Government contracting : promises and perils / William Sims Curry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curry, William Sims, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

American Society for Public Administration series in public administration & public policy.

American Society for Public Administration series in public administration & public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Government purchasing.

Government purchasing--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The second edition of Government Contracting: Promises and Perils picks up where the first edition's mission left off: exposing fraud, incompetence, waste, and abuse (FIWA) and analyzing corruption, mismanagement, and ineptitude that defile government contracting. The first edition thoroughly outlined procurement throughout the contracting cycle including initial planning, contractor selection, contract administration, contract closeout, and auditing. This significantly revised new edition provides additional much-needed guidance on contracting documents, management tools, and processes for addressing negative influences on government contracting, including an improved approach to evaluating proposals. Specific guidance for avoiding FIWA is provided for government officials and employees, government agencies, and government contractors, and practical solutions to problems faced by individuals and organizations involved in government contracting are intended for both practitioner and pedagogical applications. The "Government Procurement Corruption Wall of Shame" that was introduced in the first edition to illustrate contracting perils such as conflicts of interest, duplicity, favoritism, incompetence, kickbacks, and protests is continued in the second edition, and cases illustrating the existence of FIWA in government contracting have been thoroughly updated. Contracting documents and contract management tools are provided on a website designed to accompany the book. Written at the graduate level and specifically intended for state, local, federal, and international government procurement activities, this textbook is required reading for public procurement, contract management, business, and public administrations courses. Book jacket.

Contents:

Big picture

big issues

Processes and issues in contracting

Ethics in contracting

Sole source or competition?

Social objectives through government contracting

Solicitations and pre-proposal communications

Proposal evaluation

Contract administration

Contracting during emergencies

Contract completion and audit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781315536453

1315536455

Publisher Number:

99977582486

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.