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Are public sector procurement models and practices hindering small and medium suppliers?

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This article determines how local authority procurement practices affect their ability to successfully procure from small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It found that smaller suppliers are more likely to thrive where a broader-based value-for-money decision factor is required and where shorter and smaller-scale contracts are available through open competition. However, trends in local government buying appear to be towards partnership, with an increasing emphasis on cost. Public sector organizations and SMEs may need to reflect further in order to determine more realistically where the scope for SME suppliers exist. Further research is required to determine the scope of SME-friendly opportunities.

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  • Kim Loader, 2011. "Are public sector procurement models and practices hindering small and medium suppliers?," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 287-294, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:31:y:2011:i:4:p:287-294
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586242
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    1. Tas, Bedri Kamil Onur, 2020. "SME Participation in Public Purchasing: Procurement Policy Matters," CEPR Discussion Papers 14836, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Paulo R. C. Reis & Sandro Cabral, 2015. "Public procurement strategy: the impacts of a preference programme for small and micro businesses," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(2), pages 103-110, March.
    3. Schneider, Sebastian & Reiff, Annika & Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine, 2023. "Mittelstandsfreundliche Gestaltung von öffentlichen Ausschreibungen," IfM-Materialien 301, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.
    4. Andrea S. Patrucco & Davide Luzzini & Stefano Ronchi & Michael Essig & Markus Amann & Andreas H. Glas, 2017. "Designing a public procurement strategy: lessons from local governments," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(4), pages 269-276, June.
    5. Johan Stake, 2017. "Evaluating quality or lowest price: consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 42(5), pages 1143-1169, October.
    6. Luana F. J. Swensson, 2018. "Aligning policy and legal frameworks for supporting smallholder farming through public food procurement: the case of home-grown school feeding programmes," Working Papers 177, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
    7. Bernard Hoekman & Bedri Kamil Onur Taş, 2022. "Procurement policy and SME participation in public purchasing," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 383-402, January.
    8. Kim Loader, 2013. "Is Public Procurement a Successful Small Business Support Policy? A Review of the Evidence," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 31(1), pages 39-55, February.
    9. Knut Blind & Jakob Pohlisch & Anne Rainville, 2020. "Innovation and standardization as drivers of companies’ success in public procurement: an empirical analysis," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 45(3), pages 664-693, June.
    10. Svidroňová Mária Murray & Meričková Beáta Mikušová & Gondášová Lýdia, 2016. "E-procurement in Contracting-out of Public Goods and Services: Evidence from Slovakia," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 9(1), pages 57-71, June.

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