CONDUCTING AND USING MONITORING IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS

• Main Author: Mihaela V. CĂRĂUȘAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technopress 2017-09-01
• Series: Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law
• Subjects: contract management; life cycle management; performance indicators;
• Online Access: http://www.jopafl.com/uploads/special-issue-3-2017/CONDUCTING_AND_USING_MONITORING_IN_PUBLIC_PROCUREMENT_CONTRACTS.pdf

Demand is a major potential source of innovation in public procurement contracts, yet the critical role of demand as a key driver has still to be recognized in contracting authorities’ policy. This article discusses contract’s monitoring as one of the key elements of public procurement contract performance. The paper starts by signalling the requirements of the new European rules in public procurement. It than defines the public procurement contract and embeds this concept within the taxonomy of monitoring. The rationales and justifications of public procurement monitoring to spur performance are discussed, followed by a consideration of the challenges of contracting authorities in institutionalizing it. The aim of this paper is to develop a framework for measuring the performance of public procurement contracts. It also provides significant insights into the development of key performance indicators for measuring the performance of a contract.