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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Preface  v
  List of Contributors  vi
1. Introduction
Khi V. Thai		  1

Part I. Public Procurement Systems

  20
2. Public Procurement and the Private Business Sector: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Tania Ghossein, Asif M. Islam and Federica Saliola		  21
3. Public Procurement Systems: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Saudi Arabia
Dhafer Al Ahmari and Paul Davis		  56
4. Effects of Governance Structures on Sustainability- Oriented Supplier Behavior: Analysis of National Action Plans and Their Effects in Public Procurement
Andreas H. Glas, Julian Gaus, Michael Essig		  85

Part 2. Public Procurement Methods and Strategies

  103
5. Detecting Bid-Rigging in the “Big Data Era”
Paolo Buccirossi, Giulia Di Pierro and Luca Giangregorio		  104
6. Alternative Approach to Public Procurement: Selling Put Options via Electronic Auction
Matias Huhtilainen		  124
7. The Numbers Tell the Tale: A Spend Analysis in Five Government Procuring and Disposing Entities in Uganda
Charles Ndandiko, David N. Kiyingi, Francis Ssennoga and Roel van Weert		  145
8. Adoption of Force Account Mechanism in Road Maintenance Works’ Procurements: Stakeholders’ Opinions in Uganda
Faith Mbabazi and Godfrey Mugurusi		  167
9. The Desirability and Feasibility of Developing Sustainability Index for Public Procurement
Edward Schwerin, Eric Prier and Clifford McCue		  181
10. Improvements In Services Contracting: The Defense Department’s Implementation Of Performance-Based Services Acquisition
William Lucyshyn and John Rigilano		  211

Part 3. Use of Literature Review for Procurement Research

  229
11. Performance Expectations Gap in Public Works Contracts: A Theoretical Review
Charles Kalinzi, Joseph Ntayi, Moses Muhwezi and Levi Kabagambe		  230
12. An Exploratory Literature Review across Scientific Silos on Public Procurement
Timo Kivistö and Veli Matti Virolainen		  260
13. A Framework For Collaborative Public Procurement (CPP): Developed From An International Survey
Andrea Patrucco, Christine Harland, Jane Lynch, Tunde Tatrai, and Jan Telgen		  285

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News Release

The 10th International Public Procurement Conference

Hosted by Uganda Management Institute and Uganda Tourism Board

August 12-14, 2026
Hotel Africana, Kampala-Uganda

Public procurement is both a science and an art, and requires knowledge and analytical skills, and keen judgment. As such both academics and practitioners have a desire to share their research and practice in and open and transparent environment. The 10th International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC10) will take place at the Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda, August 12-14, 2026. For detailed IPPC10 information, including submissions deadlines for paper proposals and full papers, best paper awards, registration fees and hotels


Call for Paper Proposal

We would like to invite your submission of paper proposals for the 10th International Public Procurement Conference to be held in at the Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda, August 12-14, 2026.

Deadline for paper proposal submissions

February 10, 2026

Notification of acceptance of paper proposals

To be confirmed

Closing date for full paper submissions

To be confirmed

Notification of acceptance of full papers

To be confirmed

Please visit https://ippa.org/index.php/ippc10 for information about research topics, paper reviews, publication venues, and best paper awards

Paper Preparation Guidelines. The general format of the manuscript should be as follows....

The deadline for Abstract/Paper Proposal Submissions (IPPC10) is February 10, 2026