We report the results of a procurement experiments where subjects compete for procurement contracts to be awarded by means of a scoring auction. Two experimental conditions are considered, depending on the relative quality-price weight in the scoring rule. We show that different quality-price...

Effective competition is often recognized as instrumental to achieve the highest level of value for money in public procurement. At the same time, enlarging the set of participating firms is also seen as way to raise the intensity of competition. This paper argues that even in simple competitive...