Do the selected characteristics of public tenders affect the likelihood of filing petitions with the regulators of public tenders?

Abstract

The article deals with the econometric analysis on the influence of selected characteristics of public contracts with respect to the decision making of bidders on public contracts regarding submissions to initiate proceedings to review the actions of the contracting authority at the Office for Protection of Competition. Logistic regression was applied to data on public procurement between the years 2007 and 2014, which was combined with the administrative decisions of the Office for the Protection of Competition, in order to identify the factors that affect the likelihood that the competitors will be protected against the conduct of the contracting authority by the Office for the Protection of Competition. The article also takes into account the possible obstructive behaviour of candidates, particularly those submissions which were subsequently withdrawn or submissions whose deposits were not paid.