Delivering best value for money is accepted as the primary UK public sector purchasing objective and indeed a statutory … duty for many in sub‐central government. An investigation of a purchasing unit was carried out which aimed to establish how … it sought to achieve best value for money. The investigation reflected a spectrum of five roles that purchasing have …

. Findings – Extant literature contains limited contributions that compare public procurement practice with private purchasing … management (staff) input as to examples in which comparisons of procurement and purchasing processes might add value. The paper …

) public purchasing was identified as one of the barriers to the completion of the Single European Market. Studies suggested … that a more liberal public purchasing regime would bring significant economic benefits with increased competition for …. These ideas led to a series of European Union procurement directives designed to prohibit preferential public purchasing …

Considers the development and delivery of purchasing strategy within a local government setting. It demonstrates that … purchasing can contribute to the political objectives of local government and suggests that strategic alignment leads to a … repositioning of purchasing. Consideration is given to the intended and realised strategy prior to a change model being presented …