Infringements have been ascertained in one third of the more than 1,500 public procurement procedures, amounting to 1.2 billion Leva, which have undergone review, according to the Institute for Market Economics which cites the 2020 annual report of the Public Financial Inspection Agency.
In half of the contracts the violations are significant – inappropriately conducted procedures, conditions set down by the contracting entity which give an advantage or unjustifiably restrict bidders’ participation, price and deadline changes by way of annexes to public procurement contracts, non-awarding of public contracts where all legal grounds are at hand. The experts say that last year saw a drop in the number of tainted contracts.
On Wednesday morning, visibility will be reduced in some places in the valleys, plains and along the Black Sea coast. Minimum temperatures will range between minus 3 and 2°C, around minus 2°C in Sofia. During the day it will be sunny with highs between..
For the first time in recent election history, the end election result leaves a party running in the election outside the National Assembly with a result of 3.999% (Velichie), 21 votes short of the electoral threshold, reads a position by the..
The Central Election Commission (CEC) is sending the prosecutor the video recordings of the ballot count in 7 polling stations where there is a discrepancy in the number of votes counted. The prosecutors will have to check whether there is..
2.5% is the necessary effort that our country must make in terms of defence spending, caretaker Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov..
A protest organized by nationalist organizations in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre last night against the premiere of Bernard Shaw’s play..
On Friday, there will be fog in the valleys. The lowest temperatures will range between minus 5°C and 0°C, for Sofia around minus 3°C. It will be sunny..
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