The Practice of Public Procurement

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When buying goods or services on behalf of a public authority, procurement officers must translate the buyers needs into tender documents that are clear, lawful, and well-designed. This guide helps them in this task. Rich in practical examples, it is written for procurement practitioners at all levels of government from the local to the international including drafters of calls for tenders, controllers, tender evaluators, managers who authorize public expenditure, risk managers and auditors, as well as for students of public procurement law and public administration.brbrThe questions addressed in the book are, among othersbrHow do I design a procurement process that is simple, fair and invitingbrHow do I choose appropriate selection criteriabrHow do I draw up a realistic price schedulebrHow do I weight my award criteria so that I get best value for moneybrbrThis guide integrates rules and lessons from the EU Public Procurement Directive of 2014 and procurement case-law of the European Court of Justice. Its fundamental recommendations on how to improve the economic efficiency of procurement design however apply in any national system.brbrbrAbout the bookbrThis book is an essential companion to procurers in the public and private sectors. It is pragmatic, relevant and authoritative in its approach for understanding the dynamics of public procurement.brThe authors have exposed in fine detail the process of procurement from specifications and standards, selection and qualification, award procedures and award criteria. The analysis is valuable in appreciating legal and policy interfaces of public procurement regulation.brThe EU legislative framework on public procurement has been enacted with high expectations and identified as essential component of the European strategic plan which will enhance competitiveness and growth and at the same time as indispensable instruments of delivering public services. brThe Practice of Public Procurement, Tendering, Selection and Award is the forefront of procurement publications by stressing in a comprehensive manner the need for simplification and clarity of public procurement in the European Union and by codifying the application of the rules.brProfessor Christopher H. Bovis JD, MPhil, LLM, FRSA; University of HullbrbrbrAbout the authorsbrbrPhilipp Kiiver was born in 1979 in Leningrad. He obtained his law degree and his PhD from Maastricht University. From 2003 to 2013 he taught European and comparative public law and published academic research at the Maastricht law faculty, receiving an appointment as associate professor and serving for two years as associate dean. In 2013 he joined the European Parliament as a public procurement lawyer.brbrJakub Kodym was born in 1978 in Prague. After studies in political science and in economics at Charles University in Prague M.A., management studies at Nantes University MBA, and private sector experience, he joined the EU institutions in 2007 and worked as a CGAP certified internal auditor for the European Commission and, since 2011, as a procurement officer in the European Parliament.br