The procurement revolution / edited by Mark A. Abramson, and Roland S. Harris III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abramson, Mark A., 1947-

Harris, Roland S., III

Series:

IBM endowment series on the business of government

The IBM endowment series on the business of government

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government purchasing--Law and legislation--United States.

Government purchasing.

Government purchasing--Law and legislation.

Public contracts.

United States.

Government purchasing--Law and legislation--United States--States.

Public contracts--United States.

Public contracts--United States--States.

Physical Description:

vii, 472 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

The ninth book in the IBM Endowment Series on the Business of Government, The Procurement Revolution continues the tradition of timely and vital information dissemination, which the series has come to stand for. Focusing on the profound and revolutionary changes the government has had and will have to make in its approach to procuring goods and services, this newest book strives to capture the creativity and energy that can and should be brought to government procurement.

Contents:

Part I Toward a New Vision of Government Procurement 1

Chapter 1 The Transformation of Government Procurement / Mark A. Abramson, Roland S. Harris III 3

Transformation 1 Moving from Buying Goods to Buying Services

Transformation 2 Moving from a "Command and Control" Relationship to a Partnership Relationship

Transformation 3 Moving from a Paper-Based Procurement System to Electronic Procurement

Moving Toward the Future

Chapter 2 A Vision of the Government as a World-Class Buyer: Major Procurement Issues for the Coming Decade / Jacques S. Gansler 13

Understanding the Procurement Challenge

Recent Progress

Addressing the Procurement Challenge

Recommendations for Realizing the Vision

Chapter 3 The Procurement Partnership Model: Moving to a Team-Based Approach / Kathryn G. Denhardt 59

Understanding the New Reality of Procurement

Characteristics of the Procurement Partnership Model

Implementing the Procurement Partnership Model

Chapter 4 Making Performance-Based Contracting Perform: What the Federal Government Can Learn from State and Local Governments / Lawrence L. Martin 87

Key Characteristics of the Federal Procurement Environment

Performance-Based Contracting: The Federal Perspective

Performance-Based Contracting: The State and Local Government Perspective

Recommendations

Chapter 5 IT Outsourcing: A Primer for Public Managers / Ye-Che Chen, James Perry 127

IT Outsourcing: Opportunities and Challenges

Benefits and Costs/Risks of IT Outsourcing

A Tool for Managing IT Outsourcing: A Process Methodology

Appendix IT Outsourcing

Web Hosting as a Case Study

Part II Toward Partnerships 165

Chapter 6 Contracting for the 21st Century: A Partnership Model / Wendell C. Lawther 167

Current Trends and Challenges Influencing Contracting Out and Contract Administration

A Conceptual Framework: Service/Product Complexity and Uncertainty

Implementing Complex Contracts: The Need for Public-Private Partnerships

Chapter 7 Moving to Public-Private Partnerships: Learning from the Experience of Others / Trefor P. Williams 217

Understanding Public-Private Partnerships

Understanding Models of Public-Private Partnerships

Examples of Public-Private Partnerships around the World

Part III Toward E-Procurement 249

Chapter 8 State Government E-Procurement in the Information Age: Issues, Practices, and Trends / M. Jae Moon 251

Information Technology and the Move toward E-Government

The Evolution of E-Procurement

State E-Procurement in Practice

Advances in State E-Procurement

Appendix I Web Addresses and Contact Information for State Procurement Offices

Appendix II Summary of the Surveys

Appendix III Survey Instrument for the 2001 E-Mail Follow-Up Survey

Chapter 9 Transforming Procurement: The Potential of Auctions / David C. Wyld 311

The Two "E-s"

E-Government and E-Procurement

Dynamic Commerce and Reverse Auctions

Dynamic Commerce and Demand Aggregation

Dynamic Commerce and Forward Auctions

Lessons to Be Learned: Recommendations for Future Research

Appendix I Reverse Auction Savings from Coast to Coast

Appendix II Case Study

Long Reach Excavator, Auctioned for the State of Georgia by Liquidation.com

June/July 2001

Appendix III Case Study

The Demolition of Three Rivers Stadium

Appendix IV Case Study

"How Much for That Horse in the Pop-up Window"

The BLM's Wild Horse and Burro Internet Adoption Program.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0742532720

0742532739

OCLC:

53009354