Elisabetta Manunza and Jan Telgen plea for transparency of award methods
In an interview with AanbestedingsCafe.nl, prof. dr. Elisabetta Manunza and prof. dr. Jan Telgen spoke about the importance of publishing the used award method in a public procurement procedure.
According to Jan, contracting authorities are often not aware of the way in whichaward methods influence the the ranking of the bids in a public procurement procedure Most importantly, economic operators are unsure of what kind of bid will be most successful, if this method is not published.
Moreover, Elisabetta argued that the fear of contracting authorities related to publishing the award method is unjustified. After all, economic operators are able to make their best bid if the needs of the contracting authorities are out in the open