TY - BOOK AU - Piga,Gustavo AU - Treumer,Steen TI - The applied law and economics of public procurement T2 - Economics of legal relationships SN - 9780203096314 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2013/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Government purchasing KW - Congresses KW - Public contracts KW - Law and legislation KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Papers presented at the "First Symposium on Public Procurement" conference, held in 2011 in Rome; Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. Competitive dialogue and contractual design fostering innovation and needs analysis -- pt. 2. Separation of selection and award criteria, including exclusion of reputation indicators like references to experience, performance and CVs from award criteria -- pt. 3. Re-tendering a contract for breach of procurement rules or changes to contract -- pt. 4. Set-asides for small and medium firms, as in the US system with the Small Business Act that reserves shares of tenders to SMEs only; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203096314 ER -