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European Public E-Procurement: The Italian Experience

European Public E-Procurement: The Italian Experience

Pietro Previtali
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466601161|ISBN10: 1466601167|EISBN13: 9781466601178
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0116-1.ch012
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Previtali, Pietro. "European Public E-Procurement: The Italian Experience." Active Citizen Participation in E-Government: A Global Perspective, edited by Aroon Manoharan and Marc Holzer, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 230-249. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0116-1.ch012

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Previtali, P. (2012). European Public E-Procurement: The Italian Experience. In A. Manoharan & M. Holzer (Eds.), Active Citizen Participation in E-Government: A Global Perspective (pp. 230-249). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0116-1.ch012

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Previtali, Pietro. "European Public E-Procurement: The Italian Experience." In Active Citizen Participation in E-Government: A Global Perspective, edited by Aroon Manoharan and Marc Holzer, 230-249. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0116-1.ch012

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Abstract

The public procurement of goods and services is a strategic activity for governments for at least three reasons: a) it has a relevant economic impact (15–20% of the GDP of European countries); b) it is relevant for potential improvements in governments’ public services; and c) it affects both the competitiveness of nations and the welfare of citizens. After a description of the European central procurement models for the public sectors, this chapter identifies the specificities of the Italian situation, discussing the role of e-procurement platforms across the whole system from an organisational and an economic point of view. Focusing on the Italian Central Procurement Department, the authors conducted a survey on e-transactions over the past four years. The results show the kinds of goods and services that are more compliant with the use of e-procurement tools, trends in transaction volumes and economic amounts and the relevance of different geographical areas and different public organisation typologies. A major change in e-procurement transactions has occurred because of the compulsoriness enforced by legislative framework.

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