The total value of purchases in Montenegro last year was 753,72 million euros, of which 506,95 million euros are public procurements and the rest are electricity and coal procurements.
This is shown by the data of the Report on Public Procurement for 2022, which was adopted by the Government at its session last Sunday. According to the report, during the last year, the contracting authorities concluded 6.819 public procurement contracts for goods 261 million, services 97 million and works 148 million.
Procurement accounted for 13 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Montenegro last year, which is almost twice as much as in 2021, when it accounted for 6,76 percent.
"The public procurement system is dominated by domestic bidders with 91,06 percent", the report points out, as well as the participation of foreign bidders is 8,94 percent.
When it comes to the most valuable procurement contract for last year of 14,37 million euros, it was concluded by the pharmacy "Montefarm" and the company "Glosarij", which trades in pharmaceutical products.
Of the state departments, the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Defense gave the most money for public procurement, 6,73 million and 5,87 million euros respectively, and the Ministry of Health, Human and Minority Rights and European Affairs the least. Among the municipalities, Nikšić allocated the most money for public procurement - 10,48 million euros, followed by the Capital with a little more than 7,5 million and Prijestonica with 5,51 million euros, while Berane and Zeta allocated the least, i.e. 132 and 193 thousand euros.
The average number of offers under the public procurement procedure was 3,5 and is higher than the year before, when it was 3,27.
The majority of procedures were conducted through an open procedure, 73,26 percent, which is considered the most transparent and which achieves the highest level of competition. Procedures carried out by negotiation procedure without prior publication of invitations to tender amount to 11,14 percent, limited procedure 0,40 percent and simple procurements carried out through the system, 15,20 percent.
The report also states that during the past year, "not a single report about the existence of possible corrupt practices or the existence of a potential conflict of interest" was submitted to the Directorate for Public Procurement Policy. The public procurement plan, among others, was not published by the Police Administration, the Gaming Administration and the Commission for the Protection of Rights in Public Procurement Procedures.
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