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SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, August 30, 2013 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented in Macedonia in the period January-March 2013. Key findings include: Macedonia is among a handful of countries in the world whose Law on Public Procurement does not stipulate sanctions for violations made to legal provisions in effect, despite numerous cases of violations identified in the practice. This conclusion is based on the comparison of Macedonian legislation with relevant laws adopted and implemented in 8 European countries. From the monitored sample, every fourth public procurement contract was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. With the lack of competition among companies, there are no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services, and are offered at favorable competitive prices. Companies are denied the right to demonstrate past performance acquired through joint ventures. According to the State Commission for Public Procurement Appeals’ Assessment, companies may enter into joint ventures in order to demonstrate relevant capacity for contract performance, but not for the purpose of demonstrating past performance. This implies another risk of high concentration of public procurement performance among a small group of big companies. Tender annulments are exceptionally high in number and account for 26.6%. In the first quarter of 2013, funds in the amount of 11 million Euros were contracted through negotiation without a prior announcement of call for bids. This monitoring report is available here. For further information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or...

SKOPJE, September 6, 2013 – Today, the Center for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented by local level institutions in the six-month period from October 2012 to March 2013. Comparative analysis of municipalities’ public procurements shows major disparities among individual municipalities, not only in terms of the total amount of public funds spent by means of public procurements, but also in terms of public procurement spending per capita that ranges from 2 EUR in the Municipality of Suto Orizari to 400 EUR in the Municipally of Centar. Regular monitoring of public procurements provides the following conclusions: - Certain shortcomings, remarks or inconsistencies noted in the implementation of public procurements are common for a dominant share of monitored local level procedures. - More than half of monitored procurement procedures required the companies to fulfil certain specific eligibility criteria for tender participation, thereby limiting the competition. - Although mandated by law, e-auctions were scheduled only in 53% of monitored procurement procedures. Dominant reason indicated for failure to organize e-auction was the fact that only one company or no companies submitted a bid. - The share of annulled procedures from the local level monitoring sample is on the same level compared to the previous monitoring period (15%). In one-third of annulled procedures, contracting authorities indicated that the procedure has been annulled due to the fact that they have not obtained a single bid. This Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on tel. (02) 3213-513 or by...

SKOPJE, September 6, 2013 – Today, the Center for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented by local level institutions in the six-month period from October 2012 to March 2013. Comparative analysis of municipalities’ public procurements shows major disparities among individual municipalities, not only in terms of the total amount of public funds spent by means of public procurements, but also in terms of public procurement spending per capita that ranges from 2 EUR in the Municipality of Suto Orizari to 400 EUR in the Municipally of Centar. Regular monitoring of public procurements provides the following conclusions: - Certain shortcomings, remarks or inconsistencies noted in the implementation of public procurements are common for a dominant share of monitored local level procedures. - More than half of monitored procurement procedures required the companies to fulfil certain specific eligibility criteria for tender participation, thereby limiting the competition. - Although mandated by law, e-auctions were scheduled only in 53% of monitored procurement procedures. Dominant reason indicated for failure to organize e-auction was the fact that only one company or no companies submitted a bid. - The share of annulled procedures from the local level monitoring sample is on the same level compared to the previous monitoring period (15%). In one-third of annulled procedures, contracting authorities indicated that the procedure has been annulled due to the fact that they have not obtained a single bid. This Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on tel. (02) 3213-513 or by...

SKOPJE, September 6, 2013 – Today, the Center for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented by local level institutions in the six-month period from October 2012 to March 2013. Comparative analysis of municipalities’ public procurements shows major disparities among individual municipalities, not only in terms of the total amount of public funds spent by means of public procurements, but also in terms of public procurement spending per capita that ranges from 2 EUR in the Municipality of Suto Orizari to 400 EUR in the Municipally of Centar. Regular monitoring of public procurements provides the following conclusions: - Certain shortcomings, remarks or inconsistencies noted in the implementation of public procurements are common for a dominant share of monitored local level procedures. - More than half of monitored procurement procedures required the companies to fulfil certain specific eligibility criteria for tender participation, thereby limiting the competition. - Although mandated by law, e-auctions were scheduled only in 53% of monitored procurement procedures. Dominant reason indicated for failure to organize e-auction was the fact that only one company or no companies submitted a bid. - The share of annulled procedures from the local level monitoring sample is on the same level compared to the previous monitoring period (15%). In one-third of annulled procedures, contracting authorities indicated that the procedure has been annulled due to the fact that they have not obtained a single bid. This Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on tel. (02) 3213-513 or by...

SKOPJE, September 6, 2013 – Today, the Center for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurements implemented by local level institutions in the six-month period from October 2012 to March 2013. Comparative analysis of municipalities’ public procurements shows major disparities among individual municipalities, not only in terms of the total amount of public funds spent by means of public procurements, but also in terms of public procurement spending per capita that ranges from 2 EUR in the Municipality of Suto Orizari to 400 EUR in the Municipally of Centar. Regular monitoring of public procurements provides the following conclusions: - Certain shortcomings, remarks or inconsistencies noted in the implementation of public procurements are common for a dominant share of monitored local level procedures. - More than half of monitored procurement procedures required the companies to fulfil certain specific eligibility criteria for tender participation, thereby limiting the competition. - Although mandated by law, e-auctions were scheduled only in 53% of monitored procurement procedures. Dominant reason indicated for failure to organize e-auction was the fact that only one company or no companies submitted a bid. - The share of annulled procedures from the local level monitoring sample is on the same level compared to the previous monitoring period (15%). In one-third of annulled procedures, contracting authorities indicated that the procedure has been annulled due to the fact that they have not obtained a single bid. This Report is available here. For more information, please contact the Centre for Civil Communications on tel. (02) 3213-513 or by...