ABSTRACT. Joint bidding is the practice of two or more independent suppliers submitting a single bid. In Europe, the regulation of joint bidding in procurement varies a lot across countries, and is in several cases related to the inability of an individual firm to be admitted as a solo bidder. In the first part of the paper we analyse the basic economics of bidding consortia and the effects that these can have in terms of coordination among firms, risk management and exploitation of synergies. In the second part we compare several practical criteria for limiting bidding consortia in a consistent way by assessing their relative degrees of restrictiveness
Joint bidding is the practice of two or more firms submitting a single bid on a lease. Bidding conso...
Funding Information: We thank an anonymous referee and the editor José-Luis Moraga-González for thei...
While the procurement decision is generally made by individual buyers, this study investigates how a...
Joint bidding is the practice of two or more independent suppliers submitting a single bid, a widesp...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is important to take advantage of competition in public ...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
In many procurement situations with simultaneously offered projects, firms face participation restri...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
Now it is generally accepted that it is crucial for national prosperity to enhance the efficiency of...
Splitting of large procurements into several smaller ones has been propagated, for example in the Eu...
In this paper, the aim is to analyse the existence of collusion in asym-metric asphalt-procurement a...
In a procurement setting, this paper examines agreements between a buyer and one of the suppliers wh...
We use the experimental method to study the costs and benefits of allowing joint bidding in simultan...
Anti-competitive activities, like bid-rigging, undermine the main objectives of public procurement, ...
Joint bidding is the practice of two or more firms submitting a single bid on a lease. Bidding conso...
Funding Information: We thank an anonymous referee and the editor José-Luis Moraga-González for thei...
While the procurement decision is generally made by individual buyers, this study investigates how a...
Joint bidding is the practice of two or more independent suppliers submitting a single bid, a widesp...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is important to take advantage of competition in public ...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
In many procurement situations with simultaneously offered projects, firms face participation restri...
To utilize public resources efficiently, it is required to take full advantage of competition in pub...
Now it is generally accepted that it is crucial for national prosperity to enhance the efficiency of...
Splitting of large procurements into several smaller ones has been propagated, for example in the Eu...
In this paper, the aim is to analyse the existence of collusion in asym-metric asphalt-procurement a...
In a procurement setting, this paper examines agreements between a buyer and one of the suppliers wh...
We use the experimental method to study the costs and benefits of allowing joint bidding in simultan...
Anti-competitive activities, like bid-rigging, undermine the main objectives of public procurement, ...
Joint bidding is the practice of two or more firms submitting a single bid on a lease. Bidding conso...
Funding Information: We thank an anonymous referee and the editor José-Luis Moraga-González for thei...
While the procurement decision is generally made by individual buyers, this study investigates how a...