Corruption in Public Procurement: From Definition towards a Case Study (Part II)

The aim of the paper is to analyze the possibilities for corruption prevention in publicprocurement. The paper consists of three parts. The extent of corruption in public procurement wasanalyzed in the first part. Conducted surveys point to the following problems which Lithuanianbusinesses are facing: lack of transparency, corruption, dishonesty, red-tape, imitated competitionwhen the winner is already known in advance. The complexity of the public procurement process,numerous documents which has to be submitted sometimes gives a clue to participants to seek forpossibilities which might help shorten the procedure and guarantee the victory. The analyses ofKaunas city practise organizing public procurement is presented in the second chapter. It shows thatthe procedure is organized in old-fashion way and new information technologies are not used. Thereare still possibilities for the corrupted conduct. In the last chapter possibilities for publicprocurement improvement were presented. Special attention was paid towards the modernization ofthe process (convenience for the participants, economical aspect while saving public money, etc.).