Ondráˇcka, David2019-09-252019-09-252011-04-1920079780521700702http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/177854"Corruption in public contracting is a major problem all over the world. Czech contracting processes are no exception and suffer from a serious lack of transparency and efficiency. Policy debate on public procurement often lacks the quantitative data needed to provide a correct assessment of the problem. TI Czech Republic (TIC) has attempted to provide such data by estimating losses caused by the inefficiency and lack of transparency in the awarding of public contracts in the country. The methodology for arriving at this estimate was produced by TIC in cooperation with experts in public administration and economics from Prague University of Economics.2 The data collection and research was undertaken between February and June 2005. TIC used official data only, collected from the Ministry of Finance, the Czech Statistics Office and the independent Supreme Audit Office (SAO). The methodology was divided into an assessment of public procurement losses at the central government level and at the municipal level. According to the Public Procurement Act, procurement can take place by one of three methods: open, restricted competition or awarded without competition. The Act stipulates that a public tender must be held when the value of the contract exceeds CZK 2 million (US $90,000)."(pg 349)Pages: 3engWith permission of the license/copyright holderGood governanceautonomyPolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsGovernance and ethicsBook chapter