The Value of Competitive Contracting

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela A. Healy ◽  
Sang W. Sok ◽  
Alejandro Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Contracting

scholarly journals Multi-agent Contracting and Reconfiguration in Competitive Environments using Acquaintance Models

10.14311/838 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bíba ◽  
J. Vokřínek
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Profit Maximization ◽  
Price Setting ◽  
Collaborative Environments ◽  
Contract Price ◽  
Competitive Environments ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Competitive Contracting

Cooperation of agents in competitive environments is more complicated than in collaborative environments. Both replanning and reconfiguration play a crucial role in cooperation, and introduce a means for implementating a system flexibility. The concepts of commitments, decommitments with penalties and subcontracting may facilitate effective reconfiguration and replanning. Agents in competitive environments are fully autonomous and selfinterested. Therefore the setting of penalties and profit computation cannot be provided centrally. Both the costs and the gain differ from agent to agent with respect to contracts already agreed and resources load. This paper proposes an acquaintance model for contracting in competitive environments and introduces possibilities of reconfigurating in competitive environments as a means of decommitment optimization with respect to resources load and profit maximization. The presented algorithm for contract price setting does not use any centralized knowledge and provides results corresponding to a realistic environment. A simple customerprovider scenario proves this algorithm in competitive contracting. 

scholarly journals On Optimal Competitive Contracting

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 1481-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Contracting

scholarly journals Competitive Bidding for a Long-Term Electricity Distribution Contract

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Littlechild
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Network ◽  
Natural Monopoly ◽  
Competitive Bidding ◽  
Electricity Distribution ◽  
Public Provision ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Investment Under Uncertainty ◽  
Monopoly Regulation ◽  
Competitive Contracting

Demsetz (1968) and Posner (1972) suggested competitive bidding as an alternative to natural monopoly regulation. Williamson (1976) and Goldberg (1976) argued that the problems of natural monopoly regulation are inherent in long-term investment under uncertainty. Long- and short-term franchising contracts may be more problematic than regulation. This paper reviews the literature and UK experience. It examines London Underground's recent long-term (thirty-year) contract for its electricity distribution network. This has avoided the Oakland CATV problems described by Williamson, but involves considerable resources to monitor. Competitive contracting seems feasible and advantageous versus public provision. Its merits versus utility regulation warrant further consideration.

Social Service Contracting: International Experience and China Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Wenyi Lin ◽  
Wanxia Yin ◽  
Chengjie Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Local Initiative ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Service Contracting ◽  
Competitive Contracting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Contracting Model

Abstract In China, social service contracting is a new phenomenon even in the most developed cities and areas. The action that the government contracts with non-government organizations in delivering community service is merely a local initiative under the context of social administration reform. There are scarce theoretical and empirical discussions relevant to social service contracting in Chinese academic community. In the light of this gap, this article draws on literature of social service contracting in developed countries or cities to understand key elements ensuring an effective contracting and impacts of contracting. Available literature on social service contracting in China is used for discussion to understand the development of social service contracting in China. Public and social services contracting in China can be briefly divided into three models: non-competitive contracting model, competitive contracting model and informal contracting model. Factors influencing the implementation of contracting programs in China are concerned with the participation of sufficient NGOs, the roles and attitudes of government agencies and the relationship and the interaction between stakeholders. The contracting programs both have positive and negative impacts on service provision.

scholarly journals The coercive laws of competition in a neoliberal era: the case of forestry in Costa Rica

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Sylvester Matulis
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Private Forest ◽  
Resource Governance ◽  
Competitive Mechanisms ◽  
Competitive Contracting ◽  
Private Forest Management

Market-oriented forms of conservation are believed to deliver enhanced efficiency in ecosystem management. This greater efficiency is derived from the introduction of competitive mechanisms in resource governance. Market competition, however, produces new social relations that can alter the division of benefits between various actors within the economy and present opportunities for accumulation. The consequent gains in efficiency are not necessarily equitably distributed. Furthermore, the introduction of competition can erode cooperative arrangements designed to assist the poor and politically marginal. Drawing on theories of the 'coercive laws of competition', I seek in this article to understand how competitive structures compel actors to behave in ways that put profit before social or environmental responsibility and encourage self-interested behavior. I explore these ideas in the context of Costa Rican forest conservation, showing that competitive contracting in private forest management has resulted in an uneven distribution of benefits and a comparative advantage for larger landowners. In addition, I also re-think the 'coercive laws' for a neoliberal era.Keywords: competition, neoliberalism, conservation, markets, efficiency, PES

The Impact of Different Public Contracting Management Models on the Inputs and Outcomes of Local Public Services

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jongsun Park ◽  
Youngmin Oh
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Local Public Services ◽  
Management Models ◽  
Public Contracting ◽  
Service Outcomes ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Competitive Contracting ◽  
The Impact

Many empirical studies have found that local public contracting reduces the inputs and outcomes of public services. However, few studies have examined what factors are associated with such inputs and outcomes. To address the limitation, this study conceptualizes two competing contracting management models (competitive and cooperative) and empirically tests the associations between these contracting approaches and service inputs and outcomes. The findings report that while local governments using competitive contracting elements have lower service inputs through reduced local operating expenditures and part-time employment; cooperative contracting elements do not necessarily produce enhanced service outcomes.

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