When Swedish authorities are to purchase or rent something, public Procurement is used as a means to an end. Authorities as well as suppliers are subjects to the fact that Swedish law regarding public Procurement regulates the form of Procurement in one set of particular regulations (LOU) and the form of contracts in another set of general regulations (AvtL). Suppliers and purchasing authorities close a contract regarding the subject of Procurement and the law of public Procurement regulates when such a contract can be closed, simultaneously the law of contracts regulates when parties are held to contracts and when contracts are to be rescinded. I investigate in this essay what these two types of regulations can result in for the contracting parties. As it is today agreements that have been entered into wrongfully still are valid, even if a court of law nullifies the Procurement and sentences the purchasing authority to make a new public Procurement.

When Swedish authorities are to purchase or rent something, public Procurement is used as a means to an end. Authorities as well as suppliers are subjects to the fact that Swedish law regarding public Procurement regulates the form of Procurement in one set of particular regulations (LOU) and the form of contracts in another set of general regulations (AvtL). Suppliers and purchasing authorities close a contract regarding the subject of Procurement and the law of public Procurement regulates when such a contract can be closed, simultaneously the law of contracts regulates when parties are held to contracts and when contracts are to be rescinded. I investigate in this essay what these two types of regulations can result in for the contracting parties. As it is today agreements that have been entered into wrongfully still are valid, even if a court of law nullifies the Procurement and sentences the purchasing authority to make a new public Procurement.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how social Procurement can be a further development of public-private partnership. This is done with interviews and a case study of the social Procurement Mitt Gröna Kvarter and its labor effort Boendebyggarna. The theoretical framework used in the thesis consists of public-private partnership and corporate social responsibility. It tries to answer the following questions:What does this social Procurement mean by the concept of public-private partnership?What does this social Procurement mean for the participants involved?How can social Procurement be seen as a further development of public-private partnership?The thesis uses the theory development around the concepts of public-private partnership and corporate social responsibility and shows that social Procurement does indeed have similarities to public-private partnership and could very well be a further development of it..

The frequency of innovative Procurement is currently very low in Sweden. Innovative Procurement is to procure unknown solutions to a defined problem or need for which it sometimes has not yet been established on the market.  Current Swedish Procurement legislation does not prevent innovation Procurement, however, it limits official authorities to actively work with innovative companies to develop new solutions. Furthermore, some conflicts arise between the Swedish Procurement legislation and the basic principles concerning public Procurement developed under EU law, which must be considered in all Procurements. Additionally, there is not a specific Procurement procedure designed for innovative solutions in the current legislation.On the 15th of January 2014 three new directives on Procurement rules were adopted with the general objective to simplify the Procurement process and to make the whole system more flexible. A new Procurement procedure has also arisen called innovation partnership.

When Swedish authorities are to purchase or rent something, public Procurement is used as a means to an end. Authorities as well as suppliers are subjects to the fact that Swedish law regarding public Procurement regulates the form of Procurement in one set of particular regulations (LOU) and the form of contracts in another set of general regulations (AvtL). Suppliers and purchasing authorities close a contract regarding the subject of Procurement and the law of public Procurement regulates when such a contract can be closed, simultaneously the law of contracts regulates when parties are held to contracts and when contracts are to be rescinded. I investigate in this essay what these two types of regulations can result in for the contracting parties. As it is today agreements that have been entered into wrongfully still are valid, even if a court of law nullifies the Procurement and sentences the purchasing authority to make a new public Procurement.

An investigation of the remedies in the Swedish Public Procurement Law. The result of this investigation shows that the remedies are not satisfactory in upkeeping the Procurement Law. The swedish legislator has not fulfilled the demands of the European Councils Regulations in this area. This results in ineffective use of public funding as well as discriminating actions against private suppliers. I have found that some changes must take place in the legislation and that an electronic Procurement procedure makes the legislation easier for both the public and the private parties to understand..

The government Procurement legislation ? i.e. the Swedish Procurement law, the EC Procurement directives and the WTO?s Government Procurement Agreement ? applies on public Procurement. Such a Procurement exists when the contractor meets the conditions stated in the directives that the organ is to be considered as a contracting auhtority.

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This paper investigates a number of components that influence the relationship between consultant and client in a Procurement process of ERP. The paper deals with Trust, Commitment, Cooperation and Satisfaction. The problem lies within the fact that consultants do not know how and to what extent the components affect relationship quality. Based on the theories in the areas of Procurement, relationship marketing and relationship quality, information has been gathered about how the various authors believe a Procurement process works, how they view relationship marketing and how relationship quality is created. The components discussed are trust, commitment, cooperation and satisfaction.

The overriding purpose of this graduate thesis is to evaluate if municipalities and county councils can deviate from the legislation of public Procurement during Procurement of customer choice agreements within the health and social care area. The intention of this Quasi-market is to provide the users with competition in terms of quality rather then the general principal rule of economic value.My conclusion results in a legal situation without rules of general procedure. So far the authorities make their own regulation in the field of customer choice agreements. The problem lies within the authorization of new contractors and their right to make an appeal against resolutions made by the authorities social care divisions.One solution is to legislate within the present law of public Procurement. Another way to solve the problem is to create a lex specialis apart from the present public Procurement regulation..

This Thesis in Military Technology deals with experiences drawn from the forced introduction of Weapons Station 01, 2009. The work aims to identify the experiences regarding the forced Procurement of military equipment to see how they can develop normal and fast Procurement of equipment. The main conclusions of  this work, is to achieve greater capability and increase the military utility, are: -          Common objectives and priorities of stakeholders-          Response and joint types shall determine requirements for system-          Ensure an integrated project team also at lower levels-          Engage the integrated logistic support early in the materiel process-          Include Armed Forces staff as early as possible in the testing and validation-          Prioritize work to facilitate the rapid development of decision on use (BOA)-          Provide back up for increased redundancy in the mission area .

The thesis deals with evaluation of tenders for communal construction Procurement. Each year the public Procurement equals the value of millions of Swedish kronors, of which construction projects makes up a large proportion. These projects tend to often exceed their budgets. The aim with the thesis is to investigate if there are faults in the tender evaluation process. The theoretical framework for the study partly consists of a review on how the communal evaluation work is described in law and practice.

The overriding purpose of this graduate thesis is to evaluate if municipalities and county councils can deviate from the legislation of public Procurement during Procurement of customer choice agreements within the health and social care area. The intention of this Quasi-market is to provide the users with competition in terms of quality rather then the general principal rule of economic value.My conclusion results in a legal situation without rules of general procedure. So far the authorities make their own regulation in the field of customer choice agreements. The problem lies within the authorization of new contractors and their right to make an appeal against resolutions made by the authorities social care divisions.One solution is to legislate within the present law of public Procurement. Another way to solve the problem is to create a lex specialis apart from the present public Procurement regulation..

Public Procurement stands for a substantial part of the total food consumption in Sweden. The majority of the procured food is today imported and according to market trends it?s intended to stay that way. Imported food is favoured for locally produced due to price pressure. Consequently domestic pork farmers have declined by 25 percent during the last twenty years.

This thesis examines the verification of the terms and conditions stated in contracts based on the Public Procurement Act. In March 2013 the Swedish state Procurement commission released " Good Business - A Strategy for Sustainable Public Procurement " (SOU 2013:12), which found that the proportion of control and verification is relatively low. The thesis examine how verification is carried out and looks for an explanation to why verification is not more oftenly performed. To answer these questions two care studies, based on seven semi-structured interviews, is presented as the empirical material. Network theory has been used to analyse the empirical results, and aspects of commonly used theories such as contract management and "Markets and Hierarchies" by Williamson has also been taken into account.