The seventh Index of Rationality is developed for the following five types of products, i.e., services:

• hygiene maintenance;
• defibrillators;
• beefsteak;
• PVC windows; and
• work shoes – clogs.

The development of the Index of Rationality for the said products and services included 52 institutions at national and local level which procured such products or services within the first eight months of 2012. Solely the data collection range for the procurement of PVC windows was expanded and included 2011.

This Index of Rationality is developed for a group of five products purchased by national and local level institutions in the course of 2012, those being:

• copy paper;
• industrial salt;
• extra light fuel oil (EL-1);
• air-conditioners; and
• calico bandages.

Actually, these products were already targeted and analysed under previous indices developed for procurements implemented in the course of 2010 and/or the first half of 2011, where major differences in price had been noted. Thus, the present Index of Rationality aims to assess possible changes that have taken place in the past period and possible effects of this instrument (index-development) in relation to awareness-raising among contracting authorities on the existence of major differences in price and the need to take measures that would increase their rationality/cost-effectiveness in public spending.

The fifth Index of Rationality is developed for the following five types of products, i.e., services:

• commission rates charged by Agencies for Temporary Employment;
• ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standards;
• antifreeze liquid;
• carwash services; and
• bottled still water.

The selection of Index-targeted products and services was made in compliance with their status of most commonly used products and services by national and local level institutions.

However, given that the methodology applied to develop the Index implies compassion of prices attained by at least five institutions and the fact that requested information is not always disclosed or, when disclosed, it is provided in a form that does not allow comparisons to be made, the development of relevant indices per products and services, in addition to information on public procurements organized in 2012, also includes information on procurements implemented in the previous years.

Index of Rationality 4

Printed version of the publication is here: Index of Rationality 3 and 4

Тhe fourth Index of Rationality is developed for the following five types of products, i.e. services:

- website design;
- firewood;
- behaton paving elements;
- health examination for employees;
- fire-fighting protection.

The selection of Index-targeted products and services was made in compliance with their status of most commonly used products and services by national and local level institutions.

The present Index provides data on prices and values of contracts signed by 84 institutions throughout the country. For the purpose of developing individual indices with prices of targeted products and services, we submitted FOI applications to all contracting authorities whose procurements were registered in the Electronic Public Procurement System (EPPS).