Print Email Facebook Twitter Competitive tendering in The Netherlands: Central planning vs. functional specifications? Title Competitive tendering in The Netherlands: Central planning vs. functional specifications? Author Van de Velde, D.M. Lutje Schipholt, L.R. Veeneman, W.W. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2008-07-03 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. Subject Competitive tenderingFunctional tenderingPublic transportThe NetherlandsContractingService design To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f5bbfaa7-a678-4d56-a68c-060e51a712fe DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2008.05.008 Publisher Elsevier ISSN 0965-8564 Source Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42 (9), 2008; Special issue: Institutional Reform in Land Passenger Transport, 10th conference, Hamilton Island (Australia), 12-17 August 2007; authors version Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd Files PDF T10_Van_de_Velde.pdf 116.79 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f5bbfaa7-a678-4d56-a68c-060e51a712fe/datastream/OBJ/view