State-of-Affairs, Problems and Future Challenges in Implementation of Tender Procedures in Macedonia
In 2018, state-of-affairs related to public procurements in Macedonia are still trapped between the valid “old” and heavily criticized Law on Public Procurements and the already drafted “new” law that should “correct” matters, but is still pending enactment by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.
The most heavily criticized specificity of the system of public procurements in Macedonia, i.e. the infamous Council of Public Procurements responsible to provide previous approval to all public procurements that could not demonstrate minimum level of competition on the relevant market, was terminated in November 2017, in response to numerous remarks and concerns raised by all parties. However, that solved only portion of problems plaguing public procurements, given that other disputable provisions from the law are still in effect, notably those that were in place prior to establishment of this council that only further complicated matters.