Public Procurement in Law and Practice

Abstract

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.At least one co-author has disclosed a financial relationship of potential relevance for this research. Further information is available online at http://www.nber.org/papers/w27188.ack NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peerreviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

Matrix approach to managing of rationing in the public procurement

“…In this case, the form of the function f(x) is determined by how one can represent the contribution of each particular criterion fj(x) to the general quality criterion. Taking into account the requirement of comparability of particular criteria, the calculation of the global criterion by means of multiplicative convolution is performed according to the equation: ( 1 ) The disadvantage of this method is the disparity in the importance of some expenses. As a result, low values for the most important indicators and high values for secondary costs can give a good final result, but this does not mean that this solution is optimal.…”

“…Today, procurement management in the public sphere is considered as a set of public relations that develop between the state and the subjects of the country's economic system. Ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of this interaction requires a qualitative legislative development of the components of bilateral competitiveness between the participating parties [1].…”

TD 2575 - Compras Públicas Centralizadas em Situações de Emergência e Calamidade Pública

“…A aquisição de medicamentos e insumos de saúde com alto grau de complexidade exigem um corpo técnico qualificado, e a discricionariedade dada aos profissionais de compras é proporcional à sua qualidade e integridade. De fato, Bosio et al (2020) postulam que a regulação é eficaz em países com baixa capacidade do setor público, e danosa em países com alta capacidade do setor público, porque inibe o exercício ótimo da discricionariedade. Eles encontram evidências largamente consistentes com essa predição: a regulação das compras públicas melhora os resultados dessa atividade, mas somente nos países com capacidade baixa do setor público.…”

Trade Barriers in Government Procurement

“…Government procurement is a major market, accounting for about 12% of world GDP in 2018 (Bosio et al, 2020). Given this important size, public authorities often prefer local to foreign providers in procurement contracts in order to achieve socioeconomic objectives (e.g., promoting "sustainable" local purchases, and the development of small and medium local enterprises).…”