Framework Agreements, Supplier Lists, and Other Public Procurement Tools: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements

Foreword
List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction - Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements in Public Procurement: Overview and Paradoxes

Part One: Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements in Selected Public Procurement Systems or Instruments

2. The UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement
2.1 Procurement Context
2.2 Relevant Arrangement
2.3 Conclusions

3. Procurement in World Bank Financed Projects
3.1 Procurement Context
3.2 Framework Agreements
3.3 Conclusions

4. The United States Federal Procurement System
4.1 Procurement Context
4.2 Relevant Arrangements
4.3 Conclusions

5. The EU Law, Selected EU Member States, and the UK
5.1 Scoping and Organisation
5.2 Relevant Procurement Contexts
5.3 Relevant Arrangements in EU Directives and Specific Approaches in Selected Member States
5.4 Arrangements Contemplated in the UK Post-Brexit Procurement Reform
5.5 Conclusions

Part Two: Developing a Conceptual Framework for the Regulation, Policy, and Implementation of Arrangements for Procurement of Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements

6. Transversal Perspective over Procurement of Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements Across Public Procurement Systems and Instruments
6.1 Arrangements Identified: Nuances of a Phenomenon, Rather Than Separate Concepts
6.2 Defining an Arrangement for Procurement of Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements
6.3 Classification of Arrangements
6.4 Decisions and Design
6.5 Controls: Duration and Various Facets of Stage Consistency
6.6 Procedures
6.7 Legal Review and Oversight

7: Conclusions: Articulating a Discipline for Purchasing Uncertain or Indefinite Requirements in Public Procurement