Economic Damages in the Public Procurement Field

Economic Damages in the Public Procurement Field are generally identified in: calculations of the contract value; respecting of the monetary limits/selection of the public procurement procedure; preparation of the tender documents; listing of the technical specifications and evaluation criteria; submission and acceptance of offers presented; ensuring the validity of the offer; notification of the winner and administrative revision of the complaints; contract signing and relationship with subcontractors; record keeping of the tender documents; compliance of the contractors with the general conditions of the contract, etc.

^{Source: State Supreme Audit (SSA)
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}

Economic Damages in the Public Procurement Field during 2005-2010 reaches a total of 3,347 727,000 leke, and the highest loss belongs to 2007 and 2008, respectively with 883,471,000 lekë dhe 779,815,000 lekë, whereas the smallest loss was in 2010 with187,573,000 lekë. Economic damages in public procurement have gradually dcreased and are expected to decrease further even to a greater extent, as a result of the implementation of the electronic procurement starting from 21 January 2009.

^{Source: State Supreme Audit (SSA)
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}

The relationship between total economic damages and economic damages in public procurement is a direct one, with a correlation coefficient of 0.4. The greatest impact of the economic damages in public procurement in relation to total damages was in 2008, when this ratio was 19.27%, whereas the opposite took place in 2009 when this ratio was as low as 5.9%.

The data is given as a graph summary below:

^{Source: State Supreme Audit (SSA)
Comments and analysis: Open Data Albania (ODA)}