#Public Procurement Can Governments Pick Quality Suppliers? Jiří Skuhrovec • a year ago • 5 min read Yes, they can. But in practice they mostly don't - 66 % of suppliers get chosen, just because they are the cheapest. This EU-wide analysis provides a novel insight into real supplier selection processes.
#European Union Tenders in EU: how much goes to tax havens? Jiří Skuhrovec • 2 years ago • 11 min read Summary & key findingsTax haven based companies won 5 % of the value of public tenders throughout EU countries in 2006-2017.That yields a rough estimate of 100 bilion EUR being awarded annually to
#Open Data Open contracting data — the hard talk Jiří Skuhrovec • 3 years ago • 3 min read Coming back from fabulous Open Contracting Global 2017, an event filled with positive energy on bright future of open publishing of tenders worldwide. The energy which I would like to share, though I
#Politics How to measure conflict of interest in public procurement? Jiří Skuhrovec • 3 years ago • 3 min read 9.5 bln. EUR in public contracts and 633 mil. EUR in EU subsidies were awarded to Czech politically connected companies. That means roughly 15 % of all the contracts and subsidies going to
#Open Data The anatomy of “small scale” purchases — the Czech case Jiří Skuhrovec • 3 years ago • 4 min read Where does the money spent outside procurement regulation go?In our previous article we established that the vast majority of government purchases are not regulated by the EU directive but can be regulated
#Public Procurement The Elephant in the room Jiří Skuhrovec • 3 years ago • 6 min read Government spending outside public procurementEach year, governments in the EU purchase goods and services worth over 2 trillion EUR. However, only 17% of this goes through tenders following EU rules that ensure basic