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SKOPJE, 17 October 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the results from its regular monitoring of public procurements implemented by local authorities for the period October 2013 - March 2014. Key findings include: - Once “lowest price” was introduced as the single criterion on awarding public procurement contracts, and e-auctions are mandated for all tender procedures, there are numerous examples of tender procedures that have attained extremely low prices whereby the quality of the execution of the contact is questioned. - Transparency remains one of the major problems affecting public procurements in the country. Some state institutions either do not publish tender data or publish them late, while others do not disclose information requested by means of FOI applications. - Several months (October-December 2013) before legal provisions on mandatory publication of tender documents enter in effect (from January 2014), including legal provisions whereby defining eligibility criteria for tender participation becomes difficult and liable to sanctions (from May 2014), 45% of tender procedures monitored have not published their relevant tender documents, while as high as 60% of them included high eligibility criteria for tender participation. - Tender annulments continue to create problems in the field of public procurements. In this monitoring period as well, the share of annulled tender procedures ranges around the average of 15% calculated for local level public procurements. - Deadline on selection decision-taking is complied with, but signing of procurement contracts is postponed. The Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on...

SKOPJE, 17 October 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the results from its regular monitoring of public procurements implemented by local authorities for the period October 2013 - March 2014. Key findings include: - Once “lowest price” was introduced as the single criterion on awarding public procurement contracts, and e-auctions are mandated for all tender procedures, there are numerous examples of tender procedures that have attained extremely low prices whereby the quality of the execution of the contact is questioned. - Transparency remains one of the major problems affecting public procurements in the country. Some state institutions either do not publish tender data or publish them late, while others do not disclose information requested by means of FOI applications. - Several months (October-December 2013) before legal provisions on mandatory publication of tender documents enter in effect (from January 2014), including legal provisions whereby defining eligibility criteria for tender participation becomes difficult and liable to sanctions (from May 2014), 45% of tender procedures monitored have not published their relevant tender documents, while as high as 60% of them included high eligibility criteria for tender participation. - Tender annulments continue to create problems in the field of public procurements. In this monitoring period as well, the share of annulled tender procedures ranges around the average of 15% calculated for local level public procurements. - Deadline on selection decision-taking is complied with, but signing of procurement contracts is postponed. The Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on...

SKOPJE, 17 October 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the results from its regular monitoring of public procurements implemented by local authorities for the period October 2013 - March 2014. Key findings include: - Once “lowest price” was introduced as the single criterion on awarding public procurement contracts, and e-auctions are mandated for all tender procedures, there are numerous examples of tender procedures that have attained extremely low prices whereby the quality of the execution of the contact is questioned. - Transparency remains one of the major problems affecting public procurements in the country. Some state institutions either do not publish tender data or publish them late, while others do not disclose information requested by means of FOI applications. - Several months (October-December 2013) before legal provisions on mandatory publication of tender documents enter in effect (from January 2014), including legal provisions whereby defining eligibility criteria for tender participation becomes difficult and liable to sanctions (from May 2014), 45% of tender procedures monitored have not published their relevant tender documents, while as high as 60% of them included high eligibility criteria for tender participation. - Tender annulments continue to create problems in the field of public procurements. In this monitoring period as well, the share of annulled tender procedures ranges around the average of 15% calculated for local level public procurements. - Deadline on selection decision-taking is complied with, but signing of procurement contracts is postponed. The Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...

SKOPJE, 4 September, 2014 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the Index of Rationality No.11 developed for a new group of products (electricity and tetanus vaccines) and services (street resurfacing, engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings and hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings). Greatest differences in price were observed in terms of engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck), whereas the smallest differences in price were observed in terms of procurement of services for street resurfacing. In summary, the Index of Rationality provides the following findings and conclusions: electricity was purchased at prices ranging from 3.46 to 6.25 MKD per KWh, where the highest price is by 81% higher than the lowest price; health institutions purchased tetanus vaccines in dosage of 0.5 ml at prices ranging from 37.14 to 74.87 MKD, where the highest price is by 102% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for street resurfacing range from 757 to 1,239 MKD per m2, which means that the highest price is by 64% higher than the lowest price; prices paid by municipalities for engaging machinery for demolition of illegally constructed buildings (8-ton crane truck) range from 2,588 to 7,678 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price paid for this service is 2 times higher than the lowest price; and prices paid by municipalities for hiring labor force for demolition of illegally constructed buildings range from 177 to 512 MKD per hour, which means that the highest price is...