The value of the relationship model of contracting in social services reprocurements and transitions: lessons from Massachusetts
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State and federal agencies that are looking forward to signing long-term and complex contracts with private entities must adopt a flexible relational model for evaluating contracts. Such a model is particularly significant in managing transitions. State managers must be able to provide vendors with adequate time to plan and evaluate contracts to ensure that tasks are implemented efficiently. States must further underscore the need to employ highly-skilled individuals to manage the task in order to ensure the contract's success and continuity.
Publication Name: Public Productivity and Management Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1044-8039
Year: 1999
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Strategies for avoiding the pitfalls of performance contracting
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Public offices, particularly those offering social services, must underscore the need to create contracts whose outputs are simple, easy to measure and understandable. Such an approach allows one to evaluate the performance of contractors easily. Both parties must also learn to work cooperatively with one another in order to foster mutual and long-term relationships. Public companies are likewise advised to evaluate the performance of contractors consistently, including indicators that are not stipulated within the contract.
Publication Name: Public Productivity and Management Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1044-8039
Year: 1999
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Competitive tendering and contracting out: rhetoric or reality?
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Competitive tendering and other contracting initiatives have drawn the interest of entrepreneurs and researchers due to their potential in improving productivity. Despite the negative connotation associated with it, contracting has been proven to generate financial benefits particularly in fields including cleaning, maintenance and garbage collection. It does not only allow organizations to enhance their production capacity, but actually help them determine the specifications by which products are to be marketed.
Publication Name: Public Productivity and Management Review
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 1044-8039
Year: 1999
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