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<p>When analysing centralised public procurement models and solutions from the public administration point of view, attention needs to be paid to the specific features of public procurement as well as the institutional characteristics of the major central procurement organisations. In this paper, central procurement organisations in 11 European countries were compared based on interviews according to their activities, market positions and institutional characteristics. We shall address the issue of efficiency and stability of organisational structures by comparing the practice of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and non-CEE European Countries. This comparison analyses the differences of the countries’ centralised public procurement structures and reveals the diversity of analytic criteria, underlining that the legal regulatory background to public procurement is not necessarily predominant in determining specific features and characteristics. The stability and market-oriented characteristics of a centralised public procurement system have an impact on the innovativeness of central purchasing bodies (CPBs) and on the development of their service provider nature, which should be taken into account by the CEE countries with a less-developed public procurement culture.</p>
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When analysing centralised public procurement models and solutions from the public administration point of view, attention needs to be paid to the specific features of public procurement as well as the institutional characteristics of the major central procurement organisations. In this paper, central procurement organisations in 11 European countries were compared based on interviews according to their activities, market positions and institutional characteristics. We shall address the issue of efficiency and stability of organisational structures by comparing the practice of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and non-CEE European Countries. This comparison analyses the differences of the countries’ centralised public procurement structures and reveals the diversity of analytic criteria, underlining that the legal regulatory background to public procurement is not necessarily predominant in determining specific features and characteristics. The stability and market-oriented characteristics of a centralised public procurement system have an impact on the innovativeness of central purchasing bodies (CPBs) and on the development of their service provider nature, which should be taken into account by the CEE countries with a less-developed public procurement culture.

Comparative Analysis of the European Centralised Public Procurement

Central European Journal of Public Policy

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When analysing centralised public procurement models and solutions from the public administration point of view, attention needs to be paid to the specific...

Legal form	Authority, agency	Company in state of municipal ownership
	GB – CCS, NHS	AU – BBG
	FR – DAE, UGAP	FI – HANSEL, KL
	DE – BBA	PT – SPMS
	IT – CONSIP	SE – SKL KI
	PT – ESPAP
	SE - SIC

Nature of use	Mandatory	Optional
	AU – BBG	GB – CCS, NHS
	FI – HANSEL	FI – KL
	IT – CONSIP	FR – DAE, UGAP
	DE - BBA	PT – ESPAP
		SE – SKL KI, SIC

Financing	Fee	Free of charge
	GB – CCS, NHS	AU – BBG
	FI – HANSEL, KL	DE - BBA
	FR – UGAP
	IT – CONSIP
	PT – ESPAP
	SL – SKL KI, SIC

Range of goods and services	Permanent	Variable
	AU – BBG	FI – KL, HANSEL
	GB – CCS, NHS	FL – UGAP
	FI – HANSEL	SE – SKL KI, SIC
	FR – DAE
	DE – BBA
	PT – ESPAP, SPMS

Legal form	Authority, agency	Company in state of municipal ownership
	PL – COAR
	RO – ONAC
	HU – KEF, DKÜ, NKOH

Nature of use	Mandatory	Optional
	PL COAR
	RO – ONAC
	HU – KEF, DKÜ, NKOH

Financing	Fee	Free of charge
	HU – KEF, DKÜ, NKOH	PL – COAR
		RO - ONAC

Range of goods and services	Permanent	Variable
	PL – COAR
	RO – ONAC
	HU – KEF, DKÜ, NKOH

Comparative Analysis of the European Centralised Public Procurement

Published Online: Aug 22, 2023

Page range: 82 - 96

Received: Nov 22, 2022

Accepted: Feb 03, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2023-0007

Keywords
centralised procurement, innovative public procurement, central purchasing body, comparative analysis

© 2023 Tünde Tátrai et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1:

Fig. 2:

Main charateristics of eight non-CEE countries’ most important CPBs

Main charateristics of three CEE countries’ most important CPBs

Comparative Analysis of the European Centralised Public Procurement

Published Online: Aug 22, 2023

Page range: 82 - 96

Received: Nov 22, 2022

Accepted: Feb 03, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2023-0007

Keywordscentralised procurement, innovative public procurement, central purchasing body, comparative analysis

© 2023 Tünde Tátrai et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1:

Fig. 2:

Main charateristics of eight non-CEE countries’ most important CPBs

Main charateristics of three CEE countries’ most important CPBs

Keywords
centralised procurement, innovative public procurement, central purchasing body, comparative analysis