Purpose

Competency frameworks can support public procurement capacity development and performance. However, literature on connecting professionalisation with national procurement contexts is limited. This paper aims to explain and conceptualise recent Romanian experience with developing bespoke competency frameworks at national level for public procurement that reflect the features of the Romanian public procurement system. The approach used could guide in broad-brush, mutatis mutandis, other (national) public procurement systems with comparable features, mainly those seeking a shift from a rather administrative function of public procurement towards a strategic function.

Design/methodology/approach

This case study reflects on the methodology used for analysing the Romanian public procurement environment in EU context to develop bespoke professionalisation instruments, and on ways to integrate competency management approaches in Romanian public procurement culture. That methodological mix has been mainly qualitative and constructionist, within an applied research approach. It combined desk research with empirical research and included legal research in this context.

Findings

A principled, methodological and pragmatic approach tailored to the procurement environment in question is essential for developing competency frameworks capable to resonate to and address the specific practical needs of that procurement system.

Social implications

Competency frameworks can uphold societal objectives through public procurement.

Originality/value

Using valuable insights into the development of the Romanian public procurement competency frameworks, the paper provides a conceptual framework for instilling competency management approaches to public procurement professional development where the latter is governed by a rather distinct, public administration, paradigm. This conceptual framework can guide other public procurement systems and stimulate further research.

中文翻译：

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简化公共采购的专业化：罗马尼亚能力框架作为案例研究（A 部分）

目的

能力框架可以支持公共采购能力的发展和绩效。然而，关于将专业化与国家采购环境联系起来的文献有限。本文旨在解释和概念化罗马尼亚最近在国家层面制定公共采购定制能力框架的经验，以反映罗马尼亚公共采购体系的特点。所使用的方法可以粗略地指导具有类似特征的其他（国家）公共采购系统，主要是那些寻求从公共采购的行政功能转向战略功能的系统。

设计/方法论/途径

本案例研究反映了在欧盟背景下分析罗马尼亚公共采购环境以开发定制专业化工具所使用的方法，以及将能力管理方法融入罗马尼亚公共采购文化的方法。在应用研究方法中，这种方法论组合主要是定性的和建构主义的。它将案头研究与实证研究结合起来，并包括这方面的法律研究。

发现

针对相关采购环境制定有原则、方法论和务实的方法对于制定能够响应并满足采购系统具体实际需求的能力框架至关重要。

社会影响

能力框架可以通过公共采购来维护社会目标。

原创性/价值

本文利用对罗马尼亚公共采购能力框架发展的宝贵见解，提供了一个概念框架，用于向公共采购专业发展灌输能力管理方法，其中公共采购专业发展由相当独特的公共管理范式管辖。这一概念框架可以指导其他公共采购系统并促进进一步的研究。