Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 12 Issue 1

Early contractor involvement in dutch infrastructure development: Initial experiences with parallel procedures for planning and procurement

Sander Lenferink, Jos Arts, Taede Tillema, Marcelle van Valkenburg, Roel Nijsten

Traditionally, in the Netherlands, the procurement procedure for infrastructure does not start until the public decision-making procedure is fully completed. In the new…

Environmental impacts and the most economically advantageous tender in public procurement

Katriina Parikka-Alhola, Ari Nissinen

The “most economically advantageous tender,” as defined in the EUʼs public procurement directives, allows public purchasers to combine environmental aspects, price and other award…

Combinatorial auctions in public procurement: Experiences from sweden

Anders Lunander, Sofia Lundberg

Combinatorial procurement auctions are increasingly being employed in the private and public sector as an alternative to simultaneous single contract auctions. This mechanism has…

Supply management concepts in local government: Four case studies

Gerasimos Gianakis, Clifford McCue

The purpose of the article is to examine the factors that either foster or impede adoption of supply-chain management processes by public sector organizations, as well as to…