Contracting For Public Services

Author : Carsten Greve
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134250493

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Contracting for Public Services by Carsten Greve Pdf

Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation. These include: policy for contracting strategic purchasing understanding markets communicating the contracting decision designing and drafting the contract the role of the consumer the regulation of service provision Illustrated throughout with practitioner case-studies from a range of OECD countries, this book presents an important new theoretical ‘contract management model’ and a ‘mature contract model', and explores the mechanisms, formal rules and informal norms that influence the way governments contract for public services. This book is essential reading for all students of public management and all public service managers.

Author : Carsten Greve
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134250509

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Contracting for Public Services by Carsten Greve Pdf

Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation. These include: policy for contracting strategic purchasing understanding markets communicating the contracting decision designing and drafting the contract the role of the consumer the regulation of service provision Illustrated throughout with practitioner case-studies from a range of OECD countries, this book presents an important new theoretical ‘contract management model’ and a ‘mature contract model', and explores the mechanisms, formal rules and informal norms that influence the way governments contract for public services. This book is essential reading for all students of public management and all public service managers.

Author : William Sims Curry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317221029

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Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies by William Sims Curry Pdf

This second edition of Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies provides state-of-the-art tools for best practice in the procurement of services at state and local levels, from initial stages through to completion. Including lively case studies and research conducted with state and local agencies across the United States, this book provides management advice and tips on compliance to reduce costs, select the best-qualified contractors, manage contractors’ performance, and prevent corruption and waste. Utilizing the results of new research in all fifty states, author William Sims Curry offers updated best-practice documents, methodologies, and templates including: a Request for Proposal (RFP), a scorecard for proposals to select the best-qualified contractor, a toolkit for meeting socioeconomic contracting goals without compromising price, quality, or on-time delivery, and a Model Services Contract (MSC). Special consideration is given to obtaining services and products in states of emergency. Several additional resources for practitioners are available online, including sample contracts and a straightforward, inexpensive tool for tracking contractors’ progress and cost management. The roadmap and templates contained in this book and available online to readers will prove essential to state and local government agency contracting professionals and other officials and employees called upon to participate in the drafting of solicitations, writing sole source justifications, writing scopes of work, serving on advance contract planning and source selection teams, recommending award of contracts, or assisting in the management of those contracts.

Author : Lawrence L. Martin,John Richard Miller
Publisher : National Institute of Governmental Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Contracting out
ISBN : 193231508X

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Contracting for Public Sector Services by Lawrence L. Martin,John Richard Miller Pdf

Author : Robert A. Shick,Lawrence Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351017213

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Human Services Contracting by Robert A. Shick,Lawrence Martin Pdf

In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector’s portfolio of goods and services. This trend can be traced to a variety of factors, including perceived or actual economic efficiencies in outsourcing goods and services, values concerning the role and size of government in society, and the financial and organizational constraints of many government entities. In the United States, child welfare services adopted a pro-contracting approach early, and a variety of other human services have followed suit, including mental health care, job training, homeless services and others. Although there is strong evidence to suggest that human service contracting is growing over time, scholarship continues to lag on topics related to human service contract management, policy implementation and innovation, performance-based contracting and evaluation. This new volume in the Public Solutions Handbook series is the first volume-length treatment of human services contracting issues, integrating both policy and practice, and exploring a broad range of issues that includes the fields of history, growth, innovations, results and outcomes, best practices and the future of government human service contracting. Chapters in this book examine specific human service contracts, both in the U.S. and abroad, geared to practitioners in the public sector—from local government service contractors to municipal employees—as well as MPA students and those enrolled in courses on intergovernmental relations and nonprofit management.

Author : Paul Emanuelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Government purchasing
ISBN : 043347453X

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Government Procurement by Paul Emanuelli Pdf

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0102987025

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National Audit Office (NAO): Government Contracting: The Role of Major Contractors in the Delivery of Public Services - HC 810 by Great Britain: National Audit Office Pdf

In the memorandum 'The role of major contractors in the delivery of public services' the NAO sets out some of the benefits that can be achieved through contracting but highlights three issues that deserve greater public scrutiny. First, it raises questions about the way public service markets operate. This includes the need for scrutiny over whether public service contracts are sufficiently competitive and whether the rise of a few major contractors is in the public interest. Secondly, it highlights the issue of whether contractors' profits reflect a fair return. Understanding contractors' profits is important to ensure that their interests are aligned properly with that of the taxpayer. But transparency over rewards that contractors make is at present limited. Thirdly, the report asks how we know that contractors are delivering services to the high standards expected. In particular, government needs to ensure that large companies with sprawling structures are not paying 'lip-service' to control and that they have the right culture and control environment across their group. This requires transparency over contractors' performance and the use of contractual entitlement to information, audit and inspection. This should be backed up by the threat of financial penalties and being barred from future competitions if things are found to be wrong. A related report 'Managing government suppliers' (HC 811, session 2013-14, ISBN 9780102987034) examines the way the Cabinet Office is working to improve government's management of strategic suppliers.

Author : Robert A Shick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317414957

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Government Contracting by Robert A Shick Pdf

Government contracting is one of the most important issues facing federal, state, and local governments. As governments contend with lower tax revenues and a growing belief that smaller government is better government, contracting has become a fundamental means of providing goods and services to citizens. This volume, which is geared toward practitioners as well as students, addresses the broad range of issues that comprise government contracting – from the political, economic philosophy, and value of contracting – to the future of government contracting. Throughout the volume academic theory provides a foundation to address practical subjects, including the contract process, monitoring and evaluating contracts, ethics, and both federal and state local government contracting. Contributors to this volume are both academicians and practitioners, who together offer their scholarly expertise and practical experience, encouraging readers to ask the very question "What is the role of government in American society?" Through this approach, students will acquire the knowledge needed to understand the various aspects of government contracting, and practitioners will enhance their public procurement skills. Government Contracting is ideally suited to MPA students, practitioners in the public sector, and elected officials looking to enhance their understanding of privatization and contracting in order to provide public services more effectively.

Author : Ian Harden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015025223432

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The Contracting State by Ian Harden Pdf

The author examines the role of contract in local government services, the NHS reforms and the "Next Steps" agencies in central government. He argues that there are two aspects to this issue: party political objectives and constitutional values, or in other words, ideology versus individual rights.

Author : Ruth H. De Hoog
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438400600

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Contracting Out for Human Services by Ruth H. De Hoog Pdf

Contracting out for services has become a popular technique in government's perennial quest to cut spending. Yet seldom has the practice been examined from any but the public choice approach. This book explores contracting out in the important area of human services, covering the critical conditions of contracting and the vital points of politics, procedures, service quality, and effectiveness. In doing so, DeHoog uses three theoretical perspectives drawn from social science traditions: the economic perspective of market imperfections, the political perspective of cooptation, and the interdisciplinary perspective of organizational decision-making. To evaluate the perspectives and their predictions in the human services, DeHoog has examined contracting in social services (Title XX) and employment and training programs, (CETA), primarily through in-depth interviews with participants.

Author : Kieron Walsh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Human services
ISBN : 1383017778

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Contracting for Change by Kieron Walsh Pdf

There has been much speculation about the introduction of the contract culture in the public services and its consequences for those involved. This study looks at the impact of contracts on 3 specific areas of the public service.

Author : Terry Savela
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781437901917

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Contracting for Public Mental Health Services by Terry Savela Pdf

This report synthesizes the collective experiences of four managed behavioral health care organizations (MBHOs) that hold public sector managed care carve-out contracts. Four representatives of these MBHOs participated in a day-long focus group meeting, and two others were interviewed by telephone. Contents: Approach to the Study; Program Design; Financial Requirements and Reimbursement; Procurement Process; Implementation and Ongoing Administration; Recommendations of Focus Group Participants; Summary References; and Appendix: List of Focus Group Participants.

Author : Gregory A. Garrett
Publisher : CCH Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Government purchasing
ISBN : 0808025775

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U.S. Government Services Contracting by Gregory A. Garrett Pdf

The focus of this book is to serve as a practical and informative reference guide, for all of the business professionals in U.S. federal government agencies, government prime contractors, and subcontractors who are involved in U.S. government services contracting. This book is truly a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing the buying and selling of professional services to and for the U.S. government. Our hope is that you will find this text to be a valuable resource to explain and enlighten people about what it takes to effectively manage U.S. government services contracts. This book provides a wide range of discussion on all aspects of the U.S. government services contracting buying and selling life-cycle, including: requirements determination, solicitation planning and preparation, opportunity and risk assessment, proposal development and evaluation, negotiations and contract formation, to contract administration and closeout. Plus, the book provides a wealth of proven effective tools, techniques, and best practices which are available and adaptable to help improve services contracts and related project performance results.

Author : William Sims Curry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315536439

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Government Contracting by William Sims Curry Pdf

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.

Author : Anna A. Amirkhanyan,Kristina T. Lambright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351379267

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Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting by Anna A. Amirkhanyan,Kristina T. Lambright Pdf

Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting is based on a simple premise: in democracies, power originates with citizens. While citizen participation in government remains a central tenet of democracy, public service delivery structures are considerably more complex today than they were fifty years ago. Today, governments contract with private organizations to deliver a wide array of services. Yet, we know very little about how citizens influence government decisions and policies in the "hollow state." Based on nearly 100 interviews with public and private managers, our findings about the state of citizen participation in contract governance are somewhat disheartening. Public and private organizations engaged citizens in a number of ways. However, most of their efforts failed to shift the power structure in communities and did not give citizens a chance to fundamentally shape local priorities and programs. Instead, elected officials and professional staff largely maintained control over significant policy and administrative decisions. Widespread, but narrow in their forms and impact, the participation practices we uncovered did not live up to the ideals of democracy and self-governance. Citizen Participation in the Age of Contracting is suitable for those who study public administration, as well as in other closely related fields such as nonprofit management and organizational behavior.