Key Points * Lack of transparency and competitiveness in procurement processes * Financial losses due to coal purchases above international market prices * Weak contract management and oversight * ...

It is time for the government to move away from the outdated practice of lowest bidding (L1) in public procurement and adopt the globally accepted Quality-cum-Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) method. This ...

This is a $20,000 grant to advanced doctoral students in all fields, who have passed their qualifying exams and exhausted the initial package of funding. It is awarded to students engaged in ...

Abstract: The survival signature, a new approach introduced by Coolen, has been used as an effective method to quantify the complex system's reliability as it requires less computation cost than other ...