“…In recent years, especially in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic and economic crisis, it is evident that procurement plays a strategic role in the effective implementation of policy reforms (Patrucco et al, 2022). Research and practice have demonstrated that public procurement can be strategically utilized to improve value for money (e.g., Erridge and Mcllroy, 2002; Loader, 2007; Reis & Cabral, 2015; Patrucco et al, 2017) and public value (e.g., Erridge, 2007), increase market innovation (e.g., Edler & Georghiou, 2007), achieve social, economic, and environmental goals (e.g., Alkadry et al, 2019), and reduce unemployment and improve working conditions (e.g., Grandia & Meehan, 2017).…”