Making sure you have enough credible suppliers -- Capitalising on European Union procurement arrangements -- Aggregating contracts -- Working strategically with other public sector procurers -- Defining your requirements clearly -- Choosing your selection criteria -- Incentivising, measuring and rewarding good performance -- Managing the supply chain -- Mitigating the risks of anti-competitive behaviour

Aims to promote best practice among organisations responsible for the procurement of public construction projects and to encourage effective competition. Focusing on the different stages of the procurement process, the guide advises on practical steps to take, pitfalls to avoid, and risks to mitigate in order to make competition work to achieve value for money. Includes a section on how to avoid being the victim of bid rigging or price fixing cartels.