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The interpretation of the requirements

Kosovo's public procurement system faces significant transparency and accountability issues, including selective elimination of bidders and irregularities in tender processes. Framework contracts often lead to inflated prices due to insider knowledge, particularly in the Health Ministry, which has been marred by scandals and low-quality supplies. Implementing electronic procurement and clearer regulations could enhance efficiency and fairness in public spending.

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The interpretation of the requirements

Kosovo's public procurement system faces significant transparency and accountability issues, including selective elimination of bidders and irregularities in tender processes. Framework contracts often lead to inflated prices due to insider knowledge, particularly in the Health Ministry, which has been marred by scandals and low-quality supplies. Implementing electronic procurement and clearer regulations could enhance efficiency and fairness in public spending.

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On procedures is easily available to all great demand, and low prices on those

interested parties. Electronic they will know there will hardly be any
procurement, for example, would single- demand. This makes the o er look
handedly solve much of this problem. appealing, however, it is damaging to the
taxpayer. Transparen- cy in what the
contracting authority will need exactly
Room for interpretation of the during the framework contract duration,
requirements is almost always left for and maybe also have some sort of post-
procuring o cials. For example, the law examination of the value received can
leaves room for the correction of help create a balanced playing fi for all
arithmetic errors in the contract dossier. bidders.
This gives the procurement of- fi of the
contracting authority the power to
selec- tively eliminate companies. The FOL Movement monitors the public
law should specify an acceptable margin procurement ac- tivities in Kosovo and fi
error within which the companies are that the trend of irregu- larities and legal
called upon to make corrections. In violations is continuing48. “In a three
other words, the loopholes that allows month period the public institutions have
the contracting authority o cials to made legal violations in 29 tenders.”
interpret the law in a way which serves National Democratic Insti-
their private interests, should be
eliminated. This has implication for the
transparency of the contracting
authorities in dealing with each tender
in a just and equal manner.

Framework contracts are problematic as


they include items that possibly will
never be requested from the framework
contract holders. Thus, companies with
‘inside information’ will quote higher
prices on the items they know will be in
tute (NDI) report49 fi that the Public
Procurement Regulatory Commission
has not been successful, albeit for
objective reasons, in its supervisory role
in many occasions, especially in the case
of the Health Ministry which has been
notable for scandals in deal- ing with its
funds and contracted companies. The
Health Ministry makes a perfect case
study as the lack of transparency in
selecting suppliers has led to low-quality
pharmaceutical supplies which are
either given to the patients and putting
them at risk or had to be exterminated.

Kosovo currently falls short in achieving


a transparent and accountable public
procurement system. The issues range
from information ine ciency to illegit-
imate practices. The use of electronic
systems and better practices in
supervising the use of authority can do
much to improve the use of our public
con- tributions.

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