Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 23 Issue 1

Issues of e-government services quality in the digital-by-default era – the case of the national e-procurement platform in Czechia

David Špaček, Zuzana Špačková

Scholarly research on e-procurement has been limited and, like e-government, e-procurement has been researched primarily from the perspective of adoption/non-adoption. This paper…

Analyzing the legal environment for public procurement as a demand-side innovation policy measure

Maria Carolina Foss, Maria Beatriz M. Bonacelli

This paper aims to analyze Brazil’s legal and institutional arrangements for the design, implementation and accountability of public procurement for innovation (PPI) and to…

The institutional effects of public–private partnerships on competition: unsolicited proposal projects

Weh-Sol Moon, Sukmo Ku, Hyejung Jo, Jina Sim

In many countries that allow unsolicited proposals (USPs) for public–private partnership (PPP) projects, incentives are awarded to the initial proponent of the USP projects during…

Crisp and fuzzy appraisal of tenderer’s qualifications in public works procurement in Turkey

İbrahim Özyürek, Mürsel Erdal

In Turkish public procurement practice of construction works, only bidders whose capabilities on each qualification criteria meet prescribed thresholds are taken into evaluation;…

Audit threats and year-end spending by government agencies: experimental evidence from Chile

Eduardo Engel, Felipe Jordán, Tomás Rau, Andrea Repetto

The paper aims to estimate the capacity of supreme audit institutions’ (SAIs) audits to deter potentially wasteful year-end procurement spending. It also studies heterogeneous…