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Ways Forward in Public Procurement
, 2023 This chapter summarizes the topics discussed in this public procurementbook. It subsequently discusses developments and the ways in which publicprocurement is moving forward and has increasingly become a strategic asset for societal change. The move toward more value-driven, smart, life cycle-oriented, and relational ecosystem procurement processes has
Grandia, Jolien, Volker, Leentje
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BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Since the twenty-first century, the prevalence of diabetes has risen globally year by year. In Gansu Province, an economically underdeveloped province in northwest China, the cost of drugs for diabetes patients accounted for one-third of their
Wenxuan Cao +7 more
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StandardsThis article explores the relationship between local authorities (mainly municipal organisations) and a central purchasing body (CPB). It critiques, from an agency theory perspective, the difficulties in aligning socio-economic goals of multiple ...
Douwe J. P. van de Goorberg +2 more
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Bureaucrats and Public Procurement [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001 This paper deals with a Niskanen type of public-procurement agency. We show that the procurement game should be separated into an investment game and a project game, the first game to be played before nature determines the actual realizations of benefit and costs of the project, the second game to be played afterward. In the first game the relationship-
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN GHANA: THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES TO THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW 2003 (ACT 663) [PDF]
International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 2012 The purpose of this study was to identify various implementation bottlenecks to the Ghana Public Procurement Law 2003 (Act 663). The study adopted multiple research approaches, including; review of relevant literature, interviews and questionnaire survey
Ameyaw, Collins +2 more
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Re-categorising public procurement in South Africa: construction works as a special case
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2019 Public procurement is generally known to be the acquisition of goods and services by the government from the private sector. Construction works are considered to constitute services and as such are not specifically referred to in the Constitution.
Allison Megan Anthony
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Procurement challenges in the Zimbabwean public sector: A preliminary study
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2015 Background: State Procurement Board procedures and the public procurement process have been blamed for the lagging behind of government projects that impact on public service delivery in Zimbabwe.
Abel Dzuke, Micheline J.A. Naude
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Blockchain and Public Procurement [PDF]
European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance, 2019 Public procurement relies in an apparent irreconcilability between competition, which implies some confidentiality, and transparency. The latest Public Procurement Directives have made e-procurement a mandatory feature. Since blockchain technology has been developed and designed to accomplish integrity, transparency, efficiency and data accuracy, goals
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Conflicts in public procurement
Operations Research and Decisions, 2013 OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND DECISIONS; ISSN 2081 ...
Brehmer, Per-Olof +2 more
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Evaluating Corruption-Prone Public Procurement Stages for Blockchain Integration Using AHP Approach
SystemsCorruption in public procurement remains a challenge to good governance, especially in developing nations. Blockchain technology has been espoused as a new paradigm for achieving sustainable public procurement practices for effective service delivery and,
Gideon Adjorlolo +6 more
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