Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 6 Issue 3

Government procurement as a policy tool in south africa

Phoebe Bolton

Prior to 1994, the government procurement system in South Africa favoured large and established businesses and it was very difficult for newly established business to enter the…

Examining discriminatory procurement practices in developing countries

Francis Ssennoga

Developing countries face a problem of making a decision of opening up public procurement markets to all suppliers irrespective of their country of origin. The perceived benefit…

Interweaving planning procedures for environmental impact assessment for high level infrastructure with public procurement procedures

M. van Valkenburg, M.C.J. Nagelkerke

In the traditional setting of a tender procedure on infrastructure in the Netherlands, the procedure starts after the public decision-making procedure has been completed. In…

Procurement leadership: from means to ends

Keith F. Snider

Procurement is often perceived as a tactical rather than a strategic function. Such perceptions result from the way procurement is usually defined as beginning after a need has…

Contract management: Opportunities to improve pricing of gsa multiple award schedules contracts

Federal agencies can directly purchase more than 8 million commercial products and services through the General Services Administration’s (GSA) multiple award schedules (MAS…