AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVELMONITORING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Setting eligibility criteria that are inappropriate for the subject of the procurement, the estimated value of the procurement, or the market conditions is a serious problem found with local-level tenders. Such inappropriate criteria are required in nearly one third of the monitored procedures at the local level. The outcome is as follows: in 60% of these procedures, there has been, or has remained, a single tenderer; 30% of the procedures have been annulled; and in 90% of them, an e-auction has not been held. Setting inappropriate criteria is a problem with multiple negative consequences that the competent authorities must analyze separately and take adequate measures to resolve.