Prices of municipal waste collection and management services in Poland from July 1, 2013 to July 30, 2014
Prices of municipal waste collection and management services in Poland from July 1, 2013 to July 30, 2014

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the results of research into the costs of the implementationof tenders whose winners were selected by Polish municipalities in relation to theintroduction of a municipal waste management reform. The research included tenderstaking place in all Polish municipalities (nearly 2500) before the major part of the reformcame into effect, that is until June 30, 2013, as well as the so-called second wave oftenders in about 950 municipalities during the period from July 1, 2013 to July 30, 2014.The results of the research are empirical distributions of the changing values of the tendersaccording to conversion rates, which are per capita costs of the monthly execution oftenders. The tables of the empirical distributions of conversion rates have been presentedaccording to the scope of the tenders (tenders for municipal waste collection in onegroup and tenders for municipal waste collection and management in the second group),the scope of the municipalities’ governance over municipal waste (basic and extendedgovernance), the time at which a given tender came to an end (the first or second wave)and in division into winning and losing offers. The conclusions present the problem ofan increase in the prices of the services in the context of a decrease in competition in themunicipal waste collection industry.

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