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ARTICLE · 27 FEBRUARY 2012

Innovation In Public Procurement - Part I: Standardisation Of Quality Evaluation

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Contracting authorities carrying out public procurements have been criticised for emphasising the lowest price as the selection criteria in invitations to tender.

FinlandGovernment, Public Sector
Ilkka Aalto-Setälä
Ilkka Aalto-Setälä
Eeva-Riitta Mäkelä
Eeva-Riitta Mäkelä

Marketing Court Approved For Assessing Quality

Contracting authorities carrying out public procurements have been criticised for emphasising the lowest price as the selection criteria in invitations to tender. In the evaluation of tenders, quality has often received less attention than intended.

In construction field, the solution proposed for resolving the contradiction between price and quality has been standardisation, i.e. taking into account the standard deviation of the quality scores and price scores given to tenders. The mechanism is based on a statistical study ordered by the Association of Finnish Architects' Offices (ATL), the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), the Finnish Association of Civil Engineers (RIL) and the Finnish Association of Consulting Firms (SKOL) in 2007. Attorneys at law Borenius Ltd assessed the compatibility of the system with the Finnish Act on Public Contracts in context of the study.

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