U.S. Procurement in the Age of COVID-19: Challenges, Intergovernmental Collaboration, and Recommendations for Improvement

Sadiq, Abdul‐Akeem; Kessa, Ruth

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“…During the initial onset of COVID-19, there were significant shortages in medical equipment and supplies in the United States (Sadiq & Kessa, 2020). As a result, the federal government collaborated with the private sector to augment the manufacture of medical devices and supplies.…”

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“…As a result, the federal government collaborated with the private sector to augment the manufacture of medical devices and supplies. Specifically, the federal government worked with Ford Motor Company and GM to increase their production of medical equipment and supplies (Sadiq & Kessa, 2020). In addition, the federal government, through the Food and Drug Administration, is collaborating with the American Red Cross to collect convalescent plasma as a potential treatment for COVID-19 patients (American Red Cross, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As of October 22, 2020, there are 41,317,207 confirmed cases, and 1,132,732 deaths in 215 nations and territories around the world (Johns Hopkins Corona Virus Resource Center, 2020). The exponential increase of the cases has overwhelmed medical capacities and health care staff in many countries, which created additional threats to patients with other surgical emergencies or preexisting conditions (Sadiq & Kessa, 2020). Different approaches adopted to tackle the spread of the disease, such as lock-downs or travel bans, have been limited by the need to balance issues in other dimensions, such as national and local economy, unemployment, and social welfare.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Collaboration: United States’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Kessa

Sadiq

Yeo

2021

Chinese Public Administration Review

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COVID-19 has devastated the global community at an alarming rate. Conventional approaches like command and control are ineffective to respond to this pandemic. The complex and interdependent nature of the pandemic demands collaborative efforts among actors across diverse segments and different levels of government. Collaboration is critical during this pandemic because it can enable a more coordinated response, resources can be shared, trust among the parties can be enhanced, and duplication of efforts can be minimized. In this commentary, drawing on the literature on collaboration, we discuss the importance of vertical and horizontal collaboration by examining the U.S. response to COVID-19. This commentary underscores the importance of vertical and horizontal collaboration among all levels of government, private entities, and nonprofit organizations in effectively responding to COVID-19 and ensuring the health and safety of Americans. This commentary concludes by making recommendations for improving both vertical and horizontal collaboration during the current pandemic and future public health emergencies.

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Section: Intersectoral Collaborationmentioning

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The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Collaboration: United States’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Kessa

Sadiq

Yeo

2021

Chinese Public Administration Review

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“…-осуществление закупок в чрезвычайных условиях рассматривалось в таких работах таких ученых, как Turner M., Vlček V., Buor J., Sadiq A.-A., Kessa R. и др. [12][13][14][15];…”

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Public procurement planning as an immunity to the budget process

Kikavets

Цареградская

2021

Law Enforcement Review

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The subject of the article is the research of public procurement in the context of budget expenditures efficiency.The purpose of the article is to confirm or disprove hypothesis that public procurement planning is the basis of a strategic relationship with the budget process. Their symbiosis can minimize any negative manifestations of a financial, economic and socio-political nature, including the consequences of crisis situations such as a pandemic.The methodology. The authors analyze many Russian and western scientific articles and monographs from the point of view of the budget process and planning of public procurement.The main results, scope of application. Planning of public procurement should be considered not as a separate need of one specific customer or a separate group of customers, but as a set of public consumption of all possible and necessary resources. The opposite approach will inevitably lead to additional budget costs for the elimination of consequences (natural, technological, etc.), associated, first of all, with the lack of a proper and clear understanding of the essence of planning public procurement and public demand for goods, works, services). Proper and carefully balanced procurement planning for all public needs not only ensures the immunity of the budget process for the current and subsequent periods, but also constitutes the basis for the prospective rational use of renewable and non-renewable resources, both internal (national) and external (foreign). This article has significant scientific and practical value. The study focuses on the key problem of public procurement in Russia-the lack of interaction between procurement planning and the budget process, pointing to the identified shortcomings of legal regulation that do not allow to quickly adapt to situational changes from outside. It is proposed to consider the introduction of strategic procurement planning for 5-10 years, which will not only determine the basis for financing public procurement from the budget, but also predict the revenues of the relevant budget, more accurately and correctly prioritize funding needs.The findings of the study allowed the authors to formulate proposals and recommendations. Consideration of the planning of public procurement, taking into account the budgetary process, will make it possible to develop recommendations in terms of adjusting certain norms of Law No. 44-FZ, which would allow the most efficient use of budget funds, both planned in advance and urgent purchases.Conclusions. A global crisis reveals the most pressing problems of governance of any state. The crisis obliges the government of any country to promptly analyze and rebuild the regulatory framework for effective financial, economic, social and political management. De-spite numerous reforms the budget process in the Russian Federation has retained significant bureaucratic costs that do not allow for rapid delivery of budget funds to each customer. The urgent need for rapid reallocation of budget funds for additional and priority purchases has shown the imperfection of the legal regulation of public procurement planning, which should be radically restructured. Since public procurement planning as an integral part of budget expenditure is not actually related to its revenues, such planning should be carried out based on the customer's needs for goods, works, and services for a longer period, which will allow a more meaningful and responsible approach to the issue of effective budget spending and overall resource consumption. Digital technologies in public procurement planning allow you to quickly compare all items of the plan with those planned and completed earlier in order to avoid duplication (unjustified repetition) of a similar purchase. Planning of budget purchases is not only an effective expenditure of budget funds, but also an efficient (lean) consumption of resources, including non-renewable ones.

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“…State governments varied in their adoption and implementation of stay-at-home orders, face covering, and physical distancing measures (CDC, 2020), despite the scientific evidence supporting these mitigation strategies to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, due to the absence of federal leadership and lack of national coordination at the early stage of the pandemic response (Bowling et al , 2020; Rozell and Wilcox, 2020), state governments had to take active roles in addressing the shortage of test kits and procuring personal protective equipment and ventilators (Hu et al , 2020; Mallinson, 2020, Sadiq and Kessa, 2020). Many governors hold regular press briefings on their COVID-19 responses (Mallinson, 2020).…”

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Crisis leadership during COVID-19: the role of governors in the United States

Sadiq

Kapucu

2020

IJPL

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PurposeThe purpose of this viewpoint article is to understand crisis leadership during COVID-19 by examining the decision-making with respect to implementing COVID-19 mitigation measures, collaboration with stakeholders, and communication strategies of the governors of the States of California, Texas, Florida, and New York in the United States.Design/methodology/approachThis viewpoint article employs information from the extant literature on crisis leadership and secondary sources to understand the four governor's crisis leadership strategies during COVID-19.FindingsGovernors Gavin Newsom of California and Andrew Cuomo of New York made quicker decisions regarding implementing COVID-19 mitigation measures (e.g. shutting down the economy, mandating physical distancing, issuing stay-at-home orders, mandating wearing face covering in public and issuing a state of emergency) compared to Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida. In addition, all four governors collaborated with state and local governments, private entities, and nonprofits to address COVID-19. Finally, all four governors held some form of briefing on COVID-19 on a regular basis and used different media to get their information out to the public.Originality/valueThis viewpoint article uses decision-making regarding implementation of mitigation strategies, collaboration with stakeholders, and crisis communication strategy to understand governors' crisis leadership during COVID-19.

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U.S. Procurement in the Age of COVID-19: Challenges, Intergovernmental Collaboration, and Recommendations for Improvement

Cited by 21 publications

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The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Collaboration: United States’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Importance of Vertical and Horizontal Collaboration: United States’ Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Public procurement planning as an immunity to the budget process

Crisis leadership during COVID-19: the role of governors in the United States

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