scholarly journals ORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS AT THE LEVEL OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES IN ROMANIA. PARTICULARITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES ORGANIZED IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY OF COVID-19 CRISIS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Costel Ceocea ◽  
Raluca Alexandra Ceocea ◽  
Adrian Vatamaniuc ◽  
Vasile Mihălaș
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Procurement Contracts

The normative framework applicable to public institutions imposes an approach to public procurement management aimed at awarding public procurement contracts in conditions of economic and social efficiency. Achieving the objectives set at the level of the organization, in accordance with the principles underlying the award of public procurement contracts is conditioned by the adoption and implementation of specific procedures, mainly oriented towards the organization of decision-making processes. In the context of the crisis triggered by the new Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, contracting authorities were forced to organize public procurement processes, in a matter of urgency, on a procedural background less oriented towards adopting fast and efficient decisions, with negative effects both on the available financial resources and on the process of ensuring the flow of products, services and works corresponding to the rhythm imposed by the urgent needs of public institutions involved in managing the effects of the health crisis. This paper aims at individualize the decision-making process in the field of public procurement in Romania, in order to identify models of good practice, procedures and support working tools for optimizing the public procurement process carried out at the level of contracting authorities in a matter of emergency.

scholarly journals Transforming Public Procurement Contracts Into Smart Contracts

2021 ◽  
pp. 1380-1394
Author(s):  
Pauline Debono
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Procurement Contracts ◽  
Public Contract

The terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works by an economic operator to a governmental entity are set into a public contract that is signed, following a procurement process. This article explores whether the public administration can utilise smart contracts to incorporate the terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works. The fundamental elements of a contract are assessed, in order to determine whether a smart contract can be considered as fulfilling these requirements. Following this assessment, the main hurdles to the use of smart contracting are examined and a possible solution proposed. The case for utilising smart contracting within the realm of public procurement is finally advocated.

scholarly journals Transforming Public Procurement Contracts Into Smart Contracts

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Debono
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Procurement Contracts ◽  
Public Contract

The terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works by an economic operator to a governmental entity are set into a public contract that is signed, following a procurement process. This article explores whether the public administration can utilise smart contracts to incorporate the terms governing the provision of supplies, services, or works. The fundamental elements of a contract are assessed, in order to determine whether a smart contract can be considered as fulfilling these requirements. Following this assessment, the main hurdles to the use of smart contracting are examined and a possible solution proposed. The case for utilising smart contracting within the realm of public procurement is finally advocated.

scholarly journals Study Regarding the Planning Stage of the Romanian Public Procurement Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-92
Author(s):  
Ioan Gabriel Popa ◽  
Roxana Ispas
Keyword(s):  
Process Planning ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procurement Contract ◽  
Procurement System

Abstract In order to award a public procurement contract for the acquisition of a product, work or service, the contracting authority must follow a succession of stages, which represent a public procurement process. As a stage of the public procurement process, planning represents all the activities carried out in public institutions that determine their main objectives, the manner in which they are achieved, and what resources will be used during the process. Planning the procurement process is crucial. Failure to properly implement it results in errors and problems during the process of awarding and implementing the contract. The general objective of the paper is to identify and solve the problems that arise during the process of planning the public procurement in Romania, by identifying and anticipating some directions leading to the improvement of the entire public procurement system.

scholarly journals Resilience in Times of Pandemic: Is the Public Procurement Legal Framework Fit for Purpose?

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-79
Author(s):  
Laura-Alexandra FARCA ◽  
Dacian C. DRAGOŞ
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Type ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Eu Directives

"This article aims to analyze whether the legislation enacted in the field of public procurement in Romania, based on the 2014 EU Directives, is effective in fostering resilience of the public institutions and indirectly of communities, and to provide a fit-for-purpose mechanism for dealing with the pandemic generated by the new type of coronavirus, Sars-CoV-2. The article discusses the necessity of new rules meant to promote swiftly purchases during the state of emergency. Undoubtedly, the pandemic generated crisis has raised some serious challenges to which public procurement regulations is in principle properly equipped to deal with: urgent need for supplies, works and services, but also unemployment or protection of other disadvantaged categories of people. We argue that resorting to specific tools (negotiated procedures, framework-agreements, centralized procurement, sustainable and social procurement, reserved contracts) when carrying out swift interventions generated by the pandemic would have been more suitable during this health crisis or even for preventing the effects of this pandemic. Instead, the attention of the legislator has been concentrated only on (unnecessarily) exempting the swift purchases of medical equipment from the rule of law. "

scholarly journals Risk Management in Public Procurement Process

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Manea ◽  
Ioana Popa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Simple Error ◽  
Procurement System

Public procurement represents an important part of the current economy reality. Throughout the procurement process, due to the effect of the interaction among the components of the public procurement system, certain actions with significant negative effects on its optimal operation may occur. Risks may turn into certainty either because of a simple error in the development and administration of the procurement process, or because of a deliberate deviation from the existing legal provisions. Therefore, there is an imperative for the implementation of certain risk-avoiding measures, as well as of measures aiming to reduce their negative effects in case of their occurrence.

Bid rigging in public procurement market according to the decisions of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Konrad RÓŻOWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Consumer Protection ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Appeal Chamber ◽  
Interesting Issue ◽  
Market Control ◽  
The Public ◽  
Bid Rigging

Aim: In the practice of awarding public contracts, sometimes the behavior of market actors, instead of competing with other entities, are aimed at illegal cooperation, including bid rigging. The above shows that healthy competition is not possible without efficient market control. In public procurement market this control is, primarily, carried out by public procurement entities: the President of the Public Procurement Office (Prezes UZP) and the National Appeal Chamber (KIO), and furthermore by President od the Office of Competition (Prezes UOKiK) and Consumer Protection and the Court od Competition and Consumer Protection. and Consumer Protection (SOKiK). The interesting issue is how the activities of the President of Office of Competition and Consumer Protection targeted  to contend with bid rigging affects on the activities of President of the Public Procurement Office (Prezes UZP) or the National Appeal Chamber (KIO). Design / Research methods: analysis and comparison decisions/ judgment issued by the President of the Public Procurement Office, National Appeal Chamber, the President of  the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and the Court of Competition and Consumer Protection. Conclusions: The analysis has shown that the existence of specificities in the activities of the decision-making bodies and the judgments examined. However, in keeping with the specificity of the forms and objectives of control, these entities should cooperate, to a greater extent than before. Expanding the scope of cooperation would make it possible to better contend with bid rigging without changing the competition protection model. The introduction of institutionalized instruments for cooperation between the authorities seems to be valuable in terms of system solutions. Value of the article: The main value of the article is the comparison of selectively selected decisions and judgments representative of the problem under consideration and their comparative analysis in order to achieve the research objectives. The article deals with issues relevant to both public procurement practitioners and the state bodies dealing with procurement matters.

scholarly journals ARBITRATION OF THE DISPUTES IN CONNECTION WITH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Z. Grbo
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procurement Contract ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
Arbitration Procedure ◽  
Procurement Contracts

In the article, the author analyses the possibilities of using arbitration procedure to settle disputes arising from the conclusion of a public procurement contract in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The author studies the nature of the public procurement contract and concludes that this contract is of a private legal nature, so the resolution of disputes related to the execution of the contract is possible in arbitration proceedings.

PRIORITY MEASURES OF LEGAL REGULATION OF THE SYSTEM OF S TATE AND MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
I.Yu. Fedorova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Finance ◽  
Management System ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Last Stage

The paper considers innovations in the field of legal regulation of public procurement at the last stage of the reform carried out in the public finance management system. The main attention is paid to filling the gaps in the legislative framework of the contract system in the field of procurement through the introduction of more effective instruments in 2018–2019, measures are considered that can increase the efficiency of the procurement process, and the conclusion is drawn about the effect of procurement on the development of individual sectors of the economy.

Green Public Procurement

2019 ◽  
pp. 136-160
Author(s):  
Carmen Lenuta Trica ◽  
Luminita Ghita
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Procurement Contracts

At present, legal provisions and environmental policy regulate the possibilities of using environmental considerations in the development of award criteria, as well as in the performance clauses of procurement contracts. The first part of the chapter analyzes the concept of green procurement and product categories for which green procurement can be used. The second part of the chapter presents the benefits of using green procurement. The third part of the chapter will include assessing the progress and impact of using green procurement. The fourth part of the chapter analyzes the legal framework for public procurement in Romania, as well as the capacity of the market to offer and develop products and services that include minimum environmental requirements and criteria. In the fifth part of the chapter, the authors analyze the possibility of implementing a mechanism for the operation and implementation of the legal provisions in Romania in order to improve the quality of the services and optimize the costs of the public procurement.

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