Learn About Complex Procurement "...Public procurement is made complex because procurement specification are difficult to define, competition is restricted by market factors or the bundling and transfer of procurement risks (e.g. public-private partnerships) (OECD)."

Complex Procurement

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Complex Procurement Definition

A complex procurement is “one where the specification is difficult to define or is complex or innovative, the procurement is high risk, the competition is restricted to a limited market, the contract will be based on unusual commercial models (e.g. PFI or a PPP variant) or where the procurement involves spend in a number of categories)" (HM Treasury, 2010).

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  • BuyIT Best Practice Network (2002) Measuring the benefits: What to measure and how to measure it. [online] Available at: (www.itwnetworks.com/sites/default/files/Measuring the benefits (e-Procurement).pdf) [Accessed 15 November 2011].
  • MPA (2012) Making Government Business More Accessible to SMEs – One Year On. Cabinet Office. Progress Report on enabling. March. [online] Available at: (www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/SME-Progress-Report-Management-Summary-One-Year-On.PDF).
  • Caldwell, N.D. and Settle, V. (2011) Incentives and contracting for availability: Procuring complex performance. In I.Ng, G.Parry, P.Wild, D.McFarlane and P.Tasker, eds. Complex engineering service systems: Concepts and research. Springer: London.
  • CIPS Australia: Opening the way to successful risk management in procurement and supply.

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