Exploring the Contractors’ Qualification Process in Public Works Contracts

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26110%2F15%3APU116606" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26110/15:PU116606 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.090" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.090</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.090" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.proeng.2015.10.090</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exploring the Contractors’ Qualification Process in Public Works Contracts

Original language description

Public contracting authority may award contracts only to contractors who meet certain qualification criteria for participation in tenders. Such requirements can vary between countries; this paper therefore introduces basic legislation governing this process both in the Czech Republic and Poland. The verification of compliance of these requirements should be made individually for each public procurement procedure which is associated with the need to submit corresponding documents. The aim of the article is to analyse and compare current practice in using qualification criteria for public works contracts in both countries. Information about qualification criteria have been studied on the sample of 345 tenders for public works contracts, in particular for road structures, schools and water and sewage facilities and equipment. Analytical part focuses on the extent of qualification criteria use and discusses their application in the context of ensuring fairness of the competition with regard to non-discriminatory nature of the qualification. Research findings reveal significant disparity between the Czech Republic and Poland in the area of 1) professional and 2) economic and financial qualifications. It has been concluded that the reintroduction of economic and financial qualification criteria in the Czech Republic is justified if used appropriately and according to methodological guidelines. In Poland, the risk of inappropriate use of criteria lies especially in excessive requirements in relation to the volume and nature of contract. Contracting entity is not obliged to describe and demand all the requirements, it is crucial to require just the fulfilment of those criteria which are necessary to assess the ability of contractors to perform the contract. The criteria of an environmental nature are hardly used.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/7AMB14PL008" target="_blank" >7AMB14PL008: Whole life costs modeling for building</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Procedia Engineering

ISSN

1877-7058

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

123

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

276-283

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84953304495