The
Public Procurement Office
(PPO) was established
under Article 18 of
the Public Procurement
Law (Official Gazette
39/2002) as an independent
governmental organization
accountable directly
to the Prime Minister.
The PPO aims are to
ensure that appropriate
procedures are being
followed for the efficient,
effective and transparent
use of public funds
covering the supply
of goods, works and
services. Moreover,
the Office will focus
to increase value-for-money
savings and to curb
corruption. In order
to achieve these goals,
the PPO will promote
competition and equal
treatment of all bidders.
The
PPO mandate is outlined
in Article 19 of the
Public Procurement Law
and it includes:
- the
participation in drafting
the regulations pertaining
to the sphere of public
procurement,
- providing
consulting services
to contracting authorities
and bidders,
- organising
staff training for
working in the field
of pubic procurement,
training of public
officials and capacity
building;
- co-operation
with foreign institutions
and experts in the
sphere of public procurement,
- the
publication and distribution
of relevant professional
literature,
- preparing
standard bidding documents
and standard contracts
for typical types
of public procurement,
- collection
of the information
on public procurement
in other states,
- systematic
collection of information
from contracting authorities
and keeping records
in the sphere of public
procurement,
- the
preparation of and
participation in determining
for evaluation of
particular kinds of
expenses incurred
by public funds beneficiaries,
- the
preparation of a common
database for keeping
a record of bidders
and their creditworthiness,
on the basis of concluded
and executed public
procurement contracts,
- monitoring
the public procurement
procedure,
- co-operation
with other state institutions
and organisations,
mandatory social insurance
organisations, as
well as organs of
an autonomous territorial
unit and local government,
- preparing
annual report on public
procurement and giving
recommendations for
improving it.
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