Some of the key findings are:
In 2013, competition in public procurements remained low. Average number of bids submitted in 2013 tender procedures monitored (total of 160) is 2.6 and more than one third of tender procedures received only one bid.
Six years have passed from the entry in effect of the Law on Public Procurements (LPP), but some institutions continue to act contrary to the legal provisions contained therein and companies are still unaware of their rights related to legal remedies.
Transparency in public spending is not a priority for some institutions. Cases have been recorded of failure to disclose the requested tender documents, failure to publish notifications on procurement contracts signed and late submission of public procurement records in the EPPS concerning the so-called small-scale public procurements.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, a total of 388 contracts in accumulative value of around 33 million EUR have been signed by means of negotiation procedures without previously announced calls for bids. On annual level, the total value of procurement contracts signed in this manner reached around 81 million EUR.
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This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the USAID Civil Society Project.
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