Complex Procurement
This concept has been designed for procurement professionals who engage in complex or high value tendering. It will give you a better understanding of complex procurement processes and will raise your awareness of rules and regulations in relation to procurement with specific reference to complex situations.
Technique Overview
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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Further Reading
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Complex Procurement references (4 of up to 20) *
- 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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