The Study of Strengthening the Supervisory Mechanisms of Government Procurement

• Main Authors: Hung Wen Yin, 尹宏文
• Other Authors: none
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56431997350170427343

碩士 === 世新大學 === 行政管理學研究所(含博、碩專班) === 97 === According to the statistical data provided by the Executive Yuan’s Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, Taiwan spends about NT$ 1.5 trillion dollars annually in government procurement. The extent to which public procurement is properly executed not only affects the administrative effectiveness of the government, but it also relates to the level of integrity in the country. Therefore, it is necessary to put in place appropriate supervisory mechanisms in the procurement procedures. In recent years, the increasing number of government procurement abuses and public corruption cases has seriously damaged the image of the government. According to the results of the “Opinion Poll on the Integrity Indicators in Taiwan” conducted by Transparency International Taiwan in 2007, the Taiwanese public graded the integrity level of government buyers and public project personnel at 3.91 (out of 10-point scale, with 10 representing perfect integrity). Does the low score mean that the supervisory mechanisms in the procurement process are insufficient, or is it just a problem of implementation? Also, the Act of Government Procurement has been implemented for nearly a decade, a reexamination of the supervisory mechanisms in procurement is necessary. This study reviews the current supervisory mechanisms in government procurement from the legal and administrative aspects, and seeks to find ways and means through which these procurement monitoring mechanisms can be strengthened. The results show that, on the legal side, the participation of civil (societal) associations in procurement supervision, the expedient punishment of civil servants who violate the asset declaration laws, and the movement towards title formalization and task dedication by procurement auditors can all strengthen the effectiveness of the current supervisory mechanisms in government procurement. On the administrative dimension, the study’s results indicate that the application of quality circuit, the implementation of on-the-job-training, the provision of rewards for performance, the construction of knowledge databases, and the establishment of a professional allowance system for government buyers, also strengthen the effectiveness of current supervisory mechanisms in government procurement.