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<p>The regulation of public procurement fulfils an essential task for the proper functioning of states. Public procurement directly influences the efficient public spending within a state. No doubt that the process shall be supervised by an independent and qualified institution. However, is this the case? In order to answer the question, the article chooses the jurisdiction of the Slovak Republic and it explores whether the supervisory body, the Office for Public Procurement, is to be seen as independent. Due to the fact that the notion of independence is unclear, the article presents the understanding of this notion and the criteria encrypted therein, following which the notion is applied to the Office for Public Procurement and to its leadership in particular. Since it is established that there is room for improvement regarding independence of this institution, the article presents concrete proposals for improvement of independence of the Office for Public Procurement.</p>
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The regulation of public procurement fulfils an essential task for the proper functioning of states. Public procurement directly influences the efficient public spending within a state. No doubt that the process shall be supervised by an independent and qualified institution. However, is this the case? In order to answer the question, the article chooses the jurisdiction of the Slovak Republic and it explores whether the supervisory body, the Office for Public Procurement, is to be seen as independent. Due to the fact that the notion of independence is unclear, the article presents the understanding of this notion and the criteria encrypted therein, following which the notion is applied to the Office for Public Procurement and to its leadership in particular. Since it is established that there is room for improvement regarding independence of this institution, the article presents concrete proposals for improvement of independence of the Office for Public Procurement.

Independence of the Office for Public Procurement

European Studies

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The regulation of public procurement fulfils an essential task for the proper functioning of states. Public procurement directly influences the efficient...

Independence of the Office for Public Procurement

Published Online: Apr 19, 2023

Page range: 254 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0040

Keywords
Public procurement, Office for Public Procurement, De iure independence, De facto independence, Functional Independence, Political Independence

© 2019 Mária T. Patakyová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Independence of the Office for Public Procurement

Published Online: Apr 19, 2023

Page range: 254 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0040

KeywordsPublic procurement, Office for Public Procurement, De iure independence, De facto independence, Functional Independence, Political Independence

© 2019 Mária T. Patakyová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Public procurement, Office for Public Procurement, De iure independence, De facto independence, Functional Independence, Political Independence