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001 2015041409
003 DLC
005 20151022091105.0
008 151021s2016 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2015041409
020 $a9781107077966 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aK884$b.A95 2016
082 00 $a342/.066$223
084 $aLAW014010$2bisacsh
100 1 $aAlbano, Gian Luigi$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe law and economics of framework agreements :$bdesigning flexible solutions for public procurement /$cGian Luigi Albano, Caroline Nicholas.
263 $a1603
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Framework agreements have arisen in response to the well documented and high costs of public procurement procedures. The agreements have significant potential to improve procedural efficiency in public procurement, but are complex to operate. Inadequate preparation and implementation can also frustrate their potential both to tackle waste, abuse and corruption and to enhance value for money. In this enlightening book, Gian Luigi Albano and Caroline Nicholas look at the key decisions required for designing and using framework agreements and address both legal and economic issues to give the reader a clear understanding of the planning, variables and flexibility needed for efficient implementation. This book will be of interest to policy makers, lawyers and public procurement practitioners who want to deepen their understanding of the legal and economic issues surrounding framework agreements"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Public procurement policy is commonly grounded in terms of promoting best value for money and avoiding corruption, waste and abuse. Well-documented experience of failures in this regard, the enormous economic power of public procurement, and the expansion of world trade and efforts to liberalise it, have led to the development of formal rules governing public procurement at both the international and national levels. Many of those rules, in addition to requiring that procurement officials follow open competition (considered to be the most effective way of securing best value for the government), stipulate "honesty and integrity in source selection, and equality of opportunity for would-be contractors", together with requirements for internal controls, such as documenting decisions and formal approval processes"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Framework Agreements: Basic Definitions, Main Economic Forces and International Experience: 1. Introduction; 2. Basic taxonomy of framework agreements; 3. Some key economic dimensions in framework agreements; 4. The economic analysis of framework agreements; 5. International experience in framework agreements procedures; 6. International experience on framework agreements operated by centralised purchasing agencies; Part II. Fostering Competition and Preventing Collusion in Framework Agreements: 7. Promoting effective competition and enhancing outcomes in framework agreements; 8. Integrity concerns in framework agreements; 9. Addressing risks of collusion; Part III. The Design of Framework Agreements: 10. The design of framework agreements; 11. Framework agreements for centralised procurement; 12. Policy and regulatory issues.
650 0 $aPublic contracts.
650 0 $aGovernment purchasing$xLaw and legislation.
650 7 $aLAW / Commercial / International Trade.$2bisacsh
653 $aFramework agreements
700 1 $aNicholas, Caroline,$eauthor.