Institutional arrangements 2012
This indicator captures whether the existing legislation in a country establishes an institutional framework to regulate public procurement and process complaints.
Regulation / Public Procurement RegulationDataset: EuroPAM
Other Indicators of the Public Procurement Regulation component
Evaluation
This indicator captures whether the existing legislation establishes specific criteria to evaluate the bids received and avoid preferential treatment. This includes, among others, reasons for exclusion, clauses that favour national companies over international ones.
Information availability
This indicator captures the amount of information available online to trace the different stages of the procurement process, from tendering to contracting.
Open competition
This indicator captures the extent to which the existing legal framework in a country helps guarantee open and competitive procurement procedures by ensuring the publication of the terms of reference, requiring a minimum number of bidders, and defining the minimum number of days that bidding processes remain open.
Public Procurement Score
Strength of the legal framework on public procurement
Scope and coverage
This indicator captures mainly the existing thresholds above which the public procurement regulation applies in different sectors and types of products.