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

Public procurements or only imitation?

“Monitoring of the public procurements: corruption risks, identified from the civil society organizations” organized by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCMS) and the Center for Civil Communications (CCC).

Monuments’ polishing will clean up 730,000 euro for two years

The construction company "Beton" will maintain fountains and monuments in the next 24 months.

Public procurement could be next TTIP deal breaker

As EU-US negotiators prepare for a new round of transatlantic trade talks in New York next week, officials fear TTIP might run into a new brick wall: Public procurement.

 
 

Focus

Bosnia’s Elites Get the Cars They Desire

Date: Jun 01, 2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.06.2016.

Source: http://www.justice-report.com

 

The quickest glance at the list of official vehicles purchased recently by Bosnia’s numerous institutions at different levels reveals one thing: officials have a very clear preference for Volkswagen group cars.

By law, when purchasing vehicles or any other equipment for the official use, Bosnia's institutions are obliged to allow fair competition and equal treatment to all bidders.

However, there is ample evidence that institutions and officials have found an easy way to circumvent the Public Procurement Law and get the vehicles they desire.

The NGO Open Society Fund – Bosnia and Herzegovina monitored 56 procurement procedures in the period from 2012 to 2015, including state car procurements, and, according to project coordinator Mervan Mirascija most of those tenders specified details that indicated a certain type of car.

“No state institution monitors the legality of the procedure of a specific public procurement, from the adoption of the public procurement plan, preparation of tender documents, choice of the economically most advantageous bidder, to realisation of the public procurement,” Mirascija said.

 

Read more: http://www.justice-report.com/bh/sadr%C5%BEaj-%C4%8Dlanci/tender-po-mjeri-%C5%BEeljenog-automobila