Focus
Montenegro
Kolarević annuled tender of Health Fund
Montenegrin health institutions will not get the X-ray films soon, as the Commission for the Control of Public Procurement again annulled the decision of the Health Insurance Fund, a few months after the final decision on the allocation of business to firm ‘Montemedicom’.
EU
EU about to improve crisis vaccination procurement
Citizens to be safer if bird flu strikes Europe. Europeans will be better protected against cross border disease.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosni and Herzegovina) is violating again the Public Procurement Law: Why are the metering cabinets bought at twice the price ???
JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina) for the fifth year purchased tens of thousands of metering cabinets without public calls for them and pay twice as much as they should, according to a survey by Žurnal.
Macedonia
25 Macedonian companies black-listed for participation in tenders
By issuing a so-called negative reference 25 companies are forbidden from participating in public tenders in the country, for one to five years.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Association of citizens Tender’s Draft of Law on Public Procurement: Solutions to 600 BAM million of savings
Annually in BiH, on the procurement of goods, services and works are spent four billion in BAM, of which over 800 million BAM are swallowed by corruption.
Macedonia
The legally provisioned e-auction is bypassed
E-auction was held in 61% instead of 100% of the tenders. The e-auction, as the last stage of the procurement procedures is mandatory for all tenders in Macedonia, i.е. for every purchase over 500 Euros.
Macedonia
Every fourth tender annulled
The percentage of annulments in 2012 is the highest in the past four years, reaching 24.2% of all of tender notices. Low number of received bids is the main reason.
Montenegro
Budget of Montenegro damaged by 318 thousand euro
The new Commission for Control of Public Procurement has adopted an appeal of company ‘Tehnoput doo Podgorica’ after two years and pointed Directorate of Traffic on irregularities.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Analysis of Corruption in BiH
On the basis of the relevant reports and analysis, it can be concluded that Bosnia and Herzegovina has a number of adequate laws, based on good international practice, but because of the lack of political will, the discrepancies in the various levels of government and weak coordination mechanisms, laws are inconsistent in practice.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Corruption in BiH – Country where public procurements are secret
JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosni and Herzegovina) and Medical clinical centers often violate public procurement procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina.