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Public Procurement: A Public Administration and Public Service Perspective

Public Procurement: A Public Administration and Public Service Perspective. Keith F. Snider Rene G. Rendon Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA NASPAA Annual Conference Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2010 Las Vegas, NV. Overview. Background Public Procurement - A Public Administration Perspective

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Public Procurement: A Public Administration and Public Service Perspective

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  1. Public Procurement: A Public Administration and Public Service Perspective Keith F. Snider Rene G. Rendon Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA NASPAA Annual Conference Sep. 30-Oct. 2, 2010 Las Vegas, NV

  2. Overview • Background • Public Procurement - A Public Administration Perspective • Managerial • Legal • Political • Public Procurement – A Public Service Values Perspective • Recommendations for PA Schools

  3. Problem • Public procurement is important (Cooper 19801) • In most nations, accounts for at least 20% of GDP2 • 83,000+ public procurement entities in the U.S.3 • National Institute of Governmental Purchasing membership4 • 2,100 agencies • 18,000 professionals • Means to accomplish public policy objectives (e.g., economic, social)5 • Accounts for over one-third of Recovery Act spending6 • Policy outcomes dependent upon procurement7 • Public Administration doesn’t teach public procurement8 • Little coverage in NASPAA member courses and programs • Few texts, journals, conferences • Reasons9 • Public procurement included in Public Budgeting and Finance10 • Public procurement as tactical vs. strategic11 • Faculty hegemony

  4. PA Perspective – Personnel and Budgeting (from Rosenbloom et al. 200811)

  5. PA Perspective – Public Procurement

  6. Public Service Values and Public Procurement

  7. Recommendations: Public Procurement Content in PA Education • Low Engagement – Adding Procurement Content to Existing Courses • Possible topics: • Procurement policy • Procurement processes • Contracting in local governments • Contracting in the Federal Government • Possible Readings: • Thai, K. (2001). Public procurement re-examined. Journal of Public Procurement, 1 (1), 9-50. • Snider, K. & Rendon, R. (2008). Public procurement policy: Implications for theory and practice. Journal of Public Procurement, 8 (3), 310-333. • Contract Management Capacity in Municipal and County Government (Brown & Potoski, Public Administration Review, 63 (2): 157-164). • Nonprofit Contracting and the Hollow State. (Milward, Public Administration Review, 54: 73-77).

  8. Recommendations (cont.): Public Procurement Content in PA Education • Moderate Engagement – Adding a Procurement Course • Course Title: Public Procurement • Syllabus Topics: • Procurement Policy • Contracting Processes and Practices • Government Contract Law • Contract Administration • Contract Pricing and Negotiations • Managing Public Procurement Projects • Texts: • The Responsible Contract Manager (Cohen, Eimicke, 2008). • Introduction to Public Procurement (Thai, 2005) • World Class Contracting (Garrett, 2007)

  9. Recommendations (cont.): Public Procurement Content in PA Education • High Engagement – Adding a Procurement Concentration • Course Titles and Texts: • Introduction to Public Procurement • Introduction to Public Procurement (Thai, 2005) • Government Contract Law • Formation of Government Contracts (Cibinic & Nash) • Contract Negotiations and Pricing • Guide to Contract Pricing (Murphy) • Public Procurement Policy • Government Procurement Management (Sherman)

  10. References 1. Cooper, P. (1980). Government Contracts in Public Administration: The Role and Environment of the Contracting Officer. Public Administration Review, 40(5), 459-468. 2. Carter, R. & Grimm, R. (2001). Journal of Public Procurement under the FAU-NIGP partnership. Journal of Public Procurement, 1(1), 3-8. 3. Thai, K. (2001). Public procurement re-examined. Journal of Public Procurement, 1(1), 9-50. 4. NIGP, 2009. About NIGP. Retrieved October 11, 2009 from URL http://www.nigp.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=NIGP&webcode=abt_mvv 5. Arrowsmith, S. (1995). Public procurement as an instrument of public policy and the impact of market liberalisation. Law Quarterly Review 111 (April), 235-284; Knight, L., Harland, C., Telgren, J., Thai, K., Callender, G., McKen, K. (Eds.). (2007). Public Procurement: International Cases And Commentary. Routledge; London. 6. Bartha, J. & Snider, K. (2010). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recovery project presented at international workshop. Army AL&T, July-September, 84-87. 7. Snider, K., Rendon, R. (2008). Public procurement policy: Implications for theory and practice. Journal of Public Procurement 8(3), 310-333. 8. Rendon, R. & Snider, K. (2010). Supply management in American public administration: Towards an academic discipline? Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 16 (2), 99-108. 9. Ibid. 10. Brudge, P. (1970). The Bureau of the Budget. Praeger: New York.; Smith, R., Lynch, T. (2004). Public Budgeting in America. Fifth ed. Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 11. Rosenbloom, D., Kravchuk, R., & Clerkin, R. (2008). Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector. Seventh ed. McGraw-Hill: New York 12. NASPAA Standards 2009, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation 13. Contract Management Capacity in Municipal and County Government (Brown & Potoski, Public Administration Review, 63 (2): 157-164). 14. Nonprofit Contracting and the Hollow State. (Milward, Public Administration Review, 54: 73-77).

  11. Contact Information • Keith F. Snider • ksnider@nps.edu • 831-521-3504 • Rene G. Rendon • rgrendon@nps.edu • 831-656-3464

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