Some of the key findings are:
Although mandated by law, e-auctions were not scheduled in 40% of procedures from the monitoring sample, whereas every fourth e-auction that was organized did not result in decrease of initially-bided prices. On this account, large share of procurement procedures did not achieve the effect of budget savings. This problem is a direct result of limited competition on tender procedures that define disproportionate eligibility criteria related to economic operators’ financial and economic, as well technical and professional capacity, which ultimately prevents many companies to submit their bids.
Although the average number of bids submitted per tender in this quarter is 3.47 and is higher compared to relevant figures recorded in the previous quarters, 45% of procedures from the monitoring sample were characterized with low competition. On the other hand, the several procurement procedures that included higher number of bidders were annulled.
The share of annulled tenders in the last quarter of 2012 is very high and accounts for 23.38% on the level of the entire country. Comparison of annual data for the last four years provides the conclusion that the share of annulled procurement procedures is the highest in 2012 and accounts for 24.16%. The main reason indicated for procedure annulment is the low number of bids submitted.
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