In accordance with European Union regulations, the Public Procurement Act has been in force since January 1, 2017, and will be fully applied from July 1 of the same year for all goods or services whose price has not already been defined by a specific law or regulation.
The criterion of the most economically advantageous tender becomes the exclusive criterion for selecting a bidder for all goods or services whose price has not already been defined by a specific law or regulation, with the note that price still has a decisive influence on the selection (up to 90% of the tender), while other criteria set by the contracting authority account for at least 10% of the tender.
Although, in principle, this is a very effective solution for the procurement of goods and services by government bodies, a number of problems arise when it comes to the healthcare sector.
