Jérémie Gallien, I. Rashkova, R. Atun, Prashant Yadav
{"title":"National Drug Stockout Risks in Africa: Analysis of the Global Fund Disbursement Process for Procurement from 2002 to 2013","authors":"Jérémie Gallien, I. Rashkova, R. Atun, Prashant Yadav","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2458038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2458038","url":null,"abstract":"Despite substantial financial aid from international donors for procurement of health products, stockouts of life-saving drugs related to prevalent infectious diseases are still widespread in Africa. Addressing the lack of research on why these stockouts occur, we study the relationship between The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its grant recipients. Specifically, we leverage extensive historical fund disbursement and drug procurement data to build a discrete-event simulation model predicting the joint impact of procurement and grant disbursement processes on national drug availability for the Global Fund’s recipient countries in Africa. This model is validated against cumulative stockout levels inferred from historical grant implementation lengths, and used to evaluate potential high-level modifications of disbursement or procurement processes. Results show the existence of substantial intrinsic stockout risks in many countries, due to the unpredictability of fund disbursements and the frequency of grant performance monitoring performed by the Global Fund. Interventions increasing fund disbursement levels to protect against disbursement timing uncertainty are predicted to be more effective than others that include regional buffer stocks and bridge financing.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133548376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Import Management: Efficient Use of Samples & Specification for Better Decision in Competitive Purchasing","authors":"Tesfaye Wolde","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2417180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2417180","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes the need to rationalize and standardize the buying procedures of a public trading organization. Buying procedures get more sophisticated every time as more products are added to its line and more skilled staff is hired to do the job. They face a huge amount of external data to work with and better analytical method to learn and use. The corporation's growth in organizational complexity accentuates the need for marketing planning to fulfill its marketing objectives. Procurement planning gets more complex with increasing number of marketing mix variables such as product, design, price, cost, place and services. These variables affect buying decisions. A thorough understanding of all the variables and well organized buyer behavior attract good suppliers. Finally, alternative course of action to make efficient use of samples and technical specifications in making better buying decisions is highlighted. This paper is produced after an explanatory study of the Ethiopian Import and Export corporation.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125109259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some Evidence of 'Smart' Public Procurement: Solutions for SMEs in Italy","authors":"G. Albano, Roberto Zampino","doi":"10.14596/PISB.157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14596/PISB.157","url":null,"abstract":"Although it is widely recognized that public procurement may act as a “pull” mechanism for development and employment, serious concerns are constantly voiced as to the friendliness of public procurement processes towards small and medium enterprises (SMEs), arguably the most vital sector of the EU economy. In this paper, we will have a look at the concrete measures taken at the EU level to promote an increasing inclusion of SMEs in public procurement markets. We will then focus on the Italian experience and dwell on the results achieved since the creation of Consip S.p.A., the National Central Purchasing Body. In particular, data on transactions below the EU thresholds from the e-Marketplace managed by Consip will allow us to shed some light on the patterns of trade between public buyers and the different subgroups of firms in the class of SMEs.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131667570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Offsets and Public Procurement","authors":"Patricia Josefchak, B. Mantin","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2293995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2293995","url":null,"abstract":"Major government or public procurements directly and indirectly impact a country’s economy, infrastructure, industry base and even security. Foreign competition has the potential of reducing governments’ procuring costs. However, this will hurt local industries and employment. Hence, governments impose offset requirements: a form of contractual obligation such that a portion of what a foreign firm supplies must be produced locally. Offsets are prevalent in key areas of public infrastructure such as energy, communications and transportation, and especially in defense and security. Using the defense industry as a leading example, we develop a model where two governments seek to minimize their Net Defense Costs (NDC). Using a standard definition for NDC, we find that governments — when they act independently — will set full offset requirements. However, coordination of offset policy requirements could achieve lower NDCs for governments. In this case we find that offset are eliminated. Taking a broader definition for NDC that also accounts for gravitation of production from one country to the other, governments may set partial, rather than full, offset requirements, whereas joint decision is always full offset.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130401697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Justice in a Globalizing World: Resolving Conflicts Involving Workers Rights beyond the Nation State","authors":"J. Fudge, G. Mundlak","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2293969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2293969","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on two examples – first, the imposition of tariffs on tires made in China and exported to the United States, which culminated in a decision of World Trade Organization’s (WTO) appellate body to uphold the US tariffs, and, second, the development of the European law, especially the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, on posted workers in the context of public procurement – in which labour concerns transcend the nation state’s borders and the relevant agents (states, municipalities, NGOs, trade unions, employers, industry associations) are in conflict outside the familiar space of the nation state. The examples refer to different markets – goods and capital, on the one hand, and services and labour, on the other, and they operate on different scales, the international in one case and the transnational (or regional) in the other. They also focus on qualitatively different governance regimes, which involve different constellations of political and social actors and different relationships between economic and social/political integration. Drawing on Fraser’s discussion of “abnormal justice”, a situation in which the traditional discourse and grammar of justice are being doubted, the paper juxtaposes the case studies in order to highlight three political dilemmas (“what”, “who”, and “how”) that arise in the context of abnormal justice and to illustrate how these dilemmas are interconnected. Although both cases exemplify the “what” question, the paper emphasizes the “who” and “how” dimensions of justice, arguing that if the process for resolving the conflict is fair, inclusive, and dynamically open to challenges, then its outcomes on distributive justice are more likely to be considered legitimate and persuasive.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133265448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Use of Sealed Bidding and Competitive Negotiation in Brazil and Worldwide","authors":"Wagner Silva","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2340992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2340992","url":null,"abstract":"For decades, both public officials and the private sector have faced the challenge of efficiently procuring goods and services to governments. This task is of utmost importance in the infrastructure area of developing countries, considering the investments required and the scarcity of funds. Corruption is always a threat. Governments have issued rules to conduct bidding seeking standardization of procedures and agility. They also encourage competition and transparency. Some rules limit discussions and others encourages them. In the U.S., both methods are equally accepted since 1984. Brazil introduced legislation on a new regime in 2011, called Differential Public Procurement Regime (RDC) and just began initial experience with it. In this context, the questions that arise are: (1) should Brazil make broader use of competitive negotiation for infrastructure and other projects? (2) Are the mechanisms of control prepared for these changes? (3) What is the role of transparency in this process? (4) Is it necessary any change in legislation in order to improve it? (5) What else should be done? Answering to these questions seems to be premature, but efforts to promote transparency, to prevent and fight corruption and impunity are highlighted, once corruption occurs no matter the bidding method applied.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115887767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Third-Party Opportunism and the Nature of Public Contracts","authors":"Marian W. Moszoro, P. Spiller","doi":"10.3386/W18636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3386/W18636","url":null,"abstract":"The lack of flexibility in public procurement design and implementation reflects public agents' political risk adaptation to limit hazards from opportunistic third parties - political opponents, competitors, interest groups - while externalizing the associated adaptation costs to the public at large. Reduced flexibility limits the likelihood of opportunistic challenge lowering third parties' expected gains and increasing litigation costs. We provide a comprehensible theoretical framework with empirically testable predictions.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115346257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reputation, Competition, and Entry in Procurement","authors":"G. Spagnolo","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1988818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1988818","url":null,"abstract":"Based on my recent work with several co-authors this paper explores the relationship between discretion, reputation, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while in the US its use is encouraged. I present some novel evidence on the benefits of allowing buyers to use reputational indicators based on past performance and discuss the complementary roles of discretion and restricted competition in reinforcing relational/reputational forces, both in theory and in a new empirical study on the effects restricted rather than open auctions. I conclude reporting preliminary results form a laboratory experiment showing that reputational mechanisms can be designed to stimulate rather than hindering new entry.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126848452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"수익형 민간투자사업(Bto) 입찰평가 분석: 도로사업을 중심으로 (Analysis on Bidding Behavior in Score Auction: Highway BTO Projects)","authors":"Jungwook Kim","doi":"10.23895/KDIJEP.2011.33.4.143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23895/KDIJEP.2011.33.4.143","url":null,"abstract":"Korean Abstract: 수익형 민간투자사업의 경우 가격요소와 비가격요소를 동시에 고려하는 다차원경매제도가 시행되고 있다. 본 논문은 수익형 민간투자사업 중 도로사업의 입찰평가자료를 분석하여 정책적 시사점 및 개선방안을 제시함을 목적으로 한다. 입찰평가자료 분석 결과, 평가 1위 사업자들의 득점이 증가하고 있는데, 이는 기본점수의증가와 경쟁의 심화로 인한 것으로 판단된다. 평가 1위 사업자 선정에는 비가격부문에서 발생하는 점수편차가 결정적인 것으로 제시되었다. 또한 최초제안자 우대점수가 높게 설정된 사업의 경우 경쟁이 발생하지 않음도 확인하였다. 가격부문 중 재정지원부문의 점수 별 금액은 평균 7.3억원으로 통행료부문의 점수 별 금액 24.3억 원과 큰 차이를 보였다. 비가격부문의 점수 별 금액은 23.0억 원 정도로 추정되어 가격부문과는 다소 차이를 나타내었다. 분석결과를 토대로, 최초제안자 우대점수의 적정 수준 유지, 재정지원부문의 평가방식 개선, 기본점수의 재조정 등이 제언되었다. English Abstract: Upon selecting preferred bidder in Public-Private Partnership projects, multi-dimensional procurement auction, where price factor and non-price factor are evaluated, is used. This paper tries to analyze bidding data in BTO road projects. It is shown that a winner tends to get higher score in bidding evaluation, which is partly due to increase in base score as well as fiercer competition among bidders. It turns out that score margin in non-price factor was determinant in selecting winner. Also, there was no competition when the level of bonus point was set too high. For price factor, it costs 730 million KRW per score in construction subsidy by government, while it costs 2.43 billion KRW per score in toll revenue. For non-price factor, it was estimated to cost 2.30 billion KRW. Based on the results, it was suggested that we should have appropriate level of bonus point for first initiator, change in scoring rule in construction subsidy part, adjustment of base score in evaluation.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126368741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Split-Award Procurement Auctions with Uncertain Scale Economies: Theory and Data","authors":"James J. Anton, Sandro Brusco, Giuseppe Lopomo","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1356811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1356811","url":null,"abstract":"In a number of observed procurements, the buyer has employed an auction format that allows for a split-award outcome. We focus on settings where the range of uncertainty regarding scale economies is large and, depending on cost realizations, the efficient allocations include split-award outcomes as well as sole-source outcomes (one active supplier). We examine the price performance and efficiency properties of split-award auctions under asymmetric information. In equilibrium, both award outcomes can occur--the split-award outcome arises only when it minimizes total costs; sole-source outcomes, however, occur too often from an efficiency viewpoint. Equilibrium bids involve pooling at a common price for the split award, and separation for sole-source awards. We provide conditions under which the buyer and suppliers all benefit from a split-award format relative to a winner-take-all unit auction format. Model predictions are assessed with data on submitted ‘step-ladder’ bid prices for a US defense split-award procurement.","PeriodicalId":330590,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Procurement (Topic)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117304789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}