On competition and transparency in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic in the European Union

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dc.contributor.authorKubak, Matus
dc.contributor.authorNemec, Peter
dc.contributor.authorStefko, Robert
dc.contributor.authorVolosin, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-09T10:59:46Z
dc.date.available2023-06-09T10:59:46Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstract-translatedGovernment expenditures on acquiring services, goods, and work through public procurement represent a substantial proportion of the EU’s GDP. Competitive and transparent tendering procedures are generally believed to promote achieving the primary goals of public procurement: maximising value for money and reducing corruption. However, during the crisis, procurement rules allow a temporary departure from transparency standards toward fast and more discretionary procurement procedures justified by force majeure, possibly restricting competitiveness and information availability in the whole procurement process. The presented paper examines emergency response procurement measures by EU countries in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020 and their impact on competition. Using an extensive dataset of contracts for medical supplies and PPE obtained from Tenders Electronic Daily, we document the rapid increase of direct and negotiated contracts in the first two months of the pandemic outbreak. We found that firms, in general, were more likely to participate in procurement procedures with a prior call for tenders, such as open procedure and restricted procedure. On the other hand, the significant share of contracts obtained by small and medium enterprises without competition, hence by single bid procurement, suggests that public authorities tend to use their discretion in favour of SMEs. Moreover, overall emergency procurement setting and its effects on competition vary across countries regardless of how intensely the pandemic hit, indicating an institutional context for the increased discretion effects on procurement outcome.en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationE+M. Ekonomie a Management = Economics and Management. 2023, roč. 26, č. 2, s. 4–23.cs
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/ 2023-2-001
dc.identifier.issn1212-3609 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn2336-5604 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/51928
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTechnická univerzita v Libercics
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.1en
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectCOVID-19cs
dc.subjectveřejné zakázkycs
dc.subjectSMEcs
dc.subjecttransparentnostcs
dc.subjectsoutěžcs
dc.subject.translatedCOVID-19en
dc.subject.translatedpublic procurementen
dc.subject.translatedtransparencyen
dc.subject.translatedSMEen
dc.subject.translatedcompetitionen
dc.titleOn competition and transparency in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic in the European Unionen
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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