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Assessing the risk of profit shifting among the suppliers to Danish municipalities Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Henrik Gislason, Jørgen Hvid, Steffen Gøth, Per Rønne-Nielsen, Christian Hallum
Purpose An increasing number of Danish municipalities wish to minimize tax avoidance due to profit shifting in their public procurement. To facilitate this effort, this study aims to develop a firm-level indicator to assess the potential risk of profit shifting (PS-risk) from Danish subsidiaries of multinational corporations to subsidiaries in low-tax jurisdictions. Design/methodology/approach Drawing
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Barriers to the involvement in green public procurement among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) government suppliers Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Nurin Athilah Masron, Suhaiza Ismail, Zaini Zainol
Purpose The objectives of this study are twofold. Firstly, this study aims to examine the challenges of green public procurement (GPP) involvement among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) government suppliers. Secondly, it investigates the differences in the perceived challenges between the small- and medium-sized groups of companies. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on the quantitative
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Dynamic capabilities view on value creation in public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Elina Karttunen, Aki Jääskeläinen, Iryna Malacina, Katrina Lintukangas, Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen, Frederik G.S. Vos
Purpose This study aims to build on the dynamic capability view by examining dynamic capabilities associated with public value in public procurement. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study approach is used in this study. The interview and secondary data consist of eight cases of value-creating procurement from four public organizations. Findings The findings connect dynamic capabilities
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Level of awareness and knowledge of procurement officers on environmental sustainability as enshrined in the Public Procurement Act in Ghana Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Benedict Ansere, Joshua Ayarkwa, Michael Nii Addy, Dickson Osei-Asibey, Ivy Maame Abu
Purpose This study aims to assess the awareness and knowledge level of procurement officers (POs) in Ghanaian tertiary educational institutions regarding sustainability in general and specifically on environmental sustainability in the Public Procurement Act 2003 (Act 663) as amended. Design/methodology/approach Through purposive sampling technique and face-to-face interviews using semi-structured
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Green Public Procurement in open access and traditional journals: a comparative bibliometric analysis Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Federico Galán-Valdivieso, Juana Alonso-Cañadas, Laura Saraite-Sariene, Carmen Caba-Perez
Purpose Green Public Procurement (GPP) has recently gained attention in the academic and policy arenas since climate change has uncovered the need to be addressed by both private companies and public entities. Because of this growing interest this study aims to explore the most influential journals, publishers, categories, topics and therecent trends and future research lines in GPP. Design/methodology/approach
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Public procurement initiatives during the Covid-19 pandemic and lessons learned: the case study of Greece Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Georgios Koligiannis, Maria Drakaki, Panagiotis Tzionas
Purpose This paper aims to highlight how the Greek State tried to improve public procurement processes during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and propose measures that could be implemented in a future force majeure event where the global supply chain will not operate efficiently. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigated the existing scientific literature. Afterwards, they designed
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Conceptualising a chameleon: social enterprise as a public provider Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Sophie Hunt, Dag Håkon Haneberg, Luitzen de Boer
Purpose This paper aims to make sense of the social enterprise in a frame of social procurement and conceptualise it as a provider of public welfare based on bibliometric material. Comprehensively, it contributes to developments in social procurement, which has received limited attention. Design/methodology/approach Scoping literature from Web of Science and using bibliometric methods, the paper identifies
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Restricting freedom of contract – the EU foreign subsidies regulation and its consequences for public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Michał Kania, Marta Andhov
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the recently enacted Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 14, 2022, on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (foreign subsidies regulation [FSR]) and its repercussions on the European Union (EU) public procurement marketplace and corporations from third countries. The purpose of this paper is to
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Do internet marketing capabilities interact with the effect of procedural capabilities for public procurement participation on SMEs’ sales performance? Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Ismail Abdi Changalima, Baraka Israel, David Amani, Faustine Peter Panga, Shadrack Samwel Mwaiseje, Alban Dismas Mchopa, Isaac Kazungu, Ismail Juma Ismail
Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of procedural capabilities for public procurement participation on small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) sales performance in Tanzania. Also, the study establishes the interaction effect of internet marketing capabilities on the relationship between procedural capabilities and sales performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted confirmatory
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The perks of being an attractive public customer Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-08-24 David Fridner
Purpose In industrial buyer–supplier relationships, being an attractive customer has been found to result in superior supplier performance. However, there is a limited understanding of how these benefits transfer to the public domain. This study aims to explore the influence of customer attractiveness on supplier resource mobilization efforts toward the public sector. Design/methodology/approach A
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Procurement practices in international development projects: trends, networks and performances Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Javad Bakhshi, Saba Mani, Navid Ahmadi Eftekhari, Igor Martek
Purpose International development projects are a dominant means by which aid is distributed to countries. Over the past 70 years, the distribution of trillions of dollars of development aid has been mediated by the United Nations (UN). However, most of this aid has failed to deliver the expected outcomes for which it was assigned. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of projects can be considered
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Institutional pressures and procurement cycle time in Uganda’s central government procuring and disposing entities: the mediating role of opportunistic behavior Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Peter Simon Olupot
Purpose This study focused on establishing the mediating role of opportunistic behavior in the relationship between institutional pressures and procurement cycle time (PCT) in Uganda’s central government (CG) procuring and disposing entities (PDEs). The study also sought to establish the relationship between institutional pressures and PCT, between institutional pressures and opportunity behavior and
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Twenty-one years of the Journal of Public Procurement: a performance and content review using bibliometric analysis Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Joshua Ofori-Amanfo, Godfred Matthew Yaw Owusu, Felix Kwasi Arku
Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of publications in the Journal of Public Procurement (JoPP) from 2001 to 2021. The study provides insights into trends in publications, prominent publication themes, influential authors, institutions and countries that have prominently been associated with the journal’s journey. Design/methodology/approach The study
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How to increase the uptake of circular public procurement? Lessons learned from local authorities in Sweden Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Agnieszka Hunka, Emanuela Vanacore, Ann-Charlotte Mellquist, Letitia Fuertes-Gine
Purpose Circular procurement is assumed to foster innovation and influence demand for and supply of goods through criteria setting and dialogue with suppliers. However, even in countries placed at the forefront of sustainability practices such as Sweden, examples of procurement that can truly be considered to be circular are rare. This paper aims to examine circular public procurement practices in
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Exploring the role of social capital in public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Jad EL Bizri, Elina Karttunen, Katrina Lintukangas
Purpose This study aims to build on social capital theory (SCT) and its dimensions by examining the role of social capital in the public procurement process and by identifying related contingencies that may influence procurement performance. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review and a thematic analysis regarding social capital in procurement are conducted. The antecedent–behaviour–consequence
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Room for maneuver: practicing competitive dialogue in infrastructure projects in Norway Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Asmamaw Tadege Shiferaw, Paulos A. Wondimu, Tor Kristian Stevik
Purpose This study aims to explore the experiences of using competitive dialogue (CD) as a procurement procedure and the freedom it provides to the contracting parties in Norway. Design/methodology/approach This study opted for qualitative research design. Data were collected from four case projects through document reviews and in-depth interviews with procurement experts and key contract partners
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Adoption intentions of electronic procurement among public sector organisations (PSOs) in Ghana: emerging economy perspective Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-05-03 Daniel Ofori, Osman Light, Joseph Ankomah
Purpose Electronic government procurement is an important platform that promotes efficient, transparent, competitive and agile delivery of procurement activities in public sector organisations. Implementing units who play a major role exhibits different attitude towards new technology. The purpose of this paper is to assess if there is any significant difference between optimistic and discomfort implementing
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Auditing and compliance in public procurement – an empirical assessment Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Mats A. Bergman
Purpose This study aims to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of government auditing of local authorities’ compliance with the procurement rules. Design/methodology/approach A diff-in-diff approach is used where the measure of compliance is (changes in) the incidence of private litigation under the Public Procurement Act, in audited vs non-audited municipalities. Further, semi-structured interviews
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Audit threats and year-end spending by government agencies: experimental evidence from Chile Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-01-25 Eduardo Engel, Felipe Jordán, Tomás Rau, Andrea Repetto
Purpose The paper aims to estimate the capacity of supreme audit institutions’ (SAIs) audits to deter potentially wasteful year-end procurement spending. It also studies heterogeneous responses to SAIs’ audits depending on whether agencies’ top managers are appointed through a competitive procedure or not. Design/methodology/approach A letter signed by the head of Chile’s SAI was sent to a hundred
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Crisp and fuzzy appraisal of tenderer’s qualifications in public works procurement in Turkey Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2023-01-05 İbrahim Özyürek, Mürsel Erdal
Purpose In Turkish public procurement practice of construction works, only bidders whose capabilities on each qualification criteria meet prescribed thresholds are taken into evaluation; however, final evaluation disregards contribution of contractor’s abilities to the delivery of project. The purpose of this study is to assign reasonable weights to qualification criteria stated in Public Procurement
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Analyzing the legal environment for public procurement as a demand-side innovation policy measure Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Maria Carolina Foss, Maria Beatriz M. Bonacelli
Purpose This paper aims to analyze Brazil’s legal and institutional arrangements for the design, implementation and accountability of public procurement for innovation (PPI) and to investigate how this apparatus has been adjusted, modified and even replaced to enable its use in innovation policies. Design/methodology/approach It is a descriptive analysis of the legal framework for PPI in Brazil supplemented
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The institutional effects of public–private partnerships on competition: unsolicited proposal projects Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Weh-Sol Moon, Sukmo Ku, Hyejung Jo, Jina Sim
Purpose In many countries that allow unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public–private partnership (PPP) projects, incentives are awarded to the initial proponent of the USP projects during the tendering process as rewards for initially making a proposal. Because of such a reward system, including the bonus system, USPs are commonly known to involve fewer tender participants. This paper aims to investigate
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Issues of e-government services quality in the digital-by-default era – the case of the national e-procurement platform in Czechia Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-11-16 David Špaček, Zuzana Špačková
Purpose Scholarly research on e-procurement has been limited and, like e-government, e-procurement has been researched primarily from the perspective of adoption/non-adoption. This paper aims to focus on public administration employees’ perceptions of the quality of národní elektronický nástroj (NEN) – the Czech national e-procurement tool they are required to use. Design/methodology/approach The paper
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Impact of the time limits for the receipt of tenders on the number of bidders: evidence from public procurement in Greece Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-11-01 Andreas Christos Pliatsidis
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the period for which a public procurement notice remains open for bidding (Δt) affects the number of bids. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigated data for 2.404 open procurement tenders in Greece for the years 2018–2021. Using Δt as the grouping factor, the authors defined two samples based on the European Union time limits for the receipt
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Drivers and deterrents of sustainable procurement practices – an exploratory study in context of Pakistani HEIs Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Abdul Rehman Shaikh, Khalil Ahmed Channa
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify drivers and deterrents to sustainable procurement (SP) via field-level inquiry in the context of public sector higher education institutes in an emerging economy like Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Unstructured interviews guided by the interview guide were conducted. The participants were selected via purposive sampling. A three-step process was
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A dark side of land revenue management and counterproductive work behavior: does organizational injustice add fuel to fire? Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Shahbaz Sharif, Rab Nawaz Lodhi, Vipin Jain, Paritosh Sharma
Purpose This study empirically and theoretically aims to explore the consequences of top management’s dark personality traits (DPT) on organizational injustice, e.g. organizational procedural justice (OPJ), organizational interactional justice (OIJ) and organizational distributive justice (ODJ) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Design/methodology/approach A study was conducted to examine the
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Developing together: the Finnish way of promoting sustainable public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Annukka Berg, Katriina Alhola, Juha Peltomaa, Satu Tietari
Purpose Public procurement is a major driving force that can be used to advance societal goals such as sustainability. The lack of strategic management and top-level commitment have been found to be major hindrances to the promotion of sustainable public procurement (SPP). This study aims to examine the functioning of a successful Finnish SPP development programme, the KEINO Academy (2019–2020), that
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Exploring the quantification and measurement of public procurement performance expectations gap in community roadworks in Uganda: evidence from comprehensive survey Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Charles Kalinzi, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Levi Bategeka Kabagambe, Moses Muhwezi, John Kigozi Munene
Purpose This paper aims to quantify, for the first time, the performance expectations gap in community roadworks projects by proposing a performance expectations gap index (PEGI) that can answer a vital question of how wide/how narrow the gap is from a stakeholder perspective. Previous scholars have offered qualitative descriptions of the expectations gap from an auditing point of view using a constructivist
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A case study on bid rigging in centralized procurement of audit consulting services in Italy Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-03-17 Gian Luigi Albano, Maria Grazia Santocchia
Purpose The aim of this case study is to review the in-depth (and successful) investigation carried out in 2016 by the Italian Competition Authority [Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)] on a nation-wide (multi-lot) framework agreement for consulting services. We also critically assess the tender design and emphasize which dimensions may have facilitated the uncovered anticompetitive
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Choosing the most economically advantageous tender using a multi-criteria decision analysis approach Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-03-10 Juha-Matti Lehtonen, Kai Virtanen
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose and test a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach based on an additive value function (AVF) to select the most economically advantageous tender under European Union public procurement regulations. Design/methodology/approach A case study in which the AVF tender evaluation model is constructed by the procurement personnel and the results of the
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Leadership and stewardship in public procurement: roles and responsibilities, skills and abilities Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-03-02 Joshua M. Steinfeld
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the roles and responsibilities most important to public procurement practitioners to learn about procurement’s influence in the public management setting. Also, the skills and abilities associated with these roles and responsibilities are identified and discussed to implicate the strategic orientations of practitioner work and the skills and abilities
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Pursuing ways to improve the Brazilian procurement system: a comparison between the framework agreements in the United Kingdom and the Brazilian price registration system Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Waldemiro Francisco Sorte Junior
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature review on framework agreements, an instrument for demand aggregation adopted in the UK, to recommend improvements to the price registration system (SRP), a mechanism often used with reverse online auctions in Brazil envisaged to promote more flexibility in centralized tenders, allowing public bodies to establish contracts when the need arises
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Media reporting on public procurement: an analysis of UK press coverage, 1985–2018 Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Anthony Flynn, Irina Harris
Purpose The media is an important actor in public procurement, but research on its role is limited. This paper aims to investigate how the media has engaged with public procurement, using UK newspapers as a case example. Design/methodology/approach The method consisted of searching Nexis database for news articles on public procurement; automatic extraction of article attributes such as length, section
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Policy-led public procurement: does strategic procurement deliver? Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-11-30 Christine Mary Harland,Michael Eßig,Jane Lynch,Andrea Patrucco
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The impact of “procurement with impact”: measuring the short-term effects of sustainable public procurement policy on the environmental friendliness of tenders Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-11-04 Jacco Robbert Jan van Berkel, Fredo Schotanus
Purpose This paper aims to study the short-term effects of a new procurement policy document on the inclusion of environmental requirements and green award criteria in tenders. The policy document is named “Procurement with Impact” and was released by the Dutch central government to further stimulate Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP). Design/methodology/approach Central government tenders were quantitatively
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Learning from supply disruptions caused by SARS-CoV-2: use of additive manufacturing as a resilient response for public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-10-24 Matthias M. Meyer, Andreas H. Glas, Michael Eßig
Purpose The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has had severe effects on economies worldwide and, in particular, on public institutions that must keep their operations running while supply chains are interrupted. The purpose of this study is to examine how public institutions act during a pandemic to ensure the security of supply. Design/methodology/approach The distinct focus is if, why and how public institutions
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Strategic procurement collaboration for the common good: private and public procurement relationship duringa pandemic Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-09-13 Chad Joseph Rutkowski, Karen Eboch, Amelia Carr, Bertie Marie Greer
Purpose This study aims to highlight and validate the importance of strategic procurement and its value to both public and private firms. This study discusses a collaborative private-public partnership (PPP), supply chain advisory committee (SCAC), established during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to acquire personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical supplies for a donation center
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Enhancing sustainability of Indian PPP procurement process using system dynamics model Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-08-27 Nilesh Agarchand Patil, Nicola Thounaojam, Boeing Laishram
Purpose Increasingly adopted by various governments for infrastructure development, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become a popular procurement delivery system, outperforming other systems. However, PPPs have been especially criticised due to the lack of sustainability aspect during the development and implementation of the projects. In India, similar critiques have been raised, as these qualities
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A Kraljic and competitive rivalry perspective on hospital procurement during a pandemic (COVID-19): a Dutch case study Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Barbara Tip, Frederik Guido Sebastiaan Vos, Esmee Peters, Vincent Delke
Purpose Procurement professionals widely use purchasing portfolio models to tailor purchasing strategies to different product groups’ needs. However, the application of these approaches in hospitals and the impact of a pandemic shock remain largely unknown. This paper aims to assess hospital purchasers’ procurement strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of factor-market rivalry (FMR)
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Bidding despite corruption: evidence from Honduras Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-08-17 Daniel M. Sabet
Purpose In addition to lower value for money and the loss of trust in government, procurement corruption threatens to produce a vicious cycle whereby honest firms self-select out of public procurements, further increasing corruption and decreasing value for money. This paper aims to explore this vicious cycle hypothesis. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a survey of businesses registered
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Gender-responsive public procurement: strategies to support women-owned enterprises Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-08-16 Barbara Orser, Xiaolu (Diane) Liao, Allan L. Riding, Quang Duong, Jerome Catimel
Purpose This paper aims to inform strategies to enhance public procurement opportunities for women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To do so, the study examines two research questions: To what extent are women-owned enterprises under-represented among SME suppliers to government; and Do barriers to public procurement – as perceived by SME owners – differ across gender? Design/methodology/approach
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Broader outcomes in procurement policy – a case of New Zealand pragmatism Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-07-16 Barbara Allen
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the underpinning ideas of public procurement allowed for broader outcomes – a more strategic form of public procurement – to emerge. The paper contributes to the literature on public procurement by empirically addressing the evolution of procurement as a government policy lever in New Zealand so as to demonstrate how policy pragmatism can ensure
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Significant governance factors in PPP infrastructure delivery performance in Ghana Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-05-10 Titus Ebenezer Kwofie, Florence Yaa Akyiaa Ellis, Desmond Opoku
Purpose Inefficiencies in public-private partnership (PPP) has been attributed to deficient and poor governance practices and structures. It has been recognized that a veritable way to achieve efficiency in PPP governance is through gaining an understanding of the theoretical, practical and contextual factors that underline governance practices in PPP project delivery. The purpose of this study is
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Framing sustainability in public procurement by typologizing sustainability indicators – the case of Switzerland Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-06-03 Sebastian Knebel, Peter Seele
Purpose Sustainable public procurement (SPP) lacks common means for its operationalization within legislative latitudes. Through the translation of sustainability indicators (SIs) from CSR and corporate sustainability reporting into the needs of SPP, this paper aims to support the framing process of sustainability in public procurement. This paper does so along with the case of Switzerland. Design
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Joint procurement of complex products: actual price savings, perceived nonmonetary advantages, disadvantages and impediments Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-06-14 Pricivel Carrera, Sükran Katik, Fredo Schotanus
Purpose Little is known about actual price savings generated by cooperative purchasing and nonmonetary advantages, disadvantages and impediments for the cooperative purchasing of complex or high-risk purchases. This paper aims to explore these topics by studying joint purchasing of pacemakers in The Netherlands. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate the magnitude of price savings, data on individual
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Supplier satisfaction with public sector competitive tendering processes Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Stephen Kelly, Donna Marshall, Helen Walker, John Israilidis
Purpose This paper aims to explore the supplier perspective on competitive tendering processes and build on an increasing and developing interest in supplier satisfaction with public sector procurement activities. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative data was collected from 20 interviews with a variety of suppliers to the UK public sector, which was then analysed using Nvivo and a series of empirically
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Factors influencing public procurement during disasters: the cases of Chile and New Zealand Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-06-18 Raúl Aparicio-Arias, Jenny Moreno
Purpose This paper aims to explore public procurement frameworks during disasters in Chile and New Zealand, identifying the factors that affect government procurement performance in disaster response. Design/methodology/approach This research adopted a case study methodology following a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with government officers from Chile and New Zealand
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Procuring healthcare public-private partnerships (PPPs) through unsolicited proposals during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-06-10 Carter B. Casady, David Baxter
Purpose The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has left nations around the world scrambling to procure emergency healthcare capacity, services and equipment. To meet this unprecedented demand on global healthcare systems, governments are increasingly looking to partner with the private sector via public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, the protracted procedures of traditional PPP procurements
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Assessing European Union standardization: a descriptive analysis of voluntary ex ante transparency notices Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-04-09 Eric Prier, Clifford McCue, Emily A. Boykin
Purpose This study aims to empirically assess the standardization of using voluntary ex ante transparency notices to announce the awards of noncompetitive large-value contracts. Design/methodology/approach Based on open data published in the Official Journal of the European Union, a pooled cross-sectional research design is used to determine the level of standardized use of noncompetitive contracting
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Robust contractor evaluation criteria classification for modern technology public construction projects Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Ali Raza Khoso, Aminah Md Yusof, Changsaar Chai, Muhammad Aslam Laghari
Purpose The emergence of massive modern technology construction projects is seen to be a real occurrence in Pakistan’s construction industry, which in turn demands a better and systematic way of undertaking the project. Hence, this requires capable contractors to perform the task. A plethora of research studies are carried in the past three decades on the identification of evaluation criteria of contractor’s
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A dynamic performance management approach to frame corruption in public procurement: a case study Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2021-03-24 Salvatore Gnoffo
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to frame the causal relationships between corruption in public procurement and performance of local governments. Design/methodology/approach An outcome-based dynamic performance management approach is adopted to explore a representative case study of a small Italian municipality. The model is based on three sources: qualitative primary data generated by face-to-face
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Procurement planning as a strategic tool for public procurement effectiveness: Experience from selected public procuring entities in Dodoma city, Tanzania Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-12-04 Ismail Abdi Changalima, Gift Onesmo Mushi, Shadrack Samwel Mwaiseje
Purpose The significance of the public procurement function is on the survival and development of procuring entities and that of a nation at large. This study aims to focus on examining the influence of procurement planning on the effectiveness of public procurement, experience from selected public procuring entities in Dodoma city, Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design was
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Innovation for hire: a descriptive study of federal acquisitions and contractor R&D Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-11-13 Stephen C. Hansen, Judith Hermis
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the extent to which federal acquisitions motivate private-sector partner firms’ investment in innovation. Design/methodology/approach Archival, Empirical. Findings This study finds that federal acquisitions are positively associated with contractors’ R&D spending but that the intensity of R&D spending is indistinguishable between firms’ government and private
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Stakeholders’ categorization of the sustainable public procurement system: the case of Brazil Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-08-13 Marcus Vinicius de Souza Silva Oliveira, João Simão, Sandra Sofia Ferreira da Silva Caeiro
Purpose Encouraged by the State, the Brazilian public organizations practice sustainable procurement as one of the strategies to promote sustainable development. Performing them requires understanding to manage stakeholders. The purpose of this study is to identify and categorize the stakeholders of Brazilian public organizations’ sustainable procurement system.5 Design/methodology/approach Preliminarily
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Effects of public procurement of R&D on the innovation process: evidence from the UK small business research initiative Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Kostas Selviaridis
Purpose The study aims to investigate how pre-commercial procurement (PCP) influences the activities, capabilities and behaviours of actors participating in the innovation process. Unlike much of PCP research underpinned by a market failure theoretical framework that evaluates the additionality of innovation inputs and outputs, this paper focusses on the role and capacity of PCP in addressing systemic
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Public procurement performance and the challenge of service complexity – the case of pre-hospital healthcare Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Inger Johanne Pettersen, Kari Nyland, Geraldine Robbins
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the links between contextual changes, contract arrangements and resultant problems when changes in outsourcing regulatory requirements are applied to complex pre-hospital services previously characterized by relational contracting. Design/methodology/approach The study deployed a qualitative design based on interviews with key informants and extensive studies
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The impact of e-procurement on institutional quality Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-06-16 Lela Mélon, Rok Spruk
Purpose Because of the renewed interest in public purchasing and the strategic use of public funds under the requirements of sustainable development, the question arose once again as to how to curb the fall of institutional quality once criteria other than price are inserted into the decision-making in public purchasing. E-procurement has been repeatedly named as one of the most efficient tools to
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Unravelling SMEs’ participation and success in public procurement Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-06-06 Carmela Di Mauro, Alessandro Ancarani, Tara Hartley
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within the Canadian public procurement, by seeking to identify barriers and supporting factors of MSMEs’ participation and success in public tenders. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis builds on a unique survey run by the Canadian federal government, which addressed firms either participating
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Drivers and differentiators: a grounded theory study of procurement in public and private organizations Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Dolores Kuchina-Musina, John Charles Morris, Joshua Steinfeld
The purpose of this study is to examine procurement professionals’ perceptions of public-private partnerships in contract arrangements and to explore decision-making that takes place in the contracting process.,A grounded theory approach is applied to Simon’s (1947) model of decision-making to better understand the perceptions of procurement professionals, especially because it pertains to public vs
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Compliance mediating role within road construction regulatory framework Journal of Public Procurement Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Noah Mwelu, Peter R. Davis, Yongjian Ke, Susan Watundu
The propose of this study is to focus on the mediating role of compliance with procurement regulatory frameworks in implementing public road construction projects.,A cross-sectional research design was adopted. Structured questionnaires were developed in a three-step process including generating items, purifying measurement items and validating measurement items. Variables were anchored on a five-point