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Focus

Index of Rationality: Same products - large differences in the prices

Date: Aug 30, 2013

Macedonia

 

June, 2013.

Author : Center for Civil Communications

 

Different state institutions (central and level) had bought same products, but with differences in the prices of even 300%. This is announced in the newest Index of rationality from the  Center for Civil Communications for of work clothes, work shoes, benches, original and compatible toner cartridges, and for disinfection, desinsection and deratization service.

The highest difference in the prices has been noted in purchasing of work clothes and the lowest in original toner cartridges:

  • for work clothes, as part of the occupational safety and health equipment, the communal enterprises paid prices ranging from 1,263 denars (20,50 euros) to 4,956 denars (80,45 euros) for a set, where the highest price paid for this product was 292% higher than the lowest price registered;
  • work shoes, ankle-high, made of leather, were purchased at a price ranging from 870 denars (14,12 euros) to 2,596 denars (42,14 euros), where the highest price paid for the shoes was 198% higher than the lowest price;
  • benches procured by the municipalities had prices ranging from 4,838 denars (78,54 euros) to 12,188 denars (197,86 euros), and the highest price paid was 152% higher than the lowest one registered in the Index;
  • original toner cartridges were purchased at prices ranging from 3,622 denars (58,80 euros) to 4,552 denars (73,90 euros), indicating price differences of up to one quarter, while for the compatible toner cartridges the difference is even greater and is as high as 100%, since the price paid per toner cartridge ranges from 998 denars (16,20 euros) to 2,006 denars (32,56 euros).
  • for the disinfection, disinsection, and deratization service the institutions paid from 3,000 denars (48,70 euros) to 9,310 denars (151,14 euros) per 1000 m2. The highest price is 210% higher than the lowest one registered in the Index.

The analysis showed that large differences in the prices paid by different institutions for same products cannot be explained by the way in which tenders are conducted and suggest that the reasons for the differences should looking for some other factors that are subjective. 

 

More about the Index of rationality…

https://balkantenderwatch.eu/en/uploaded/indeks%208%20eng.pdf