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.

Money well spent?

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

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Public procurement: the lowest price does not guarantee the quality?

Date: Mar 18, 2015

Macedonia

 

17.02.2015.

Source: http://24vesti.mk/

 

The lowest price which is the key criterion for the bidding companies to win the tender does not guarantees the quality of the tenders, according to the European experts present at the regional conference for public procurement in the CEFTA countries, held in Skopje in mid February. According to them, even though Macedonia has an European Public Procurement Law, some of the solutions are unknown for the European practice.

Macedonian businessmen find frequently changing Public Procurement Law as a big problem, while their partners from the CEFTA member countries complain on favoritism of domestic companies in the larger tenders, which prevents an equal race among all companies.

 

KONFERENCIJA ZA JAVNI NABAVKI by 24vesti

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