Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 7 Issue 3

Performance-based contracting: Are we following the mandate?

Natalia Buchanan, Donald E. Klingner

This paper evaluates an Air Force performance-based service contract against the contracts that were prescriptive in the past. Department of Defense mandated that all service…

Use of e-procurement in turkey’s public health sector

Umit Alsac

Health sector is one of the most important sectors when the size of spending and the number of people and organizations involved are considered. An important characteristic of…

Predicting engineering and schedule procurement cost growth for major dod programs

Chris J. McDaniel, Edward D. White III

Previous research by Moore and White (2005) demonstrated the validity of a two-step regression approach to estimate total procurement cost growth. Although this study produced…

Public procurement and contracting in bangladesh: An analysys of the perceptions of civil servants

Md. Rafiqul Islam

This paper analyzes the perceptions of Bangladeshi civil servants towards public procurement and contracting practices in Bangladesh. The interview method was used in the study to…

Highlights of a gao forum: Federal acquisition challenges and opportunities in the 21st century

Acquisition of products and services from contractors consumes about a quarter of discretionary spending governmentwide and is a key function in many federal agencies. In fiscal…