Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 15 Issue 2

Integrating contract management practices into the achievement of value for money in tanzania public procurement: Evidence from selected procuring entities in moshi municipality

Alban Mchopa

Contract management is an important activity in public procurement especially on executing development projects while aiming at value for money. On the contrary, reports from the…

Complex products and comprehensive service agreements: A case study of outsourcing in contract cities

Spencer T. Brien, Leslie L. Hine

This study investigates how outsourcing multiple public functions in a single contract increases the complexity of the services rendered under the agreement. We hypothesize that…

Five dilemmas in public procurement

Clifford P. McCue, Eric Prier, David Swanson

Procurement systems in democratic governments across the globe face competing demands, conflated values and goals, and are being called upon to address societies "wicked" problems…

Rethinking contract design: Why incorporating non-legal drivers of contractual behavior in contracts may lead to better results in complex defense systems procurement

Peter Kamminga

Defense acquisition programs are plagued by surging delays and cost overruns. In particular, contract management of defense acquisition programs has been identified as 'high risk'…

Do key performance indicators matter on public procurement rules 2008? An empirical study on local government engineering department, bangladesh

Mahfuzar Rahman, Amrita Kumar Das, Zohurul Islam

This study focuses on the importance of transparency and accountability of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)'s procurement performance based on 45 predetermined Key…