Monitoring on public procurement on local government level

CCC’s monitoring activities target procurement procedures organized and implemented by state institutions countrywide, both by central and local authorities.

The Center for Civil Communications is regularly monitoring the implementations of public procurement procedures in Macedonia from 2008 onwards,

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) is regularly monitoring the implementation of public procurement procedures in Macedonia from 2008 onwards, i.e. from the entry in effect of the new Law on Public Procurements, drafted in line with the European Commission’s Directives.

Market research for the purpose of drafting technical specifications has failed in all cases. More specifically, in 100% of tender procedures contracting authorities had to obtain approval from the Council of Public Procurements prior to announcement of their procurement notices.

The Centre for Civil Communications (CCC) is regularly monitoring the implementation of public procurement procedures in Macedonia from 2008 onwards, i.e. from the entry in effect of the new Law on Public Procurements, drafted in line with the European Commission’s Directives.

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) was established in 2005 as a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan citizens’ association. CCC’s mission is to develop and improve communications among all societal factors in Macedonia and to inform them about various processes of broader significance. CCC monitors, analyses and strengthens democratic processes in the country and in the region, especially those related to anticorruption and good governance, media and economic development.

In 2013, the municipalities have spent from 2 EUR to 276 EUR per capita on public procurements

Small companies consider late payment of contract performance, short deadlines for submission of bids and eligibility criteria for tender participation to be the main problems affecting public procurements on local level

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) is regularly monitoring the implementation of public procurement procedures in Macedonia from 2008 onwards, i.e., from the entry in effect of the new Law on Public Procurement, drafted in line with the European Commission’s Directives. The purpose of monitoring activities is to assess whether and to what extent state institutions adhere to the general principles on public spending, as stipulated in the Law: competition among companies, equal treatment and nondiscrimination, transparency and integrity in implementing public procurements, as well as cost-effective and efficient use of public funds.

The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) has been regularly monitoring the implementation of the public procurement procedures in Macedonia since 2008, i.e., from the time when the new Law on Public Procurement, drafted in line with the European Commission's Directives, started to apply.

From November 2008, the Centre for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analysed the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated under the Law on Public Procurement.

Big and small - Analysis of Municipal Performance in Public Procurements

Every fourth public procurement contract from the monitoring sample was signed in a tender procedure with only one bidding company. Lack of competition among companies results in no guarantees that public funds are spent for quality goods and services offered at favourable, competitive prices.