Improving the Validity of Public Procurement Research
J. Gordon Murray

Reducing the Costs of Public Tenders: A Modest Proposal
Nicola Costantino, Marco Falagario and Giorgio Iacobellis

Procurement Capability: In Search of Solutions
Jason Waterman

Corporate Procurement Plans: Are They Really Strategic?
A Case Study from the Irish Public Sector
Dermot Callaghan

Steppin, Standards in Procurement and Innovation
Leendert van Bergijk and Joep Frijdal

Shall Public Entities Be Obliged or Free to Buy through a
Central Procurement Agency? Some Insights
Laura Carpineti

Towards a Common Understanding of the Differences
between Purchasing, Procurement and Commissioning
in the Public Sector
J. Gordon Murray

Irreconcilable Differences or the Best of Two Worlds:
Analysing the Similarities and the Differences between
Private and Public Procurement Rules and Practices
Csaba Csáki

Public Procurement of DBFM(O)-Contracts under
European and Dutch Law
David Orobio de Castro

Integrating Complaint Procedures into the Public
Procurement Process
Paul Heijnsbroek and Jan M. Hebly

A Technical Specification: How Precise?
Pieter H.L.M. Kuypers and Martine J. Gruppen

Direct Award of Contracts under the New Remedies Directive
Greetje Fimerius and Jan M. Hebly

Urgent Needs: Derogatory Procurement Law Scenarios
Kai Kruger

Court Decisions in Public Procurement: Delineating the
Grey Zone
Lina Carlsson and Karsten Astrom

On Access to Public Administrative Procurement Records
Kai Kruger

Public-Private Partnerships, Concessions and Public
Procurement Law
Steven Van Garsse

Public Private Partnerships - Beyond Procurement:
A Case Study
David Ó Muineacháin

Are Public Private Partnerships the Solution to Ireland's
Infrastructure Deficit?
Tony Redmond

Competitive Dialogue Abyss or Opportunity?
M.C.J. Nagelkerke, M. van Rijn, G.J. Huith and M. van Valkenburg

Public-Private Partnerships and Leveraged Private Equity
Financing: A Warning to Public Managers
Guy Callender

The Public Private Comparator: A Dutch Decision Instrument
in PPP-Procurement
Arno Eversdijk, Peter van Beek and Wouter Smits

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

Package Bids and Stand-Alone Bids in Combinatorial
Procurement Auctions
Anders Lunander and Sofia Lundberg

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

How (Not) to Design Procurement Mechanisms:
A Laboratory Experiment
Sander Onderstal and Arthur Van de Meerendonk

Analysis of Price Correction Award Mechanisms Applied
in the Dutch Construction Industry
Marco Dreschler

Procurement of Intermediary Services: Interpreters in
The Netherlands
Flóra Felsö

Enhancing the Interaction between Contracting Authorities
and Bidders Concerning the Application of Competitive
Dialogue in the Netherlands
Simon Kolkman and Everhard Floor

Category Management as a Procurement Instrument within
the Dutch Government
Ing. P.L.M. (Peter) van der Knaap

Buying Bundles: The Effects of Bundle Attributes on the
Value of Bundling
Merijn Linthorst, Jan Telgen and Fredo Schotanus

An Investigation into the Impact of ‘Lean’ upon Small
Business Supply to the UK Public Sector
Kim Loader

Green and Sustainable Public Procurement in The
Netherlands: An Inconvenient Truth
Emery C.L. Prenen

Driving Sustainability through Procurement - the Procura+ Campaign
Mark Hidson and Simon Clement

Achieving Sustainable Development through Public
Procurement in Indonesia. What Is The Priority:
Environment, Social or Economy Aspect?
Susy Rizki Sadikin

Outsourcing Practices by the Government Sector in
South Africa: A Preliminary Study
J. A. Badenhorst-Weiss and J.D. Nel

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

Enhancing Green Practice in Public Road Construction
Procurement
Katriina Parikka-Alhola and Ari Nissinen

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

The PEPPOL Project: Cross-Border e-Procurement in Public Administrations
Peter Sonntagbauer

Basque Government’s e-Tendering Public Model
Aïtor Orobengoa Ortubai

Public e-Procurement: The Korean On-line e-Procurement System (KONEPS)
Gyoo Gun Lim, Renee B. Kim and Han Bae Lee

Electronic Public Procurement and the European Internal
Market: A Portuguese Perspective
João Álvaro Poças Santos

The Procurement of Welfare to Work Services in Australia
and The Netherlands: Learning from Computer Simulations
Arthur van de Meerendonk

he 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

Organizational Assessment of Procurement Management Processes
Rene G. Rendon

Performance-Based Logistics: Procurement of Integrated
Logistics Services in the Public Sector
Andreas Glas and Michael Essig

Past Performance Evaluation in Repeated Procurement:
A Simple Model of Handicapping
Gian Luigi Albano and Berardino Cesi

Adaptation Costs in Public Works Procurement in Italy
Calogero Guccio, Giacomo Pignataro and Ilde Rizzo

An Evaluation of Performance Information Procurement System (PiPS)
Joop van Duren and André Dorée

Measuring Professionalism Variables and their Implication
to Procurement Outcomes in Uganda
Benon C. Basheka and Michael .I. Mugabira

Monitoring Quality in Centralized Procurement: An Empirical
Analysis of Complaints in Consip Framework Contracts
Marta Fana

Eliminating Barriers for MSE's in the Public Procurement
Marketplace of Chile
David Escobar

Procurement Capacity Development: From Theory to Practice
Kirsten R. Ejlskov Jensen and Marie Louise Refsgaard

Developing Countries in Public Procurement Markets:
A Focus on SME Capabilities
Barbara Ann Allen and Francis Ssennoga

Public Procurement in Developing Countries
Margaret Gilbert

Measuring Losses to Public Procurement Corruption:
The Uganda Case
Khi V. Thai

Identification and Specification of the Needs in the Benin
Public Procurement Practice
Benjamin Avamasse

Tackling Corruption in Public Procurement: A Case of
Uganda Local Government
Pross Nagitta Oluka and Francis Ssennoga

Transparency and Accountability of the Public Procurement
System in Bulgaria
Rumen Trifonov and Marieta Popova

The Impact of the Current Tactical Public Procurement
Practice in Uganda and its Implications for Socio-Economic
Development Outcomes
Willy Turyahikayo

Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Procurement: First Steps
on the World Stage, Following the UN Convention against
Corruption
Christopher R. Yukins

Taxpayers Are Fighting Back: Transparency and
Accountability Does Not Mean Inefficiency
René Kling

Trust is a Two-Way Street
Richard Puyt

Case Study on Public Procurement of Railway Maintenance
Arnout van den Bosch

Integrating Individual and Organizational Learning: Agency
Lessons Learned Systems and the Case Method in
Teaching Public Procurement
Keith F. Snider

Bid Challenge in Canada and the Impact on Public
Procurement: Observations of Change from Inside the
Reviewing Agency
Randolph W. Heggart

PIANOo-Desk: A Successstory of Online Sharing of
Knowledge on Public Procurement
Kees Tazelaar

Challenges for Humanitarian Food Assistance:
Focusing on WFP’s Procurement administration
Toru Sakane