Each year, governments spend huge sums of money on public procurement – funding the construction of public works or the supply of goods and services … But with these vast expenditures, opportunities for corruption are rife.
See some of the basic techniques in public procurement corruption (Hover mouse over)
GALLANT STEP BACK
WINNERS TAKE TURNS
FALSE OFFER
PROFITABLE STANDOFF
TAILOR-MADE TENDER
WIMPY PROCEDURE
Corruption can add as much as 50% to the estimated cost for a certain project...
But corruption in public procurement does not only translate into money. It reduces the quality of the work or services provided.
Who is burdened by this? Citizens who receive lower quality services and EU taxpayers whose money are wasted.
But corruption in public procurement does not only translate into money. It reduces the quality of the work or services provided.
Who is burdened by this? Citizens who receive lower quality services and EU taxpayers whose money are wasted.
Is there anything that could help?
THE INTEGRITY PACT!
Transparency International’s tip that aims to curb public procurement corruption.
THE INTEGRITY PACT!
Transparency International’s tip that aims to curb public procurement corruption.
The tool designed by TI is used voluntarily by the contracting authority and enables civil monitoring of the procurement procedures, thereby cleaning the public procurement market.
At each tender the contracting authority and the bidder sign a contract to state that they will refrain from corruption and publish all the information whose disclosure is not prohibited by law.
The contract also stipulates that the procedures should be monitored by an independent professional or an NGO, who regularlyinforms the public.
Monitoring covers the total project period, from the preparation of the tender documentation to the last phase of the implementation.
The Integrity Pact reduces the price of procurements, increases trust in public institutions and facilitates competition in the business sector.
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