Success Factors of NPOs in Public Procurement of Social Services

Student: Prosvirnina Aleksandra

Faculty: Faculty of Economics, Management, and Business Informatics

Educational Programme: Economics (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2018

The research examines the activity of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in social services provision in Russia. It focuses on public procurements as a main tool for engaging NPOs as suppliers in the quasi-market of social services. The research explains what contributes to the NPOs success in tender purchases in Russia. Logistic regression assesses the probability of NPOs to win in competitive tendering, depending on economic and institutional factors. The econometric model bases on the data of the procurements made in Volga Federal District from 2011 to 2016. The results can be used by NPO heads and state agencies to increase the efficiency of their activities on the quasi-market of social services.

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