GOVERNMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGROMONTENEGRO

Public Procurement Public Procurement Administration Administration

MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT

PresentersPresenters::Mersad Z Mujević, Mersad Z Mujević, Head of the Public Procurement Head of the Public Procurement

Administration Administration Sandra Škatarić, Sandra Škatarić, Head of Department for professional Head of Department for professional development, training and international cooperation in development, training and international cooperation in

public procurement fieldpublic procurement field

M O N T E N E G R OM O N T E N E G R O

Institutional framework

PPL (“OG of MNE”, no. 42/11) overview

Parties obliged to adhere to the PPL

Parties obliged to adhere to the PPL (2)

• The list of covered parties (clasical and utilities sector) is published at the public procurement portal www.ujn.gov.me

• The contracting authorities are obliged to implement this Law even in the cases when they are not included in the List

• New element introduced with the new PPL is the opportunity for centralized purchases.

3 Thresholds / 9 Procurement procedures

Value Scale I Value Scale II Value Scale III

Contract value ≤ 5.000 € (Services / Supplies / Works)

Contract value5.000 – 25.000 € (Services / Supplies)5.000 – 50.000 € (Works)

Contract value≥ 25.000 € (Services / Supplies)≥ 50.000 € (Works)

9) Direct assignment

8 ) Shopping Method 1) open procedure; 2) restricted procedure; 3) negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; 4) negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice5) framework agreement;6) consulting services;7) contest;

Principles and Time limits

•Cost effective and efficient use of public funds;•Ensuring competition among the bidders;•Transparency;•Equality of bidders.

Time limits:Time limits:•Open procedure 37-22 days;•Restricted procedure (I stage 37 days, II stage 22);•Negotiated procedure 22 days.

Competition in Public Procurement procedures

• Creating better business environments suitable for improving and development of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

• Simplification of the Legal and Regulatory Frameworks

• Transparency of the Public Procurement System

Competition in Public Procurement procedures

• Importance of the Interinstitutional cooperation

• Monitoring of the Public Procurement system

• Ethics in Public Procurement

• Prevention of Corrupt Practices

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS OF MONTENEGRO

• Establishing the Working Group for preparing negotiations on Montenegro`s accession to the EU in the area of acquis communautaire relating to the Negotiation Chapter 5, Public Procurement

• Key institutions of the public procurement system - Public Procurement Administration(PPA) is one of them, make significant contribution to the process of the European Integration.

• Public Procurement policy to the European path

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS OF MONTENEGRO

• EC Screening Report for Chapter 5–Public Procurement adopted

• Negotiating position in the field of Public Procurement circulated to the Council on October 14, 2013.

• The Third meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Ministerial level was held on December 18, 2013 in Brussels to open negotiations on Chapter 5 – Public Procurement.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Within Multi-beneficiary IPA Project `Training in Public Procurement in Western Balkans and Turkey` Montenegro gained recognized European certificates and established national core team of 12 procurement trainers

• Implementation of the Project `Strengthening of the Public Procurement System in Montenegro` initiated on June 4, 2012 and terminated on Jule 02, 2013

• Experts in the following areas: Law, IT sector, Audit/Inspection and Public Procurement (altogether 4) were engaged in the implementation of the above mentioned project

FURTHER PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• IPA 2014 `Implementation of the System of Electronic Public Procurement in Montenegro`

• Approximate value of the project - € 1,5 million.

Measuring performance

The aims of PP regulation at international level are the following:

The opening up of domestic markets to foreign competition – eradication of “protectionism” in PP

Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of nationality

Transparency

The aim of “value for money” or “efficiency” are presumed as corollaries of the opening of the PP markets but are not the main objectives

Introducing variables aimed at measuring relevant performances of

public procurement

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