Public Procurement Monitoring

There are no translations available. Анализирани се тендерите за набавка на 150 електрични автобуси, за изградбата на спортската сала „Џексон“ во Штип и за фудбалското игралиште во Чегране.

There are no translations available. Тендери за невидливи пешачки премини.

Confidential contracts, illegal advance payments and questionable implementation.

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.

The research Public Oversight of Public Procurement: Case Studies (Edition No. 1) analyzed specific cases of potentially illegally conducted tender procedures in which the care of public funds was not primary.

There are no translations available. За новогодишно украсување општините потрошиле 785 илјади евра, 78% од вредноста е концентрирана кај една фирма.

Two companies, Alkaloid Kons and D-r Panovski strengthened their dominant position on the healthcare public procurement market and nowadays control one quarter of the total value of tender procedures in this sector.

Public healthcare spends more but provides less.

There are no translations available. Општините лани потрошиле рекордни 190 милиони евра на тендери, Град Скопје за првпат не e прв на листатa.

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first legislation on public procurement drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.

In the Republic of North Macedonia, public procurements account for 24% of the state budget and 8% of the gross domestic product.

In the first half of 2023, every third public procurement contract was awarded in tender procedure marked by participation of only one company.

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first national legislation on public procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.

The purpose of this policy paper is to summarize the key corruption risks and recommendations for overcoming them.

The right to discretionary proceeding in terms of implementation of environmental protection standards most certainly provides fertile ground for external influences and, accordingly, for corruption.

Institutions do not comply with the law-stipulated obligation for publishing notifications on contract performance.

This effort implied in-depth monitoring of public procurements and detection of risk corruptions in all stages of public procurements, from procurement needs assessment and planning, through organization of procurement procedures, to contract award and performance.

This report is based on in-depth monitoring of 40 public procurements for goods, services and works related to COVID-19 protection whose contracts were awarded in the first half of 2021, i.e. in the period from 1 January to 30 June 2021.

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether a patient hospitalized in various COVID centers in the country was provided with equal medical treatment, in terms of key drugs and medical equipment.

There are no translations available. Тендери за зимско одржување на улици и патишта имале 36 општини и Градот Скопје, 6 локални јавни претпријатија, државното јавно претпријатие за одржување и заштита на магистралните и регионалните патишта – Скопје, АД Електрани и Министерството за внатрешни работи.

The monitoring sample includes significant number of tender procedures in which the estimated value was not published in advance, i.e. was not indicated in the procurement notice, but bidders have “ideally” pitched their offer within that amount.

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.

Regular annual shadow report on the state of public procurement in Northern Macedonia.

Corruption risks detected are manifested as frequent and significant changes to public procurement plans, but also poor implementation rate of these plans.

Transparency of public procurements falls below the level anticipated under the new Law on Public Procurements.

Old habits – stronger than the new Law on Public Procurement.

After criticism from all stakeholders, the old and non-functional Law on Public Procurements – adopted in 2008 and frequently amended thereafter - is finally replaced with completely new law, which was adopted in January 2019 and entered into effect on 1 April 2019.

Monitoring activities observed frequent practices on non-dividing tender procedures of large scope into lots, which prevents competition among companies and consequently brings under question cost-effective and efficient use of public funds.

Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement.

In 2018, state-of-affairs related to public procurements in Macedonia are still trapped between the valid “old” and heavily criticized Law on Public Procurements and the already drafted “new” law that should “correct” matters, but is still pending enactment by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.

Low competition on local tenders.

‘Lowest price’ defined as single criterion to award public procurement contracts, delayed payment for contract performance and requirements related to voluminous documents for tender participation are the main problems in public procurements indicated by the companies.

As many as 35% of monitored tender procedures have rejected a number of bids as unacceptable. This additionally hinders competition in tender procedures.

1/3 of local tender procedures were presented with only one bid or no bids.

Almost every third tender procedure is marked by participation of one bidding company.

Market research for technical specifications is mission impossible, same as obtaining approval from the council in first attempt.

The mechanism established in terms of market research and obtaining approval from the council of public procurements does not yield expected effects.

The research among companies related to their experience from participation in public procurement procedures was conducted in the period November - December 2016. It targeted a total of 230 companies from all bigger towns across the country.

On average, tender procedures are marked by participation of 2.5 bidding companies, while e-auctions are marked by 2 participants.

Lowest price and delayed payment for contract performance create the biggest problems for companies participating in public procurements.

Continued decline of already low competition in local tender procedures.

Low competition, which brings under question the effectiveness of public spending, continues to be the key hallmark of tender procedures in the first half of 2015.

In the first months of its operation, the Council of Public Procurements increased the administrative burden in implementation of tender procedures, but not the competition therein.

In 2013, the municipalities have spent from 2 EUR to 276 EUR per capita on public procurements. In per capita terms, 2013 differences between the municipalities are more modest compared to 2012 when they ranged from 2 EUR to 412 EUR per capita.

Series of changes made to the legislation on public procurements, at least in the first months of their application, have not resulted in increased competition in tender procedures on local level.

Dominant share of surveyed companies believe that e-auctions result in attainment of unrealistically low prices, whereby quality is disregarded on the account of procurement prices.

Transparency remains one of the major problems affecting public procurements in the country. Some state institutions either do not publish tender data or publish them late, despite their obligation from the Law on Public Procurements.

Significant share of bids submitted in tender procedures do not reach the bidevaluation stage. In that, reasons indicated for rejection of bids include administrative shortcomings of bids submitted and failure to fulfil requirements defined in relevant tender documents (eligibility criteria and terms and conditions defined in tender specifications).

There are no translations available. Само во првиот квартал од 2014 година, преку постапката со преговарање без претходно објавување оглас се склучени 228 договори во вредност од 19,3 милиони евра.

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.

Although mandated by law, e-auctions by means of which bidding companies should reduce their initially offered prices were not organized in 53% of tender procedures monitored.

Almost one third of tender procedures from the monitoring sample have been completed with awarding the procurement contract to the single bidding company that participated therein.

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.

Every fourth public procurement contract from the monitoring sample was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. Lack of competition among companies results in no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services offered at favourable, competitive prices.

Municipalities’ public procurement spending per capita ranges from 2 to 400 eurа.

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.

Setting eligibility criteria that are inappropriate for the subject of the procurement, the estimated value of the procurement, or the market conditions is a serious problem found with local-level tenders.

The annulment problem is increasingly intensified for the larger tender procedures, that is, so-called open procedures for procurement of goods and service in the amount over EUR 20,000 and for works implementation in the amount over EUR 50,000.

The biggest issues in public procurements, according to the company survey, are the late payments on the part of the institutions for realized procurements, favoring and vague tender documentations, as well as the unrealistically laid down and difficult to meet bidding criteria for companies. These are part of the findings of the research conducted among 220 companies in 15 cities throughout Macedonia.

There are no translations available. Во значаен дел од мониторираните тендери на фирмите им се бараат годишни приходи кои се од 10 до 27 пати поголеми од вредноста на набавката.

Analysis of municipal performance in public procurements: Practices and recommendations.

There are no translations available. Загрижувачки е што во доминантен дел од мониторираните постапки за јавни набавки, поништувањата следуваа токму во тендери на кои учествувале голем број понудувачи.

Selection of most favourable bids in tender procedures raises concerns due to inappropriate application of bidevaluation criteria and elements. The most concerning problem in public procurement procedures was recorded in regard to criteria used for the selection of most favourable bid.

Annulment of public procurement procedures continues to increase. In the second quarter of 2011, an unprecedented high number of tenders annulled was noted and represents the highest share of procedures annulled in the last 3 years, i.e., from the onset of monitoring activities. As high as 32.5% of monitoring-targeted tenders were annulled.

There are no translations available. Во постапките за јавни набавки, фирмите сè почесто меѓу себе се натпреваруваат со своето искуство и големина, наместо со своите понуди. Оттука, наместо цената и квалитетот на понудените производи или услуги, сè повеќе добиваат на значење референтните листи на фирмите.

Eligibility criteria for companies to participate in tender procedures limit competition and favour certain bidders.

Economic operators cannot exercise the right to insight in documents related to public procurement procedures they have participated in.

Decreased interest on behalf of companies to participate in public procurements. Only one or two companies submitted bids in as high as 40% of procedures monitored. Thus, competition, which is one of the basic preconditions for efficient and cost-effective public spending, has been only seemingly secured.

There are no translations available. Се избираат несоодветни критериуми за утврдување на способноста на компаниите за учество во постапките за јавни набавки. Воедно се применуваат и критериуми кои се несоодветни и непропорционални со видот и со обемот на набавката.

There are no translations available. Договорните органи премногу долго вршат евалуација и одлучуваат за избор на најповолна понуда, со што непотребно ја одолговлекуваат целата постапка за јавна набавка.

There are no translations available. Наспроти законската обврска, некои државни институции, меѓу кои и министерства, во текот на 2009 година не доставиле ниту едно известување за склучен договор за јавна набавка до Бирото за јавни набавки.

Broad discretionary rights of contracting authorities in regard to setting the criteria for the selection of the most favorable bid still provide the possibility for subjective bidassessment and malpractices.

There are no translations available. Широкиот простор на договорните органи во одредувањето на критериумите за избор на најповолна понуда остава можност за субјективност и злоупотреба.

There are no translations available. И покрај децидната законска можност, тендерските документации не се објавуваат за преземање на веб страниците на државните органи, со што може да им се заштедат пари на фирмите и да се скрати времетраењето на постапката.