In particular, the research shows that in 71% of all cases, appeals lodged by the companies contest the decision on selection of the most advantageous bid, which shows that the main source of dispute arises from the bid-evaluation process as the procedure stage marked by the highest risk of favouring particular bidders.
The analysis of appeals indicates that public healthcare institutions often engage in imprecise evaluation of bids received and apply inequitable criteria for that purpose, resulting in selection of bids that do not meet the requirements defined in tender documents.
One of the most frequent problems concerns unclarities relating to documents required for market placement and import of medicines, thus creating administrative obstacles in tender procedures and increasing the risk of subjective actions.
Also, tender procedures include disproportionate and selectively defined technical criteria or technical criteria are frequently changed during the procedure, which creates conditions for favouring certain companies and generating corruption.
The research can be downloaded in Macedonian, Albanian and English language
The research is conducted as part of the project “Combating Corruption in Healthcare Public Procurement”, implemented by the Center for Civil Communications with financial support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
For more information, please contact the Center for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or at center@ccc.org.mk.