POSTĘPOWANIA JEDOOFERTOWE JAKO WSKAŹNIK RYZYKA KORUPCJI W ZAMÓWIENIACH PUBLICZNYCH
SINGLE-BIDDING AS A CORRUPTION RISK INDICATOR IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Summary/Abstract: Public procurement is a huge sphere of activity of various types of public institutions (contracting authorities) and private organizations (bidders). It is also a specific market in which different values and logics of action collide – on the one hand, the pursuit of profit, on the other the primacy of saving and care for the „taxpayers money”. It is expected that, like every market, public procurement systems will operate according to the logic of open and free competition, which in turn will translate into rational behavior of both contracting parties and bidders. Practice shows, however, that syncretic nature of the procurement market is also the source of its problems. Public procurement is not only free from abuses and bad governance, but it is also traditionally identified as one of the main areas of risk of corruption. The risk of corruption in the public procurement market might be observed by identifying factors disrupting its basic feature – competitiveness. This text is a presentation of the possibility of applying a „singlebidder” (a situation in which only one valid bid appears in a competitive, open procurement procedure) as an indicator of corruption risk. The aim is also to draw a broader theoretical background on which the use of this indicator gains deeper meaning.

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