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The State Audit Office of Latvia has concluded a performance audit of the public procurement system and drafted two audit reports, “Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of Public Procurement” and “Effectiveness of Public Procurement in the Interior”.
Five recommendations have been provided to the Ministry of the Interior whose implementation will (1) increase the proportion of successfully concluded procurements in the Interior to 80% of the total number of procurements; (2) monitor and measure the effectiveness of public procurement in the sector as a whole; (3) level out the workload of procurement specialists and increase their qualifications; (4) improve the work organization of institutions in planning and conducting procurements; (5) increase understanding of the real applicability of the provisions of the Law on Procurement in Defence and Security.
