The Procuring Entity Index is a tool that, with the help of various groups of indicators, allows comprehensively assessing the quality of the procuring entity’s procurement transactions. It was created and is administered by the DOZORRO project team of Transparency International Ukraine.
Making procurement more professional is one of the most important tasks that will make the use of public funds more efficient. To do this, it is necessary to be able to assess both the individual procuring entity and the overall dynamics of procurement. However, there are more than 40,000 procuring entities in the public procurement system, and it is impossible to apply classical methods of direct process assessment to objectively analyze such an array of information. Therefore, it is currently difficult for procuring entities and their governing bodies to objectively assess the quality of organizing procurement, as well as to analyze their weaknesses and form a roadmap for their improvement.
For the most part, procuring entities use one or more assessment indicators, such as “savings” (in terms of the difference between the expected cost and the cost presented by the awarded participant), the average number of participants, and the success of procurement (percentage of successfully completed procurement transactions).
At the same time, these indicators do not allow forming a full understanding of how efficiently the processes take place. In addition, they may contain high risks of bias of such an assessment.
Since there is no single standardized approach to assessment, this does not allow focusing on the main problems of procurement and leads to the fact that the efficiency of the use of public funds is not systematically improved.
For a more objective and comprehensive assessment of procuring entities, the DOZORRO project of Transparency International Ukraine proposes to apply a set of indicators that complement and compensate for each other’s risks.
Discover the metodology of the instrument: The Procuring Entity Index
