REGIONAL DEBATE ON CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES

70 representatives of all relevant stakeholders, including government officials, civil society organizations, international partners, and the media gathered together on 25 September 2024 at Balkan Tender Watch’s annual regional debate on state of affairs in public procurement in the Western Balkan countries.

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Focus

Ostoja Kremenović: "We did hear there are tender malversations"

Date: Aug 28, 2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

01.08.2013.

Source: http://www.nezavisne.com

 

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.

Kremenović states that resolving of complaints is the main goal of this office and that is necessary to harmonize laws in accordance with EU standards for efficient system of BH public procurement. Last year, Public procurement Body resolved 2.200 complaints, and that is 4 times higher than in Slovenia, and 1,5 higher than in Serbia. In this year, there was 1.300 complaints resolved.

Regarding tender malversations, he stated that Public Procurement Body knows everything about actual situation in BH public procurement system, and they exclusively deal only with resolving complaints. Most of procedures are ended with no complaints and no involvement of Public Procurement Body.