PROCUREMENT HELP DESK
What is public procurement?
Public procurement is the way of spending public funds, which is regulated by law. The aim of the law is to ensure that public funds are used effectively and reasonably. In addition, it ensures that there is accountability and fair financial competetion, and that the general public is informed about the process.
Question No. 4
How is the general public informed about whether a public service provider has to initiate a procurement process?
Qestion No. 6
Do the Hungarian State Railways (in Hungarian: MÁV), the Budapest Transport Company (BKV) and the Hungarian Post JSC (Magyar Posta) have to initiate public procurement process?
Question No. 7
Why does a local government not initiate a public procurement procedure when it signs a contract with its own company? Is the local government allowed to do this at any time?
Question No. 8
Where can I find information about the public procurement process initiated by state-owned companies?
Question No. 9
Is it necessary for an entity to initiate a public procurement process if it received financial suport from the European Union?
Question No. 10
Where can I check what is the public procurement process initiated by the local government exactly about? Do I have to Is it required to pay a fee for this?
Question No.12
Why is it possible for a procuring authority to initiate a procurement process by issueing an invitation to bid? When is it possible for procuring authorities to choose this method?
Question No. 13
Are there any rules or laws that preclude the possibility of a connection between the procuring authority and the bidder?
Question No. 15
How can I find out how much the local government spends on initiating public procurement processes?
Question No. 18
Can those bidders be disqualified who failed to perform the previously signed contracts?
Question No. 22
Where can I found information about whether the winning bidder performed the contract or not? Is there a public blacklist?
Question No. 23
What should the subcontractors do if they finished the project, but the contractor did not pay them and cannot be contacted?
Question No. 24
Where can I found information about the public procurement processes against which legal redress is conducted?
Question No. 26
Can I ask the local authority how many times its procurement process was contested in a year, and how many times the local authority was condemned?
