In 2012 and the first half of 2013 MANS monitored public procurement procedures in Montenegro by monitoring the 15 state authorities with largest budgets appropriated for public procurement.
As a separate element, all public procurement procedures carried out by the Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunications from its establishment until 2013 were monitored.
To monitor public procurement procedures, MANS selected 15 state institutions/authorities: the Transport Directorate, the Public Works Directorate, the Agency for Construction and Development of Podgorica, the municipalities of Bar, Budva and Pljevlja, the Directorate for Development and Construction of Kotor, the Directorate for Investment and Construction of Berane, the Directorate for Investment and Construction of Bijelo Polje, the Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunication, the Ministry of Education and Sport, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Interior, and the Ministry of Culture.
The publication gives an overview of the most relevant experiences we have gained monitoring the manner in which state authorities conducted procurement procedures, but also as regards transparency and compliance of such procedures.
One section of this publication deals specifically with the Public Procurement Law (PPL) to identify key corruption incentives underpinning the law.
The added value after 12 months of monitoring is the possibility of assessing the transparency of public procurement procedures in targeted institutions, but also to assess the implementation of the Free Access to Information Law (FAI Law).
The legal procedures were also included in the monitoring process, leading to MANS filing reports with relevant authorities after establishing irregularities, and raising criminal charges before the police and the prosecution offices in case of suspicions of criminal offences. Such procedures are reviewed in a special section of the publication.
