The seventh Index of Rationality is developed for the following five types of products, i.e., services:
- hygiene maintenance;
- defibrillators;
- beefsteak;
- PVC windows and
- work shoes – clogs.
The development of the Index of Rationality for the said products and services included 52 institutions at national and local level which procured such products or services within the first eight months of 2012. Solely the data collection range for the procurement of PVC windows was expanded and included 2011.
When developing the indices, prices of products and services concerned were secured by means of FOI applications addressed to all contracting authorities whose procurements were registered in the Electronic Public Procurement System (EPPS).
The general idea behind the development of indices per individual product or service was to detect possible differences in prices attained, to identify shortfalls in public spending, and thereby to assist contracting authorities in learning more about price fluctuations related to these products, i.e., services, and to improve the rationality of public spending.
You can read more about the Index of Rationality in Macedonian and English language
For more information, please contact the Center for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or at center@ccc.org.mk.
This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) within the USAID Civil Society Project.