Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis?: Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sue Arrowsmith · Luke RA Butler · Annamaria La Chimia · Christopher Yukins
Nov 2021 · Bloomsbury Publishing
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560
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This timely book provides the first systematic analysis of global public procurement regulation and policy during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through both thematic chapters and national case studies, this book:
- explores the adequacy of traditional legal frameworks for emergency procurement;
- examines how governments and international organisations have responded specifically to the pandemic; and
- considers how the experience of the pandemic and the political impetus for reform might be leveraged to improve public procurement more broadly.
Public procurement has been critical in delivering vital frontline public services both in the health sector and elsewhere, with procurement of ventilators, protective equipment and new hospitals all hitting the headlines. At the same time, procurers have faced the challenge of adjusting existing contracts to a new reality where, for example, some contracted services can no longer operate. Further, efficient and effective procurement will be an essential, and not a luxury, in the economic recovery.
With case studies on Italy, the UK, the USA, India, Singapore, Africa, Latin America and China, the book brings together the world's leading academics and practitioners from across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa to examine these issues, providing an essential resource for policy makers, legislators, international organisations and academics.
This title is include included in Bloomsbury Professional's Local Government Law online service.
Through both thematic chapters and national case studies, this book:
- explores the adequacy of traditional legal frameworks for emergency procurement;
- examines how governments and international organisations have responded specifically to the pandemic; and
- considers how the experience of the pandemic and the political impetus for reform might be leveraged to improve public procurement more broadly.
Public procurement has been critical in delivering vital frontline public services both in the health sector and elsewhere, with procurement of ventilators, protective equipment and new hospitals all hitting the headlines. At the same time, procurers have faced the challenge of adjusting existing contracts to a new reality where, for example, some contracted services can no longer operate. Further, efficient and effective procurement will be an essential, and not a luxury, in the economic recovery.
With case studies on Italy, the UK, the USA, India, Singapore, Africa, Latin America and China, the book brings together the world's leading academics and practitioners from across Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa to examine these issues, providing an essential resource for policy makers, legislators, international organisations and academics.
This title is include included in Bloomsbury Professional's Local Government Law online service.
About the author
Sue Arrowsmith is Professor Emerita, Luke RA Butler is Associate Professor in Law and Annamaria La Chimia is Professor of Law and Development, all at the School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK.
Christopher Yukins is Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law at the George Washington University Law School, USA.
Christopher Yukins is Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law at the George Washington University Law School, USA.
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