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EU
Changes in Public Procurement Act: small subcontractors to be paid directly by the state
Small companies that are subcontractors of state procurement contracts will be able to receive their money directly from the state. This is one of the amendments to the Public Procurement Act (PPA), which was adopted recently by the Council of Ministers.
Montenegro
There was no approval for EPCG to consult A2A without tendering
During the period from 2009 to the end of 2011, Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures did not give EPCG any opinion concerning the procurement of consultancy and legal services of A2A, which were worth many millions, confirmed Suzana Pribilović, President of the Commission.
Montenegro
EPCG spends millions on A2A advices without tender procedure
For counseling and legal services in the 2010 EPCG spent 4.56 million euro, in 2011 5.45 million and during last year 4.29 million. At least 7.5 million was paid without a bid to A2A, co-owner of the company who manages the EPCG.
EU
Public procurement process to be made tenderer for SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are going to be given a leg up in the public tendering process, in a bid by the government to facilitate the procedure.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ostoja Kremenović: "We did hear there are tender malversations"
Ostoja Kremenović, new Chairman of Procurement Review Body, whose naming for that position did create some controversies and complaint to BH Court from his forerunner, in interview for ‘’Nezavisne’’ is explaining causes and consequences of these happenings.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daviddi: BiH, the only country that failed to transpose EU law on public procurement
The European Union is concerned about the proposed amendments to the Law on Public Procurement as the planned amendments do not bring BiH closer to relevant European directives.
Macedonia
Different spending for public money by municipalities
A comparative analysis of public procurement of the municipalities shows large differences between municipalities, not only by the total amount of the money spent through public procurement, but also by the money spent on public procurement per capita.
Macedonia
The government proposed amendments to the Law on public procurement
Macedonian government proposed amendments to the Law on public procurement saying they will reduce the costs and improve the access to businesses in public procurement procedures, improve legal protection, remove subjectivism and increase the transparency.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Open letter to the delegates of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the public
The Council of Ministers issued a proposal for an emergency procedure in the BiH Parliament to adopt three amendments to the Public Procurement Law.
Montenegro
The value of public procurement 323.15 million
The value of public procurement concluded during the last year in Montenegro were 323.15 million euro, or about 9.72 percent of the estimated gross domestic product, according to the Report of the Public Procurement adopted by the Government.
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