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<p>On October 22, 2009 the Center for Civil Communications presented the forth results report on the monitoring process of the public procurements in Macedonia. Besides the regular analysis of public procurement procedures, the report contains the analysis of control and protection in this sphere. Among others, conclusions are:<br /><br /></p>
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<li>Increasing trend of cancellation of the procedures, approximately 25% of chosen procedures, although more than 5 companies bidders participated, which casts doubt on the motives for the cancellation of the proceedings;</li>
<li>In 40% of monitored procedures used "manipulative" elements for selection of the most advantage tender as delivery and payment, warranty, reference list, etc.., which brings into question the principle of providing cost-effective and efficient spending of public money;</li>
<li>Very low level of conducting procedures in electronic procurement system, only 1%, which indicates an unwillingness to fulfil the legal obligation - from 2010 electronic system should be used in 30% of procurement as a way of reducing corruption and protection of budget funds;</li>
<li>Existing legal and institutional set do not provide quality and efficient mechanisms for the control of procedures for granting and implementation of signed agreements on public procurement;</li>
<li>Administrative bodies for monitoring and improving of the public procurement process in the countries of the region have the powers to conduct and oversight the public procurement process, which is not the case with Macedonia.</li>
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<p><br />Presenting the results of monitoring and analysis of control in public procurement, representatives of the expert team, Ms. Vanja Mihailova and Mr. Miroslav Trajanovski emphasized that the state should step up control over public procurement process which would overcome the current situation of extremely small number of public procurement which have judicial epilogue.<br /><br />The report, inter alia, recommends that the competent authorities and institutions to take the following activities to improve the public procurement system:<br /><br /></p>
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<li>To strengthen the role of Public procurement Bureau by granting powers to supervise the public procurement process and its recommendations and instructions to have compulsory nature;</li>
<li>The Public Procurement Law to incorporate criminal and misdemeanour provisions, which is practice in the countries of the region, and in accordance with the Macedonian legislative practice;</li>
<li>To introduce controls on the merits of the annulment proceedings and to shrink the broad legal framework set for cancellation of public procurement procedures;</li>
<li>Public Procurement Bureau to define recommendations for a more precise determination of criteria for choosing the most favourable bid to reduce the current opportunity for subjectivism and manipulations.</li>
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<p><br />The purpose of monitoring is to assess how to implement the public procurement process in Macedonia in light of the new Law on Public Procurement and whether and how much work the basic principles of public procurement: transparency, competition, equal treatment of economic operators, non-discrimination, legality, cost, efficient, effective and rational use of budgetary resources, efforts to obtain the best offer under most conditions, and accountability for money spent in procurement.</p>