Buccino, Giulia; Iossa, Elisabetta; Raganelli, Biancamaria - In: Journal of Public Procurement 20 (2020) 2, pp. 163-185
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the economic and legal rationale for the use of the competitive dialogue in complex procurement. The authors use the data set of public contracts awarded by European Union (EU) member states between 2010 and 2017 to analyse its usage patterns. In...