Prague Economic Papers 2017, 26(3):317-329 | DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.616

Do the Selected Characteristics of Public Tenders Affect the Likelihood of Filing Petitions with the Regulators of Public Tenders?

Michal Plaček1, Martin Schmidt2, František Ochrana3, Michal Půček4
1 Center for Social and Economics Strategies, Prague, Czech Republic (michalplacek@seznam.cz)
2 Center for Social and Economics Strategies, Prague, Czech Republic (m.schmidt@email.cz)
3 Center for Social and Economics Strategies, Prague, Czech Republic (frantisek.ochrana@fsv.cuni.cz)
4 Center for Social and Economics Strategies, Prague, Czech Republic (milan.pucek@seznam.cz)

The article deals with the econometric analysis on the influence of selected characteristics of public contracts with respect to the decision making of bidders on public contracts regarding submissions to initiate proceedings to review the actions of the contracting authority at the Office for Protection of Competition. Logistic regression was applied to data on public procurement between the years 2007 and 2014, which was combined with the administrative decisions of the Office for the Protection of Competition, in order to identify the factors that affect the likelihood that the competitors will be protected against the conduct of the contracting authority by the Office for the Protection of Competition. The article also takes into account the possible obstructive behaviour of candidates, particularly those submissions which were subsequently withdrawn or submissions whose deposits were not paid.

Keywords: public procurement, size of the public contract, the choice of evaluation criteria, the transparency of the public tender
JEL classification: H57, H72, H77

Published: June 1, 2017  Show citation

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Plaček, M., Schmidt, M., Ochrana, F., & Půček, M. (2017). Do the Selected Characteristics of Public Tenders Affect the Likelihood of Filing Petitions with the Regulators of Public Tenders? Prague Economic Papers, 26(3), 317-329. doi: 10.18267/j.pep.616
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