TY - BOOK AU - Thai,Khi V. TI - International handbook of public procurement SN - 9781420054576 (alk. paper) AV - JF1525.P85 I58 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Government purchasing KW - Government spending policy KW - Public contracts N1 - Includes index; Part 1. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK. Framework for Assessing the Acquisition Function at Federal Agencies / U.S. Government Accountability Office -- Assessing Federal Procurement Reform : Has the Procurement Pendulum Stopped Swinging? / Joseph A. Pegnato -- An Analytical Framework for the Management and Reform of Public Procurement / Paul R. Schapper, Joao Veiga Malta, and Diane L. Gilbert -- EU Directives as Anti-Corruption Measures : Excluding Corruption-Convicted Tenderers From Public Procurement Contracts / Teresa Medina Arnaiz -- Public Procurement Reforms in Africa : A Tool for Effective Governance Of The Public Sector and Poverty Reduction / Benon Basheka -- A Simulation Approach to In-House Versus Contracted Out Cost Comparisons / Donald R. Deis, Helmut Schneider, Chester G. Wilmot, and Charles H. Coates, Jr. -- Public Procurement Organization : A Comparison of Purchasing's Organizational Roles and Responsibilities in the Public and Private Sector / P. Fraser Johnson, Michiel R. Leenders and Clifford McCue -- Service Sourcing / Alessandro Ancarani -- How Many Vendors Does It Take To Screw Down A Price? A Primer on Competition In Procurement / Jeffrey M. Keisler and William A. Buehring. PART 2. PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS. Public Procurement in the United Nations System / Toru Sakane -- The EC Regime on Public Procurement / Sue Arrowsmith -- U.S. Federal Government Procurement: Organizational Structure, Process, And Current Issues / Kristi Caravella -- Public Procurement in Germany / Michael Essig, Sandra Dorobek, Andreas Glas and Sabrina Leuger -- China's Government Procurement Policy and Institutional Framework : History, Structure and Operation / Cao Fuguo -- Overview of the Government Procurement System in South Africa / Phoebe Bolton -- Public Procurement in Cambodia / David S. Jones -- Procurement Systems in Uganda / Edgar Agaba and Nigel Shipman -- Public Procurement in Post-Transitional Context : The Case of Estonia / Veiko Lember and Veiko Vaske -- The Procurement Process in the Public Sector : An International Perspective / Nigel Caldwell and Elmer Bakker. PART 3. E-PROCUREMENT. Key Issues in E-Procurement: Procurement Implementation and Operation in the Public Sector / Simon R. Croom and Alistair Brandon-Jones -- Factors Influencing E-Procurement Usage / Ken Dooley and Sharon Purchase -- Facilitators of Public E-Procurement: Lessons Learned from the UK, US and Australian Initiatives / Kishor Vaidya, Guy Callender and A.S.M. Sajeev -- Evaluation of Public E-Procurement Services Accessibility : A Multicriteria Approach / Giuseppe Bruno, Emilio Esposito, Michele Mastroianni -- The World Bank E-Procurement for the Selection of Consultants : Challenges and Lessons Learned / Knut Leipold, Jason Klemow, Francine Holloway, and Kishor Vaidya -- E-Procurement Management in State Governments : Diffusion of E-Procurement Practices and Its Determinants / M. Jae Moon. Part 4. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT METHODS AND PRACTICES. Best Practices : Using Spend Analysis to Help Agencies Take a More Strategic Approach to Procurement / U.S. Government Accountability Office -- Contract Negotiations / Wendell C. Lawther -- Controlling Service Process Performance with Statistical Process Performance with Statistical Process Control / Ralph G. Kauffman -- Fixed Asset Disposal : Methods and Strategies for Disposing of Personal Property in the Public Sector / Darin Matthews and Elizabeth Gibson -- Enhancing Use of Past Performance as a Source Selection Criterion / Keith F. Snider and Mark F. Walkner -- Ban-On-Negotiations In Tender Procedures : Undermining Best Value For Money? / Kai Kruger -- Bid Protests : Theory and Practice / Robert E. Lloyd -- Decision Technological Foundations of Public Procurement Processes / Csaba Csaki and Peter Gelleri -- Pricing Strategies and Cost Analysis in Public Procurement / Rupert G. Rhodd -- Public-Private Partnerships / Lawrence L. Martin -- The Market's Response to Contract Award Announcements : Government Versus Corporate Contracts / Stephen J. Larson and Armand Picou -- The Economic Context of Public Procurement / Guy Callender and Darin Matthews -- The Proper Use of Offsets in International Procurement / Travis K. Taylor -- A Regression Approach for Estimating Procurement Cost / Gary W. Moore and Edward D. White III -- Procurement Design : Lessons from Economic Theory and Illustrations from the Dutch Procurement of Welfare-to-Work Projects / Sander Onderstal and Flora Felso ER -