Saving millions of euros
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The SVK MOD has managed to save millions of euros in public procurement over the past few month by conducting electronic auctioning. Whether that is goods, services or even energy – these all have been purchased by the SVK MOD at much lower prices.
Electronic auctioning has made it possible to bring down procurement costs by dozens of percent. For example, the gas and electricity bill for the SVK Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš was reduced by €2 million. Or consider the purchase of towed airport sweepers for AFB Sliač where the winning bidder offered a price by nearly 50 percent lower than originally expected.
“Thanks to electronic auctioning purchases, we have significantly saved financial resources, which may, in turn, be invested into the modernization of the SVK Armed Forces,” noted SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
The recent purchase of computers for the SVK MOD is a case in point. Over €2 million was saved against the original estimate. The contract for the supply of 4,000 computers and 1,000 notebooks was valued at €5 million, however, as a result of the transparent and fair competitive bidding process involving 6 bidders, the final price was over 40 percent lower than originally estimated. Moreover, an IT expert was, for the first time, invited to join the preparation stage of the electronic bidding process to provide counselling on the entire course of the bidding process, which greatly contributed to the reduction in the final price.
Electronic auctioning has made it possible to bring down procurement costs by dozens of percent. For example, the gas and electricity bill for the SVK Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš was reduced by €2 million. Or consider the purchase of towed airport sweepers for AFB Sliač where the winning bidder offered a price by nearly 50 percent lower than originally expected.
“Thanks to electronic auctioning purchases, we have significantly saved financial resources, which may, in turn, be invested into the modernization of the SVK Armed Forces,” noted SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
The recent purchase of computers for the SVK MOD is a case in point. Over €2 million was saved against the original estimate. The contract for the supply of 4,000 computers and 1,000 notebooks was valued at €5 million, however, as a result of the transparent and fair competitive bidding process involving 6 bidders, the final price was over 40 percent lower than originally estimated. Moreover, an IT expert was, for the first time, invited to join the preparation stage of the electronic bidding process to provide counselling on the entire course of the bidding process, which greatly contributed to the reduction in the final price.
