Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 20 Issue 1

Moving beyond one-off procurement innovation; an ambidexterity perspective

Henrico Plantinga, Hans Voordijk, André Dorée

The development of innovative procurement instruments can be costly and risky. To capitalize on successful innovative instruments, it is essential that these are reused. However…

Grieving the loss of a public contract: De La Rue and the Brexit passport

Anthony Flynn

This paper aims to examine how firms react to the loss of a major government contract. Reactions to contract loss are yet to be properly studied in public procurement.

Factors influencing Malaysian small and medium enterprises adoption of electronic government procurement

Kai-Kit Soong, Elsadig Musa Ahmed, Khong Sin Tan

This study aims to examine Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) Adoption of electronic government procurement (EGP) in the post-introduction phase as the portal was…

Early contractor involvement (ECI): ways to do it in public projects

Paulos A. Wondimu, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Ola Lædre

Early contractor involvement (ECI) faces many barriers because it differs from traditional business practices. Public owners, especially, face a major challenge because they must…

Budget allocation design in the EU pre-commercial procurement for innovation

Nicola Dimitri

Pre-commercial procurement (PCP), introduced by the European Commission in 2007, is the most important purchasing procedure available to the European Union public sector to…