Competitive tendering in The Netherlands: Central planning vs. functional specifications

Authors

Didier van de Velde
Wijnand Veeneman
Lars Lutje Schipholt

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2008

Subject Area

land use - planning

Keywords

Tenders, Service design, Planning, Netherlands, Innovation, Contracting

Abstract

The competitive tendering regime introduced in The Netherlands in 2001 aims at stimulating innovation in service design. One can observe, in the meantime, a variety of arrangements as transport authorities vary considerably in the level of service design freedom they give to operators, both in tendering and within contracts. This paper presents facts and problems encountered and uses the results of a stakeholder evaluation of current practices to formulate perspectives for further improvements of the, by and large, current positive results of competitive tendering in public transport.

Comments

Transportation Research Part A Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Recommended Citation

van de Velde, Didier, Veeneman, Wijnand, Schipholt, Lars, (2008) Competitive tendering in The Netherlands: Central planning vs. functional specifications, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Volume 42, Issue 9, pp 1152-1162.