JOURNAL OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, …

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC procurement , VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1, 9-50 2001 PUBLIC procurement RE-EXAMINED Khi V. Thai* ABSTRACT. Academically, PUBLIC procurement has been a neglected area of study even though governmental entities and PUBLIC procurement practitioners have diligently worked to improve PUBLIC procurement practices. This article will identify common elements of PUBLIC procurement knowledge through a brief analysis of the literature and will provide a summary of government efforts to improve PUBLIC procurement practices. In addition, this article will comprehensively re-examine PUBLIC procurement by using a systems approach as a method of inquiry.

promulgated the “Uniform Commercial Code” (UCC) and completed it in the fall of 1951. Pennsylvania was the first state to enact the UCC; and by 1980, all states except Louisiana had adopted most provisions of the Uniform Code (Page, 1980). In 1979, the American Bar Association (ABA) issued The Model Procurement Code “after five years of

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