and innovations within public procurement on a global scale and highlights common problems that all countries encounter. Public Procurement is vital reading for anyone with an interest in this topical area.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Public Procurement: International cases and commentary......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 14
Notes on contributors......Page 16
Foreword......Page 26
Acknowledgements......Page 28
Introduction......Page 30
Context, findings and key themes......Page 31
Organization of the book......Page 33
The IRSPP research process......Page 36
References......Page 43
Introduction......Page 45
Stakeholders and conflicting interests in public procurement......Page 48
Developments in public procurement......Page 49
References......Page 51
Introduction......Page 54
National context......Page 55
Case description: public procurement in Western Australia......Page 60
New developments......Page 66
Key issues and challenges......Page 67
Study questions......Page 68
References......Page 69
Introduction......Page 71
Case description: the structure of the NHS, and purchasing and supply in the NHS......Page 72
Public sector reform......Page 81
Conclusions......Page 86
References and further reading......Page 87
The health care sector in the Netherlands: introduction......Page 89
Budgeting under the old system (ended 2005)......Page 91
Financial aspects of the new system (from 1 January 2006)......Page 92
Stakeholders and their position......Page 93
Purchasing and supply in health care......Page 95
Study questions......Page 97
Appendix: Budget calculation......Page 98
Introduction......Page 101
State structure......Page 102
Public procurement legislation......Page 104
The budgetary system......Page 105
The supervision of public procurement......Page 107
Public sector reform......Page 109
Organization of competences, and supervision......Page 112
Notes......Page 116
Federal procurement structure......Page 118
Current issues......Page 124
Study questions......Page 129
Notes......Page 130
References and further reading......Page 132
The case......Page 133
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR)......Page 138
The purchasing cooperative for energy......Page 142
Major reform impact for the public procurement system......Page 144
References......Page 145
Introduction......Page 146
The government and public sector in Singapore......Page 147
Features of public procurement in Singapore......Page 148
Organizations involved in public procurement......Page 149
The types and process of public procurement......Page 150
Recent reforms of public procurement......Page 152
Conclusion: evaluation of public procurement practices in Singapore......Page 164
References......Page 165
Governance – an overview......Page 167
Public procurement and the public sector......Page 169
Stakeholders' expectations of public procurement......Page 170
Governance structures across the cases......Page 171
Conclusions......Page 175
References......Page 176
The specification phase......Page 178
The selection phase......Page 179
The contracting phase......Page 181
Ordering......Page 183
Expediting and supplier evaluation......Page 184
Follow-up and purchasing/procurement evaluation......Page 185
References......Page 187
Introduction......Page 189
Case description......Page 190
The United Nations' supply markets and suppliers......Page 193
The regulatory and legislative context......Page 194
Major reform effort impacting on purchasing and supply......Page 195
Update......Page 203
References......Page 204
Introduction......Page 205
The Canadian context......Page 206
A case for collaboration......Page 207
Defining the purchasing consortium......Page 208
Models of cooperation......Page 209
Success indicators and barriers......Page 212
Technology and e-commerce......Page 213
Summary and conclusions......Page 215
References......Page 217
Theoretical background......Page 219
Background of the Kuopio region purchasing consortium......Page 222
Enhancing the value of the purchasing consortium......Page 225
Conclusions......Page 228
Study questions......Page 229
References......Page 230
Introduction......Page 231
Case background......Page 232
State and regional support for public sector procurement......Page 235
Interesting issues relating to reforms......Page 236
Major reform effort impacting on purchasing and supply in Queensland......Page 238
Study questions......Page 243
References......Page 244
Introduction......Page 245
Case description......Page 246
Analysis of information from the jurisdictions......Page 270
Conclusion......Page 273
Notes......Page 274
References......Page 275
Introduction......Page 276
Public sector procurement trends......Page 277
Case description......Page 280
Generating and documenting savings......Page 286
Professionalism and education......Page 288
Redefining procurement processes......Page 289
Notes......Page 290
References......Page 291
Introduction......Page 293
Case description......Page 294
Major reform effort impacting on purchasing and supply......Page 298
The new model for service delivery......Page 301
Case update......Page 304
Notes......Page 306
Introduction......Page 307
Case description......Page 309
Major reform effort impacting on PSCM......Page 322
Glossary......Page 329
Note......Page 330
Introduction......Page 331
Public e-procurement: economic effects and aim of internet-based technology in the public sector......Page 332
Cross-country comparison of public e-procurement practices......Page 333
Implementation of public e-procurement: recommendations based on a review of strategic, managerial, operational and technical aspects in the public sector......Page 336
References and further reading......Page 340
Appendix: data architecture......Page 341
The recent evolution of public procurement......Page 343
The evidence from the cases and prior research......Page 345
Professional recognition for people in procurement......Page 347
Public procurement practitioners......Page 350
Acknowledgements......Page 351
References......Page 352
Introduction......Page 354
State of the art in cooperative purchasing a literature review......Page 355
Case study findings......Page 362
Discussion......Page 364
References......Page 366
Editors note......Page 372
Better delivery......Page 373
British industry and UK prosperity......Page 374
Capacity contestability and planning......Page 375
SMEs and regional development......Page 376
Protecting the environment......Page 377
Notes......Page 378
References and further reading......Page 379
Review of cases......Page 380
Operationalizing the seven stage framework......Page 381
Challenges for the future......Page 383
Conclusions......Page 384
References......Page 385
Index......Page 388