International Roundup, Vol 18, No 3

Public-private partnership as a basis of the development of public procurement

Ing Jirí Vlach, PhD

Abstract

The process of public procurement is a typical case of a project that should be managed by means of project management. In the preparation phase there is the year’s plan of procurement and its audit ex-ante, the necessity-statement of the object’s procurement, the specification of the object and choice of the method. The competition phase serves to the election of the contractor. It begins with the public announcement of the tender and ends with the signing of the contract. The main activity is to elaborate the tender dossier and correct evaluate all the bids, finding the best value for money without any discrimination and with the best possible transparency. The last realisation phase after the contract signing ends with the complex evaluation of the project and with audit ex-post. The persons acting in public procurement in Slovakia must be qualified, but project-manager-certification is not obligatory asked and project management does not build an obligatory part of the education program of the buyers. The participation of certificated project managers in public procurement process and necessity of education of buyers in project management is discussed.

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