Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy

Public procurement is widely used to promote objectives of an economic, environmental and social nature, such as the economic development of disadvantaged social groups. This article elaborates a detailed taxonomy of such “horizontal” policies. This study is valuable, first, to facilitate analysis o...

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Main Author: Arrowsmith, Sue
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Published: PrAcademics Press 2010
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description Public procurement is widely used to promote objectives of an economic, environmental and social nature, such as the economic development of disadvantaged social groups. This article elaborates a detailed taxonomy of such “horizontal” policies. This study is valuable, first, to facilitate analysis of the practical phenomenon of horizontal policies and of the policy implications of different approaches and, second, to illuminate and develop the relevant regulatory frameworks under national and international regimes. The taxonomy is based on three key distinctions between the following: 1. policies limited to securing compliance with legal requirements and those that go beyond such requirements; 2. policies applied only to the contract awarded and those that go beyond it; and 3. nine different mechanisms by which policies are implemented in the procurement process.
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spelling nottingham-16822020-05-04T20:25:15Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1682/ Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy Arrowsmith, Sue Public procurement is widely used to promote objectives of an economic, environmental and social nature, such as the economic development of disadvantaged social groups. This article elaborates a detailed taxonomy of such “horizontal” policies. This study is valuable, first, to facilitate analysis of the practical phenomenon of horizontal policies and of the policy implications of different approaches and, second, to illuminate and develop the relevant regulatory frameworks under national and international regimes. The taxonomy is based on three key distinctions between the following: 1. policies limited to securing compliance with legal requirements and those that go beyond such requirements; 2. policies applied only to the contract awarded and those that go beyond it; and 3. nine different mechanisms by which policies are implemented in the procurement process. PrAcademics Press 2010 Article PeerReviewed Arrowsmith, Sue (2010) Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy. Journal of Public Procurement, 10 (2). pp. 149-186. ISSN 1535-0118 http://www.pracademics.com/about-jopp.html
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Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
title Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
title_full Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
title_fullStr Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
title_full_unstemmed Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
title_short Horizontal policies in public procurement: a taxonomy
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