Competitive Tendering and Service Quality

Abstract

The policy of competitive tendering and contracting for the provision of public services has been widely adopted by Australian governments in recent years. There is strong evidence that competitive tendering and contracting leads to cost savings for governments. However, there is little agreement as to whether these cost savings are primarily realised through improvements in operating efficiency, or by shifting cost burdens from governments to employees and service users.

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