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Understanding Public Procurement
Auteur
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Allan S. Cutler
Whether a business professional, lawyer, or scholar, author Allan Cutler offers essential insights and practical guidance to help readers navigate the complexities of public procurement effectively.
Langue de publication: English
Publié: 23 juillet 2025
Éditeur: LexisNexis Canada
Understanding Public Procurement delves into the intricate world of public procurement, a sector that constitutes over 20% of all purchases and is governed by a unique set of laws, rules, regulations, and responsibilities distinct from those in private industry. It explores the multifaceted impact of public procurement across various levels of government, including federal, provincial, territorial, city, and municipal, as well as numerous public institutions such as hospitals.
Whether a business professional, lawyer, or scholar, author Allan Cutler offers essential insights and practical guidance to help readers navigate the complexities of public procurement effectively. Building on the foundation of A Practical Guide to Public Procurement, this book offers a fresh perspective informed by over a decade of teaching experience in Public Sector Procurement.
Understanding Public Procurement provides a detailed explanation of the procurement process throughout its 27 chapters. It incorporates a significant amount of new information, reflecting the author’s commitment to addressing the needs of both current professionals and those aspiring to enter the field.
Topics Covered
- Procurement laws, regulations and policies
- Contract A and Contract B and privilege clauses
- Writing the bid proposal
- Procurement requirements and issuing the bid
- Reviewing the bid document
- Danger zones – what to avoid
- Risk management
- Environmental and social procurement
- Useful appendices and practical checklists, including guidance on:
- Ten Tips when Reviewing an RFP and Deciding Whether to Bid
- Ten Tips When Preparing a Proposal: Do’s and Don’ts
- Ten Criteria: What Evaluators Want to Evaluate
- Ten Major Mistakes in Preparing a Proposal
Who Should Read This Book
- Procurement professionals and purchasing officers to better understand the procurement process
- Procurement lawyers to increase their knowledge of procurement law when participating in the actual procurement process
- Students and Professors to supplement course material for understanding the procurement process
Preface
Chapter 1: Public Procurement
Chapter 2: Ethical Values and Issues
Chapter 3: Procurement Principles
Chapter 4: Procurement Laws, Regulations and Policies
Chapter 5: Contract A and Contract B and Privilege Clauses
Chapter 6: Procurement Development: Requirement Definition
Chapter 7: Procurement Development: Developing Requirements
Chapter 8: The Procurement Process: Bid Preparation
Chapter 9: The Procurement Process: Planning – Developing the Evaluation Criteria
Chapter 10: Evaluation Methodology
Chapter 11: The Procurement Process – Bid Preparation: Payments
Chapter 12: Procurement Development – Issuing the Bid
Chapter 13: The Procurement Process – Bidding: Bid/No-Bid Decision
Chapter 14: The Proposal Team
Chapter 15: The Red Team
Chapter 16: Reviewing the Bid Document
Chapter 17: Bidder: Writing the Proposal (Bid Response) Part A
Chapter 18: Bidder: Writing the Proposal (Bid Response) Part B
Chapter 19: Bidders’ Conference and Site Visit
Chapter 20: Oral Presentations
Chapter 21: Analyzing Evaluation Criteria: Bid Evaluation Methodology
Chapter 22: Bid Evaluation Process
Chapter 23: The Procurement Process – Contract Administration
Chapter 24: Danger Zones – What to Avoid
Chapter 25: Risk Management
Chapter 26: Environmental (Green) and Social Procurement
Chapter 27: Ongoing Relationships
Appendix A: Major E-Bidding Sites in Canada
Appendix B: Legislative Framework
Appendix C: Useful Checklists: The Top Ten
Appendix D: Ordering a Pizza
Appendix E: Case Study—RFP Example
