Challenges in Managing the Risks of Error and Fraud in Public Procurement During the State of Emergency Generated by the Covid-19 Virus

Marius Silviu Culea () and Daniel Constantin ()
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Marius Silviu Culea: †Dunărea de Jos†University of Galati
Daniel Constantin: †Dunărea de Jos†University of Galati

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2020, vol. XX, issue 2, 624-634

Abstract: The new coronavirus has generated an unprecedented global crisis, bringing serious challenges to central and local public administration to ensure first and foremost the health of their citizens, as well as the continuity of public services. As part of these efforts, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed unprecedented challenges in procuring the goods and products needed to fight the virus, while authorities around the world are taking extraordinary steps and entering into fierce competition for their procurement. Against the background of the relaxation of public procurement legislation caused by the extreme emergency situation as well as a wrongly controlled internal control system, corruption has risen rapidly due to the increased discretion of procurement staff in awarding contracts. This approach aims to identify the challenges faced by public institutions during this period, to determine the new crisis influence in the magnitude of error and fraud and, taking into account the perception of the representatives of these entities, to establish possible new directions for action to reduce these negative phenomena.

Keywords: management; fraud; public procurement; control; funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H12 H83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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