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GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO Public Procurement Administration. MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Presenters : Mersad Z Mujević , Head of the Public Procurement Administration
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GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO Public Procurement Administration MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Presenters: Mersad Z Mujević, Head of the Public Procurement Administration Sandra Škatarić, Head of Department for professional development, training and international cooperation in public procurement field
Parties obliged to adhere to the PPL CONTRACTING ENTITIES performing activities in areas of water management, energy, mining,telecommunications, postal services and transport(Holders of special and exclusive rights) SUBSIDIZED CONTRACTS business organizations, legal entities, and entrepreneurs when procuring works, supply or services contracts that are funded by more than 50% from the Budget of Montenegro, local self-government or other public funds BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES state administration bodies, local self-government units, public services and other beneficiaries of the Budget of MNE (performing tasks of public interest) Business organisations &legal entities performing tasks of public interest
Parties obliged to adhere to the PPL (2) • The list of covered parties (clasical and utilities sector) is published at the publicprocurement portal www.ujn.gov.me • The contracting authorities are obliged to implement this Laweven in the cases when they are not included in the List • New element introduced with the new PPL is the opportunity for centralized purchases.
Principles and Time limits • Costeffective and efficient use of public funds; • Ensuringcompetition among the bidders; • Transparency; • Equality of bidders. Time limits: • Open procedure 37-22 days; • Restrictedprocedure (I stage 37 days,II stage 22); • Negotiatedprocedure 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