For the procurement of complex goods the early exchange of information is important to avoid costly renegotiation ex … use of negotiations as a procurement mechanism in private industry. …

decentralized procurements to a new procurement system that bundled schools into four regional groups. Using an event study approach …

Cost overrun is ubiquitous in public procurement. We argue that this can be the result of a constraint optimal award …

We analyse procurement auctions in which sellers are distinguished on the basis of the ratios of quality per unit of …

Unlike standard auctions, we show that competitive procurement may optimally limit competition or use inefficient … allocation rules that award the project to a less efficient firm with positive probability. Procurement projects often involve ex … post moral hazard after the competitive process is over. A procurement mechanism must combine an incentive scheme with the …

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This … paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency …