The Most Important Public Procurement Problems in Road Works in Chișinău Municipality

According to the authors, these problems create interconnected deficiencies that reduce the efficiency of public spending, harm the quality of works and delay their completion. Low capacity at the Municipal Council, the City Hall and the roads directorate leads to four groups of problems: medium- and long-term planning, the quality of technical designs, the formation and work of procurement groups, and the organisation of construction works.

Integrity problems and the lack of progress against corruption raise corruption risks in contract award and implementation. The absence of a Municipal Council regulation on procurement weakens oversight and long-term cross-sector coordination. Improvement lies mostly in the hands of municipal authorities, while factors controlled by central authorities are secondary. In a survey, taxi drivers were dissatisfied with how road repairs were organised over the past five years. The project is funded by PASOS with European Commission support.