Customer and Participants Behavioral Strategies and Their Impact on the Level of Competition in Public Procurement

Student: Borisenko Maria

Educational Programme: Public Administration (Master)

Final Grade: 9

Year of Graduation: 2018

The main purpose of this thesis is to study how the customer behavioral strategy (terms of procurement) affects on the level of competition, prices and behavioral strategies of participants in bidding. The survey was made on data array of completed procedures of wheat flour procurements in 2017. Based on the results of the analysis, the author came to the conclusion that legal provisions that give freedom to the customer of choosing terms of procurement reduce the effectiveness of the contract system. In connection with the results, methodical recommendations for optimal procurement strategy were given.

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