Introduction / Nicola Dimitri, Gustavo Piga and Giancarlo Spagnolo -- The variety of procurement practice : evidence from public procurement / Laura Carpineti, Gustavo Piga and Matteo Zanza -- General strategic principles -- When should procurement be centralized? / Nicola Dimitri, Federico Dini...

Chapter 1: Introducing Public Procurement -- Chapter 2: Public Values in Procurement -- Chapter 3: Public Procurement Law in the European Union -- Chapter 4: Organizing Public Procurement -- Chapter 5: Public Procurement Policy and Purchasing Strategy -- Chapter 6 : Tendering and Supplier...

Competitive tendering provides a way to introduce competition to railways whilst preserving an integrated network of services. It has been used for freight railways in some countries but is particularly attractive for passenger networks when subsidised services make competition between trains...