This redflag indicates risk where the use of sole sourcing or direct contracting contradicts the Procurement Plan calls for use of more competitive methods OR where there is sole sourcing or direct contracting for new procurement actions (not listed in the Procurement Plan) without obtaining the World Bank’s no objection.
This numeric indicator tells a risk from the relevant field of the award notices if the number of bids per procedure (part) is under 3, but also shows if 1 or 2 bids have been submitted.
The indicator tells if the procuring entity did not indicate in the procurement call the method of ranking if setting the range of the number of competitors.
The indicator tells if the number of competitors determined by the procuring entity in certain procedure types is lower than the legal minimum of bidders. This indicator is built upon Hungarian legal provisions and scans procurement calls.
This redflag tells if the procuring entity demands past annual revenue statement from the part of the bidders for a longer time than the legal maximum (3 years). It scans the wording of the procurement calls.
The indicator scans the wording of the procurement calls and if the the principle of the economically most advantegous bid is applied for evaluation criterion, flags procedures where payment deadline (and its duration) - as an evaluation subcriterion - is also applied. This indicator is built upon expert knowledge about corruption risks.
This redflag indicates risk if there are no adequate response or clarification by project officials to complaints from bidders about vague, ambiguous or incomplete specifications
This redflag indicates risk if there is a wide and inexplicable disparity in bid prices considering the type of works, goods or services being procured. The Worldbank' Handbook does not indicate the scope of the width.