39 Public procurement monitoring report (January-June 2023)
In the first half of 2023, every third public procurement contract was awarded in tender procedure marked by participation of only one company. A total of 5,045 contracts in cumulative value of 283 million EUR have been awarded in the absence of any competition whatsoever. Moreover, the average number of bids per tender procedure in the first half of 2023 is reduced and accounts for 2.8 bids compared to 3 bids in 2022. Absence of competition is particularly worrying in the area where significant portion of public funds are spent on public procurements, i.e. healthcare. Competition is absent even in tender procedures of high value, such as the two-year procurement of insulin and glucagon for 2023 and 2024, in the value of 28 million EUR.