18 listopada 2016 r pod patronatem Ambasady Królestwa Niderlandów w Polsce odbyła się pierwsza konferencja BVP zatytułowana „Innowacyjna metoda BVP – zamawianie robót, usług i dostaw w świetle nowej ustawy PZP czyli dlaczego Holendrzy kupują lepiej?”. W konferencji uczestniczyli reprezentanci firm wykonawczych, inwestorów publicznych i prywatnych, biura inżynierskie i firmy konsultingowe związane z branżą budowlaną. Konferencja była wyjątkowa, przede wszystkim z uwagi na obecność gościa honorowego - prof. Deana Kashiwagi z Uniwersytetu Stanowego w Arizonie oraz dlatego, że BVP rozpoczyna fazę realizacji w Polsce.

Jeden z pirwszych warsztatów BVP orgaznizowanych przez Fundacje BVP Polska we współpracy z Uniwersytetem Ekonomicznym w poznaniu.

The worldwide marketplace has resulted in the optimization of delivery of services. There is no place for waste in today’s economy. As processes become more efficient, the use of management, direction and control is being replaced by the utilization of expertise. The abusive „win-lose” contracting systems are being replaced by the „win-win” best value procurement approach. The relationships and trust which were so vital in the past twenty years are being replaced with transparency and the language of experts. The Management, Direction and Control (MDC) and „win-lose” era is over, and we are now stepping into the new paradigm of the „utilization of expertise.”

In a crowded hotel conference room on a beautiful winter day in Tempe Arizona, the best time of year in the American Southwest, I sat and prepared to listen to someone I thought knew little about what I did, would tell me something I had heard many times before and did not need to hear again. This skepticism came from my years of experience as a consultant, contractor and construction estimator. I was working for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, the government entity that was responsible for overseeing environmental issues for the people of our state. I had administered contracts for the agency and could not imagine that I would be hearing anything of any relevancy to my job and my responsibilities.