Public procurement, public value and the northern Ireland unemployment pilot project

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Erridge, Andrew
• 署名单位: Ulster University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00674.x
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 1023-1043
• 关键词: new-deal; EMPLOYMENT; PARTICIPATION; employability

摘要

This paper analyses the regulatory, commercial and socio-economic goals underlying UK public procurement policy, highlighting the conflicts inherent between them and arguing that there is an overemphasis on commercial goals. A critique of the market model leads to consideration of the utility of the 'public value' concept as a means of assessing the achievement of public procurement goals in a balanced way through a greater emphasis on public consultation and the impacts and outcomes of procurement. An analytical framework is proposed, based on public value, against which to assess the delivery of public procurement policies. The framework is used to analyse a pilot project conducted in Northern Ireland on increasing employment through public service and construction projects. The paper demonstrates the achievement of a range of procurement goals and values and concludes by calling both for further research into the validity of the concept of public value and more extensive application of the framework.