Area: Javna uprava
Competent authority: MJU
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 461
Initiative accepted and completed: '2015-03-02'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2015-02-27'
Initiative published: '2015-02-27'
Initiative submitted: '2015-02-27'
Response from the competent authority: "The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry\
  \ of Public Administration (MoPA) have launched the eAuction web application, which\
  \ can be used in public procurement procedures to generate additional savings for\
  \ the state and other budgets and reduce costs by using reverse electronic auctioning.As\
  \ of 1 February 2015, ministries and other budget users are obliged to carry out\
  \ public procurement procedures by reverse electronic auctioning (the eAuction web\
  \ portal), but only for the procurement of certain goods and services. The reverse\
  \ electronic auction is not directly linked to the performance of a specific procedure,\
  \ but rather to the final price determination. In this context, the Ministry of\
  \ Public Administration sees the greatest added value of this procedure in the relatively\
  \ high downward pressure on the price from bidders.The use of electronic auctioning\
  \ is particularly suitable for the award of public contracts for which it is possible\
  \ to define precise technical specifications and which are not specifically tailored\
  \ to the needs of a particular contracting authority. Therefore, electronic auctions\
  \ are suitable for consumer goods and services of a non-intellectual nature.  Reverse\
  \ auctioning is compulsory where the use of this method is possible in the light\
  \ of the subject-matter and circumstances of the procurement. The contracting authority\
  \ shall use the reverse auction both when it receives no admissible bids and when,\
  \ although it receives admissible bids, it considers that the use of the reverse\
  \ auction may achieve greater economy in the procurement. In a reverse electronic\
  \ auction, tenderers shall, within a time limit to be fixed by the contracting authority,\
  \ reduce the value of the tender originally submitted or of the tender from the\
  \ previous auction round.  The auction shall be conducted through the e-Auction\
  \ portal, at the web link edrazbe.gov.si. The use of an electronic signature is\
  \ mandatory.During the auction, bidders shall remain anonymous. During the auction,\
  \ no one, not even the Contracting Authority, can identify the proposer of any of\
  \ the bids. Individual bidders can see the value of their bid and the value of the\
  \ most advantageous bid, but they do not know who the most advantageous bidder is.\
  \ Only after the reverse auction has been completed can bidders find out who participated\
  \ in the auction. In the event of identical bids from two or more bidders, the first\
  \ highest bidder wins the deal. If only one bid is submitted, it shall be valid.\
  \ The contracting authority must foresee such a situation when drawing up the tender\
  \ documentation and specify that in this case the auction will not be held.The Ministry\
  \ of Finance estimates that savings of at least \u20AC11 million are expected at\
  \ ministry level from the use of eAuction alone. The Government of the Republic\
  \ of Slovenia recommends the use of eeDecision to other public contracting authorities,\
  \ as it enables paperless operations, greater traceability and transparency of procedures."
Text file: 461.txt
Title: ePublic procurement
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=461
