Public procurement irregularities exceed RSD 47 bn

BELGRADE The State Audit Institution (DRI) has announced that public procurement irregularities exceeding RSD 47bn were found during the audit of 122 entities in 2011. DRI President Radoslav Sretenovic said at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on finances that the contracts concluded without following public procurement procedures account for 84.65 percent of overall irregularities. Public procurement irregularities exceed RSD 47 bn Presenting the DRI report, Sretenovic said that when it comes to public procurements of assets, services and works, the negotiating procedure without a public call for bids accounts for 1.7 percent of irregularities, and that in 3.7 percent of cases entities secured public procurements that were not listed in the annual procurement plan. According to Sretenovic, the value of public procurements that were not published in the Official Gazette and on the public procurement portal totaled RSD 1.7 billion in the previous year, which constitutes 3.8 percent of overall irregularities in the implementation of the law on public procurements. Public procurement irregularities in the sector for auditing the organizations with compulsory social insurance reached RSD 33.9 billion, he said and added that in the department for auditing public enterprises, companies and other legal entities, the irregularities amounted to RSD 8.8 billion (EUR 1= RSD 113). Radoslav Sretenovic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Public procurement irregularities exceed RSD 47 bn

Presenting the DRI report, Sretenović said that when it comes to public procurements of assets, services and works, the negotiating procedure without a public call for bids accounts for 1.7 percent of irregularities, and that in 3.7 percent of cases entities secured public procurements that were not listed in the annual procurement plan.

According to Sretenović, the value of public procurements that were not published in the Official Gazette and on the public procurement portal totaled RSD 1.7 billion in the previous year, which constitutes 3.8 percent of overall irregularities in the implementation of the law on public procurements.

Public procurement irregularities in the sector for auditing the organizations with compulsory social insurance reached RSD 33.9 billion, he said and added that in the department for auditing public enterprises, companies and other legal entities, the irregularities amounted to RSD 8.8 billion (EUR 1= RSD 113).