The Impact of the Choice of Evaluation Criteria and the Type of Tender on the Awarding Public Contracts (in the Case of Construction Contracts at the Local Level in the Czech Republic)

František Ochrana, Kristýna Hrnčířová, Michal Plaček and Milan Půček
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František Ochrana: Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague, Ovocný trh 3-5, 116 36 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Kristýna Hrnčířová: Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague, Ovocný trh 3-5, 116 36 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Michal Plaček: Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague, Ovocný trh 3-5, 116 36 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Milan Půček: Center for Social and Economic Strategy, Faculty of Social Sciences Charles University in Prague, Ovocný trh 3-5, 116 36 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2015, vol. 63, issue 6, 2057-2065

Abstract: Public procurement may be examined from different perspectives. Using the Czech Republic as an example, this study is devoted to examining the impact of decisions made by the contracting authority regarding a public tender on the tender process itself and on the outcomes of the tender. The contracting authority addresses a number of decision-making issues regarding public procurements. For example, it needs to decide between two types of criteria (choosing between a single-criterion evaluation or rather opting for several evaluation criteria). At the same time, the authority is free to choose among different types of award procedures while adhering to certain restrictions imposed by the Act on Public Contracts. Using a sample of 1,027 construction work contracts awarded in the Czech Republic, the study examines, in more detail, the impacts of individual choices made by the contracting authority (namely the type of evaluation criteria chosen and the type of procedure for awarding contracts) on the estimated and final price of public contracts. Recommendations on how to streamline the process of public procurement can be drawn from conclusions from the empirical analysis.

Keywords: contracting authority as a rational partaker; selection of an evaluation criterion; estimated value of a public contract; final price of a public contract; public procurement in the Czech Republic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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