Some institutions do not comply with their law-mandated obligation on consulting the companies from the relevant industry when drafting the technical specifications for public procurements whose value exceeds 130,000 EUR, i.e. to engage in so-called technical dialogue.
Contrary to recommendations developed as part of the monitoring reports for public procurements, the institutions more frequently require the companies to demonstrate profitable operation in the last three years as precondition for participation in tender procedures. Such behaviour on the part of contracting authorities is contrary to the law provisions whereby eligibility criteria for bidding companies should be closely related and proportionate to the procurement subject and should not have a limiting effect on competition.
The issue of low competition in tender procedures gains in intensity and scope. As a result thereof, e-auctions cannot be organized at the final stage in the procurement procedure and increased is the number of tender procedures in which the contract is signed with the only bidding company.
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