INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE

Publications: IPPC III Proceedings

THIRD INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE, 28 - 30 August 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

   CONTENTS

PART 1. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT THEORIES

1. Improving the Validity of Public Procurement Research
   J. Gordon Murray
2. Reducing the Costs of Public Tenders: A Modest Proposal
   Nicola Costantino, Marco Falagario and Giorgio Iacobellis
3. Procurement Capability: In Search of Solutions
   Jason Waterman
4. Corporate Procurement Plans: Are They Really Strategic? A Case Study from the Irish Public Sector
   Dermot Callaghan
5. Steppin, Standards in Procurement and Innovation
   Leendert van Bergijk and Joep Frijdal
6. Shall Public Entities Be Obliged or Free to Buy through a Central Procurement Agency? Some Insights
   Laura Carpineti
7. Towards a Common Understanding of the Differences between Purchasing, Procurement and Commissioning in the Public Sector
   J. Gordon Murray
8. Irreconcilable Differences or the Best of Two Worlds: Analysing the Similarities and the Differences between Private and Public Procurement Rules and Practices
   Csaba Csáki

PART II. LEGAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

9. Public Procurement of DBFM(O)-Contracts under European and Dutch Law
   David Orobio de Castro
10. Integrating Complaint Procedures into the Public Procurement Process
    Paul Heijnsbroek and Jan M. Hebly
11. A Technical Specification: How Precise?
    Pieter H.L.M. Kuypers and Martine J. Gruppen
12. Direct Award of Contracts under the New Remedies Directive
    Greetje Fimerius and Jan M. Hebly
13. Urgent Needs: Derogatory Procurement Law Scenarios
    Kai Kruger
14. Court Decisions in Public Procurement: Delineating the Grey Zone
    Lina Carlsson and Karsten Astrom
15. On Access to Public Administrative Procurement Records
    Kai Kruger

PART III. PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

16. Public-Private Partnerships, Concessions and Public Procurement Law
    Steven Van Garsse
17. Public Private Partnerships - Beyond Procurement: A Case Study
    David Ó Muineacháin
18. Are Public Private Partnerships the Solution to Ireland's Infrastructure Deficit?
    Tony Redmond
19. Competitive Dialogue Abyss or Opportunity?
    M.C.J. Nagelkerke, M. van Rijn, G.J. Huith and M. van Valkenburg
20. Public-Private Partnerships and Leveraged Private Equity Financing: A Warning to Public Managers
    Guy Callender
21. The Public Private Comparator: A Dutch Decision Instrument in PPP-Procurement
    Arno Eversdijk, Peter van Beek and Wouter Smits

PART IV. PROCUREMENT METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

22. Early Contractor Involvement: A New Strategy for 'Buying the Best' in Infrastructure Development in the Netherlands
    M. van Valkenburg, S. Lenferink, R. Nijsten and J. Arts
23. Package Bids and Stand-Alone Bids in Combinatorial Procurement Auctions
    Anders Lunander and Sofia Lundberg
24. The Determination of the Weight of a Preferential Procurement Parameter in a Price Formula for Awarding Contracts: The Case of South Africa
    J. C. Pauw and J. S. Wolvaardt
25. How (Not) to Design Procurement Mechanisms: A Laboratory Experiment
    Sander Onderstal and Arthur Van de Meerendonk
26. Analysis of Price Correction Award Mechanisms Applied in the Dutch Construction Industry
    Marco Dreschler
27. Procurement of Intermediary Services: Interpreters in The Netherlands
    Flóra Felsö
28. Enhancing the Interaction between Contracting Authorities and Bidders Concerning the Application of Competitive Dialogue in the Netherlands
    Simon Kolkman and Everhard Floor
29. Category Management as a Procurement Instrument within the Dutch Government
    Ing. P.L.M. (Peter) van der Knaap
30. Buying Bundles: The Effects of Bundle Attributes on the Value of Bundling
    Merijn Linthorst, Jan Telgen and Fredo Schotanus

PART V. SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT

31. An Investigation into the Impact of ‘Lean’ upon Small Business Supply to the UK Public Sector
    Kim Loader
32. Green and Sustainable Public Procurement in The Netherlands: An Inconvenient Truth
    Emery C.L. Prenen
33. Driving Sustainability through Procurement - the Procura+ Campaign
    Mark Hidson and Simon Clement
34. Achieving Sustainable Development through Public Procurement in Indonesia. What Is The Priority:
    Environment, Social or Economy Aspect?
    Susy Rizki Sadikin
35. Outsourcing Practices by the Government Sector in South Africa: A Preliminary Study
    J. A. Badenhorst-Weiss and J.D. Nel
36. Making It Happen: Public Procurement's Role in Integrating Economic Development and Sustainability Strategies for Local Governments in the U.S.
    Eric Prier, Clifford P. McCue and Michael E. Bevis
37. Enhancing Green Practice in Public Road Construction Procurement
    Katriina Parikka-Alhola and Ari Nissinen

PART VI. E-PROCUREMENT

38. Suppliers’ Behavior in Competitive Tendering: Evidence from the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Acquisitions of IT Services
    Gian Luigi Albano, Federico Dini and Roberto Zampino
39. The PEPPOL Project: Cross-Border e-Procurement in Public Administrations
    Peter Sonntagbauer
40. Basque Government’s e-Tendering Public Model
    Aïtor Orobengoa Ortubai
41. Public e-Procurement: The Korean On-line e-Procurement System (KONEPS)
    Gyoo Gun Lim, Renee B. Kim and Han Bae Lee
42. Electronic Public Procurement and the European Internal Market: A Portuguese Perspective
    João Álvaro Poças Santos
43. The Procurement of Welfare to Work Services in Australia and The Netherlands: Learning from Computer Simulations
    Arthur van de Meerendonk
44. The Determinants of Suppliers’ Performance in EProcurement: Evidence from the Electronic Public
    Administration’s Marketplace (MEPA)
    Gian Luigi Albano, Federico Dini, Roberto Zampino and Marta Fana

PART VII. PROCUREMENT BENCHMARKING AND ASSESSMENT

45. Organizational Assessment of Procurement Management Processes
    Rene G. Rendon
46. Performance-Based Logistics: Procurement of Integrated Logistics Services in the Public Sector
    Andreas Glas and Michael Essig
47. Past Performance Evaluation in Repeated Procurement: A Simple Model of Handicapping
    Gian Luigi Albano and Berardino Cesi
48. Adaptation Costs in Public Works Procurement in Italy
    Calogero Guccio, Giacomo Pignataro and Ilde Rizzo
49. An Evaluation of Performance Information Procurement System (PiPS)
    Joop van Duren and André Dorée
50. Measuring Professionalism Variables and their Implication to Procurement Outcomes in Uganda
    Benon C. Basheka and Michael .I. Mugabira
51. Monitoring Quality in Centralized Procurement: An Empirical Analysis of Complaints in Consip Framework Contracts
    Marta Fana

PART VIII. PROCUREMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

52. Eliminating Barriers for MSE's in the Public Procurement Marketplace of Chile
    David Escobar
53. Procurement Capacity Development: From Theory to Practice
    Kirsten R. Ejlskov Jensen and Marie Louise Refsgaard
54. Developing Countries in Public Procurement Markets: A Focus on SME Capabilities
    Barbara Ann Allen and Francis Ssennoga
55. Public Procurement in Developing Countries
    Margaret Gilbert
56. Measuring Losses to Public Procurement Corruption: The Uganda Case
    Khi V. Thai
57. Identification and Specification of the Needs in the Benin Public Procurement Practice
    Benjamin Avamasse
58. Tackling Corruption in Public Procurement: A Case of Uganda Local Government
    Pross Nagitta Oluka and Francis Ssennoga
59. Transparency and Accountability of the Public Procurement System in Bulgaria
    Rumen Trifonov and Marieta Popova
60. The Impact of the Current Tactical Public Procurement Practice in Uganda and its Implications for Socio-Economic Development Outcomes
    Willy Turyahikayo

PART IX. ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY

61. Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Procurement: First Steps on the World Stage, Following the UN Convention against Corruption
    Christopher R. Yukins
62. Taxpayers Are Fighting Back: Transparency and Accountability Does Not Mean Inefficiency
    René Kling
63. Trust is a Two-Way Street
    Richard Puyt

PART X. OTHER PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ISSUES

64. Case Study on Public Procurement of Railway Maintenance
    Arnout van den Bosch
65. Integrating Individual and Organizational Learning: Agency Lessons Learned Systems and the Case Method in Teaching Public Procurement
    Keith F. Snider
66. Bid Challenge in Canada and the Impact on Public Procurement: Observations of Change from Inside the
    Reviewing Agency
    Randolph W. Heggart
67. PIANOo-Desk: A Successstory of Online Sharing of Knowledge on Public Procurement
    Kees Tazelaar
68. Challenges for Humanitarian Food Assistance: Focusing on WFP’s Procurement administration
    Toru Sakane

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