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ISBN 10: 1420054570 

ISBN 13: 9781420054576

Author: Khi V. Thai

Since the 1990s, government at all levels is under increasing pressure to do more with less. However, despite the U.S. government spending about 15 to 20 percent of its GDP on contracts for goods and services, there is a paucity of reference books for public procurement officials and very few textbooks for courses on the subject. Filling this void, the International Handbook of Public Procurement provides the knowledge necessary to understand how procurement works and how to improve the cost-effectiveness of procurement systems. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book focuses on the managerial, economic, political, and legal aspects of this topic. It begins with a conceptual framework and highlights various reforms occurring in certain countries. By examining these improvements, readers are able to apply this knowledge to their own strategies. The next section presents selected cases that illustrate the public procurement process, examining systems in various nations including Germany, China, South Africa, Cambodia, Uganda, and Estonia. The book also discusses the rise of electronic procurement systems (E-procurement) and reviews the benefits of these efficient systems. Other topics presented in this comprehensive volume include practical discussions on contract negotiations, bidding, price strategies and cost analysis, and an insightful chapter on the market’s response to contract award announcements. A virtual encyclopedia from numerous international experts, this book was assembled by Khi V. Thai, Professor at Florida Atlantic University and Editor of the Journal of Public Procurement. Dr. Thai has provided technical assistance in the area of public procurement to governments across the world. Empowering those on all sides of the issue, this volume dispenses advice valuable to government officials and contractors, as well as providing a comprehensive text for public administration students.

Table of contents:

Section I: Public Procurement: A Conceptual Framework
1 International Public Procurement: Concepts and Practices
2 Framework for Assessing the Acquisition Function at Federal Agencies
3 Assessing Federal Procurement Reform: Has the Procurement Pendulum Stopped Swinging?
4 Analytical Framework for the Management and Reform of Public Procurement
5 EU Directives as Anticorruption Measures: Excluding Corruption-Convicted Tenderers from Public Procurement Contracts
6 Public Procurement Reforms in Africa: A Tool for Effective Governance of the Public Sector and Poverty Reduction
7 Simulation Approach to In-House versus Contracted-Out Cost Comparisons
8 Public Procurement Organization: A Comparison of Purchasing’s Organizational Roles and Responsibilities in the Public and Private Sectors
9 Service Sourcing
10 How Many Vendors Does It Take to Screw Down a Price? A Primer on Competition in Procurement

Section II: Procurement Systems
11 Public Procurement in the United Nations System
12 EC Regime on Public Procurement
13 U.S. Federal Government Procurement: Organizational Structure, Process, and Current Issues
14 Public Procurement in Germany
15 China’s Government Procurement Policy and Institutional Framework: History, Structure, and Operation
16 Overview of the Government Procurement System in South Africa
17 Public Procurement in Cambodia
18 Procurement Systems in Uganda
19 Public Procurement in Post-Transitional Context: The Case of Estonia
20 Procurement Process in the Public Sector: An International Perspective

Section III: E-Procurement
21 Key Issues in E-Procurement: Procurement Implementation and Operation in the Public Sector
22 Factors Influencing E-Procurement Usage
23 Facilitators of Public E-Procurement: Lessons Learned from the U.K., U.S., and Australian Initiatives
24 Evaluation of Public E-Procurement Services Accessibility: A Multicriteria Approach
25 World Bank E-Procurement for the Selection of Consultants: Challenges and Lessons Learned
26 E-Procurement Management in State Governments: Diffusion of E-Procurement Practices and Its Determinants

Section IV: Public Procurement Methods and Practices
27 Best Practices: Using Spend Analysis to Help Agencies Take a More Strategic Approach to Procurement
28 Contract Negotiations
29 Controlling Service Process Performance with Statistical Process Control
30 Fixed Asset Disposal: Methods and Strategies for Disposing of Personal Property in the Public Sector
31 Enhancing Use of Past Performance as a Source Selection Criterion
32 Ban-on-Negotiations in Tender Procedures: Undermining the Best Value for Money
33 Bid Protests: Theory and Practice
34 Decision Technological Foundations of Public Procurement Processes
35 Pricing Strategies and Cost Analysis in Public Procurement
36 Public–Private Partnerships
37 Market’s Response to Contract Award Announcements: Government versus Corporate Contracts
38 Economic Context of Public Procurement
39 Offset Policy Design in International Procurement
40 Regression Approach for Estimating Procurement Cost
41 Procurement Design: Lessons from Economic Theory and Illustrations from the Dutch Procurement of Welfare-to-Work Projects

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