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Centralised procurement for the health care sector -- bang for your pound or siphoning off scarce resources?

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The method for calculating this re-counted savings from each year since 2015-16. billion target by using 2015-16 prices as its baseline. For example, if a product cost £10 in 2015-16 and reduced to £9 in 2016-17, Supply Chain would report a saving of £1. Supply Chain calculated its reported savings against the £2.4

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Public procurement (entry for an Encyclopaedia)

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Procurement thus heavily influences the interaction between the State’s contractual agents and citizens, and becomes a tool for the regulation of public service delivery. This relates to discussions in other areas and to the broader expectation that procurement can be a trend setter and influence industry practice and standards.

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Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

Following our theoretical framework, we also expect transparency effects to unfold over time with many effects arising through the help of stakeholders – journalists picking up stories based on newly available data, buyers learning about procurement markets or bidder finding new opportunities more efficiently.

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