An Urgent Review of Single Source Procurement During the Pandemic: Recommendations for Best Practice and Reform

大流行期间对单一来源采购的紧急审查：最佳实践和改革建议

• 批准号: AH/V012657/1
• 负责人: Luke Butler
• 金额: $ 2.57万
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FV012657%2F1
• 关键词: Urgent; Review; Single; Source; Procurement

Public procurement has played a vital role in the COVID-19 response with over 1 billion items of equipment sourced across the UK. However, procurement has not been subject to rigorous analysis. Ordinarily, contracts must be awarded following an open competion. Exceptionally, UK law permits awards to a single supplier without a competition in cases of extreme urgency to minimise delay in delivery. Awards must still be published and clear justifications provided. Yet, hundreds of thousands of contracts have been awarded without full visibility. Further, contracting authorities face immense ongoing pressure to source quickly; suppliers have not been able to access all opportunities; and others have opportunistically charged high prices or not delivered.This project, led by the world-leading Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) at the University of Nottingham in strategic partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Open Contracting Partnership, will conduct an urgent investigation into single sourcing during the pandemic. The aim is to develop better organisational planning, ensure legal compliance, achieve value for money, and reduce corruption risks in ongoing procurement during the pandemic. The project also aims to lay the foundation for lasting reform which is responsive to a new global political, economic and social reality. To meet these aims, the project objectives will be to: (1) collect and collate evidence of single sourcing through contract data and stakeholder interviews during a defined period; (2) develop a best-practice "toolkit" for immediate use by contracting authorities and suppliers; and (3) provide a "real-time" comprehensive review of single sourcing, comprising analysis of the evidence and recommendations for policy and legislative reform to inform imminent public inquiries and review exercises.

公共采购在应对COVID-19中发挥了至关重要的作用，在英国各地采购了超过10亿件设备。然而，采购工作没有经过严格的分析。通常，合同必须在公开竞争后授予。在特殊情况下，英国法律允许在极端紧急的情况下向单一供应商授予合同，而不进行竞争，以尽量减少交货延误。裁决仍然必须公布，并提供明确的理由。然而，数十万份合同是在没有充分透明的情况下授予的。此外，订约当局面临着迅速采购的巨大持续压力;供应商未能获得所有机会;该项目由诺丁汉大学世界领先的公共采购研究小组（PPRG）领导，与卫生和社会保障部以及开放式合同伙伴关系建立了战略伙伴关系，将对疫情期间的单一采购进行紧急调查。此举旨在制定更佳的组织规划、确保遵守法律的规定、达致物有所值，以及减少疫情期间持续采购的贪污风险。该项目还旨在为适应新的全球政治、经济和社会现实的持久改革奠定基础。为实现这些目标，该项目的目标将是：（1）在规定的时期内通过合同数据和利益攸关方访谈收集和整理单一来源的证据;（2）开发一个最佳做法“工具包”，供订约当局和供应商立即使用;以及（3）提供对单一来源的“实时”全面审查，包括分析证据和提出政策和立法改革建议，以便为即将进行的公众调查和审查工作提供信息。

项目成果

Public Procurement Regulation in (a) Crisis? - Global Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

(a) 危机中的公共采购监管？

• DOI: 10.5040/9781509943067.ch-001
• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Arrowsmith S