Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2011, 59(7), 275-282 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201159070275

Knowledge, flawlessness and failures in processing of public procurement documents at the state administration

Nataša Pomazalová
Ústav sociálního rozvoje, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

The objective of this paper is to generate insights into the process of establishing examination of failures in additional documents of specifications of public tenders using archival data. The study is conducted in the public sector procurement practice of public sector organizations - organizational units in the Czech Republic. Overall, the study adds a piece to the mosaic of preparation of public procurement specifications and additional documents arranged in line with the guidance of public procurement in years 2007-2010. The data set contained failures in specifications and additional documents processed in fifteen organizational units. The key research question is, if the failures developed in processing specifications and additional documents depend on obligatory guidance used in observed years. According to the findings this expectation has not been rejected (α = 0.05). The other expectation, saying that in observed years failures appear in 5 % of processed documents, has been rejected (α = 0.05).

Keywords: public sector, public procurement, knowledge, failures

Received: August 18, 2011; Published: January 26, 2014  Show citation

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Pomazalová, N. (2011). Knowledge, flawlessness and failures in processing of public procurement documents at the state administration. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 59(7), 275-282. doi: 10.11118/actaun201159070275
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