In 2019 and for the second consecutive year, the value of public procurements has increased compared to the previous year, reaching 908 million euros and accounting for an increase by 20%. The value of public procurements in the country’s gross domestic product accounted for a share of 8% in 2019, while their share in the state budget reached one quarter.
In 2019, competition in tender procedures was again reduced after the modest increase noted in the previous two years. The average number of bids per tender procedure was reduced to 3.30 from 3.41 in the previous year. This piece of information, however, does not completely reflect actual state-of-affairs in respect to tender procedures organized in North Macedonia. Notably, high 28% of tender procedures were presented with only one bid or were not presented with any bids, while 21% of them were presented with two bids. Three and more bids were observed only in 51% of tender procedures.
In continuation, the value of public procurements awarded to micro enterprises is very low and in 2019 it narrowly accounted for 3% of the total value of procurements, although these companies represent 91% of the total number of active business entities in the country. In 2019, foreign companies accounted for a modest share of 4% in the total value of tender procedures.
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This publication is developed with financial support from the European Union, under project “Balkan Tender Watch”.