Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (347 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
3rd ed
ISBN:
9781000832310
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9781032394428
Serie:
ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy Ser
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Disclaimer -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Materials Available on the Publisher's Website -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Big Picture - Big Issues -- The Big Picture: International Implications of Procurement Corruption -- The Case Against Abandoning Public Procurement Altogether -- The Scourge of Procurement Corruption -- Corruption Avoidance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Processes and Issues in Public Procurement -- The Procurement Cycle and Implications of Advance Procurement Planning -- Consequences of Failed Procurement Planning -- Program Success through Effective Procurement Planning -- Robust Procurement Planning's Contribution to Efficiency and Ethics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Procurement Ethics -- Global Need for Ethical Public Procurement -- Pummeled by Corruption: Consequences for Public Entities and Contractors -- Optimal Level of Public Entity Service -- Essential Features for Ethical Procurement Programs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Sole Source or Competition? -- Appeal of Competitive Procurement -- Establishing a Favorable Environment for Competitive Procurement -- Failed Competition Fosters Corruption and Diminishes Budgets -- Multiple Benefits of Full and Open Competition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Social Objectives through Public Procurement -- Socioeconomic Procurement Fundamentals -- Failed Socioeconomic Procurement Creates Exposure to Corruption -- Establishing an Effective Socioeconomic Procurement Program -- Improved Contractor Profitability through Successful Socioeconomic and Green Subcontracting -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 Solicitations and Pre-Proposal Communications -- Solicitation Fundamentals -- Failed Management of Pre-Proposal Communications and Vulnerability to Protests
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Content of the Best Practices Request for Proposals (RFP) -- Superior Contractor Selection and Protest Avoidance with Best Practices RFP -- Deficient RFPs Lead to Errant Contractor Selection and Exposure to Corruption -- Promises of Well-Managed Pre-Proposal Communications -- Protest and Fraud Avoidance through Well-Managed Pre-Proposal Communications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Proposal Evaluation -- Process for Selecting the Best-Value Contractor -- Optimizing Contractor Selection with Numerically Weighted Proposal Evaluation Criteria -- Total Weighed Score Process for Evaluating Proposals -- Formulas for Weighing Quantitatively Evaluated Criteria -- Formulas for Weighing Subjectively Evaluated Criteria -- Effective Reaction to Protests from Aggrieved Contractors -- Perils of Selecting a Marginal Contractor -- Rewards from Selecting the Superior Contractor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8 Contract Management -- Contract Management Fundamentals -- Invoice Analysis for Avoiding Overpayments -- Using Earned Value (EV) to Manage Contracts -- Maintaining Program Integrity by Effectively Managing Contract Modifications -- Ensuring Timely Milestone Completions and Deliverables -- Energizing Underperforming Contractors -- Threat to Program Success from Flawed Contract Management -- Administering Contracts to Promote Program Success -- Improved Performance and Timeliness for Government Prime Contractors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 9 Humanitarian Procurement -- Fundamentals of Humanitarian Procurement -- Private Sector Contributions to Humanitarian Response -- Improved Delivery and Performance While Controlling Humanitarian Procurement Costs -- Obtaining Private Sector Buy-In to International Humanitarian Response Mechanism -- Failed Humanitarian Response and Exposure to Corruption from Deficient Planning
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Protecting Lives and Property during Humanitarian Response -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10 Contract Completion and Audit -- Fundamentals of Contract Completion -- Contractor Performance Evaluations -- Fundamentals of Contract Auditing -- Deficient Performance Evaluations and Audits Perpetuate Failures -- Utility of Effective Contractor Performance Evaluations -- Contributions From Effective Contract Auditing -- Benefits of Effective Records Retention, Performance Evaluation, and Contract Auditing -- Promises and Perils Following Completion of Contractor's Responsibilities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sims Curry, William Government Contracting Milton : Taylor & Francis Group,c2022 ISBN 9781032394428
Sprache:
Englisch
