{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2056067579","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","title":"Competitive tendering and contracting public sector services in Australia \u2013 a facilities management issue","display_name":"Competitive tendering and contracting public sector services in Australia \u2013 a facilities management issue","publication_year":2000,"publication_date":"2000-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2056067579","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","mag":"2056067579"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/02632770010328144","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S148874517","display_name":"Facilities","issn_l":"0263-2772","issn":["0263-2772","1758-7131"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Facilities","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043275767","display_name":"Peter Steane","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99043593","display_name":"Macquarie University","ror":"https://ror.org/01sf06y89","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99043593"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"P.D. Steane","raw_affiliation_strings":["Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99043593"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"D.H.T. Walker","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I82951845","display_name":"RMIT University","ror":"https://ror.org/04ttjf776","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I82951845"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D.H.T. Walker","raw_affiliation_strings":["Professor at the Department of Building and Construction Economics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Professor at the Department of Building and Construction Economics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I82951845"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.4281,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":46,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95938112,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"18","issue":"5/6","first_page":"245","last_page":"255"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12779","display_name":"Public Procurement and Policy","score":0.9746000170707703,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12779","display_name":"Public Procurement and Policy","score":0.9746000170707703,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10213","display_name":"Public Policy and Administration Research","score":0.0210999995470047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3321","display_name":"Public Administration"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11939","display_name":"Public-Private Partnership Projects","score":0.002199999988079071,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/competitive-bidding","display_name":"tendering","score":0.8730000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/compulsory-competitive-tendering","display_name":"compulsory competitive tendering","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-procurement","display_name":"public procurement","score":0.7950000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/facility-management","display_name":"facility management","score":0.7699999809265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/best-value-procurement","display_name":"best value procurement","score":0.9330000281333923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-sector-reform","display_name":"public sector reform","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service-delivery","display_name":"service delivery","score":0.6309999823570251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/market-competition","display_name":"market competition","score":0.6010000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/strategic-linkages","display_name":"strategic linkages","score":0.7720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/community-networks","display_name":"community networks","score":0.6129999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/australian-public-sector","display_name":"Australian public sector","score":0.6079999804496765}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201650216","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q829492","display_name":"Procurement","level":2,"score":0.9101699590682983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91306197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45767","display_name":"Competition (biology)","level":2,"score":0.7312649488449097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.5828796625137329},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5756108164787292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147859227","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294217","display_name":"Public sector","level":2,"score":0.5718721151351929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778012447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034415","display_name":"Scope (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.5617689490318298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.48304182291030884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777691475","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4897049","display_name":"Best value","level":2,"score":0.43927279114723206},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.35599571466445923},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.22514665126800537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.19079071283340454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.1354849934577942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/02632770010328144","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770010328144","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S148874517","display_name":"Facilities","issn_l":"0263-2772","issn":["0263-2772","1758-7131"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-4","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Facilities","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.651199996471405,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W172081947","https://openalex.org/W589272200","https://openalex.org/W597045291","https://openalex.org/W1483301522","https://openalex.org/W1510002879","https://openalex.org/W1515190248","https://openalex.org/W1596432671","https://openalex.org/W1977723489","https://openalex.org/W1987554649","https://openalex.org/W1997863010","https://openalex.org/W2002573446","https://openalex.org/W2011613069","https://openalex.org/W2020830749","https://openalex.org/W2057998731","https://openalex.org/W2085491458","https://openalex.org/W2108183214","https://openalex.org/W2132349468","https://openalex.org/W2136754123","https://openalex.org/W2141299955","https://openalex.org/W2146966384","https://openalex.org/W2321240084","https://openalex.org/W2487665634","https://openalex.org/W2601048723","https://openalex.org/W2602773348","https://openalex.org/W2752617332","https://openalex.org/W2897880548","https://openalex.org/W3123534837","https://openalex.org/W3151727758","https://openalex.org/W4233372557","https://openalex.org/W4247919601"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1979107921","https://openalex.org/W2111233518","https://openalex.org/W1999670205","https://openalex.org/W2006198800","https://openalex.org/W2077971586","https://openalex.org/W33635841","https://openalex.org/W1505867355","https://openalex.org/W139989585","https://openalex.org/W6889714831","https://openalex.org/W315373476"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Public":[1],"sector":[2,78],"regimes":[3],"in":[4,25,67,103,134,156],"Australasia":[5],"are":[6,18],"reforming":[7],"their":[8],"operations":[9],"to":[10,48,97,100,115,124],"enhance":[11],"effectiveness":[12],"and":[13,16,31,65,118,121,131,154,168],"efficiency.":[14],"Competition":[15],"contracts":[17,64],"presented":[19],"as":[20,28,41,84],"mechanisms":[21],"facilitating":[22],"such":[23,27,40,49],"reform":[24],"areas":[26],"costs,":[29],"productivity":[30],"quality.":[32],"This":[33],"paper":[34],"argues":[35],"that":[36,93,173],"short\u2010term":[37],"contractual":[38],"arrangements":[39],"compulsory":[42,125,161],"tendering":[43,66,117,127,162],"do":[44],"not":[45],"live":[46],"up":[47],"reformist":[50],"expectations.":[51],"Unresolved":[52],"questions":[53],"thus":[54],"preclude":[55],"any":[56],"final":[57],"judgement":[58],"about":[59],"the":[60,76,112,137],"benefits":[61],"claimed":[62],"for":[63,106],"public":[68,77],"management.":[69],"In":[70],"pursuing":[71],"\"best":[72],"value\"":[73],"procurement":[74,175],"policies,":[75],"should":[79],"consider":[80],"delivery":[81],"of":[82,139,160,176,181],"services":[83],"a":[85,179],"facilities":[86,177],"management":[87],"issue.":[88],"Furthermore,":[89],"business":[90],"practice":[91],"suggests":[92],"success":[94],"is":[95,151,166,178],"linked":[96],"an":[98],"ability":[99],"be":[101],"flexible":[102],"environments":[104],"noted":[105],"change":[107],"more":[108,122,152],"than":[109],"constancy.":[110],"However,":[111],"preference":[113],"given":[114],"competitive":[116,126],"contracting":[119],"(CTC)":[120],"specifically":[123],"(CCT)":[128],"by":[129],"state":[130],"federal":[132],"governments":[133],"Australia":[135],"limits":[136],"growth":[138],"networks":[140],"at":[141],"community":[142],"levels.":[143],"The":[144,158,170],"policy":[145],"arena":[146],"from":[147],"which":[148],"CCT":[149],"derives":[150],"transitory":[153],"limited":[155],"scope.":[157],"notion":[159],"through":[163],"market":[164],"competition":[165],"discussed":[167],"challenged.":[169],"authors":[171],"conclude":[172],"good":[174],"result":[180],"strategic":[182],"linkages.":[183]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-03T10:50:19.383937","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}