Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Implementation of Digital Public Procurement Systems: European Experience

Abstract

The aim of the work is to study international, mostly European, experience in implementing tools and technologies of electronic public procurement in the sphere of public administration. In particular, the authors postulated the hypothesis that the trading volumes within the framework of the most efficient European electronic public procurement systems are directly related to the quality metrics of electronic systems. The methodology of the study is based on a systematic approach to the study of cyber-economic systems and processes using semantic, logical, statistical, content, expert, comparative and exploration analysis, as well as econometric modeling methods. In the course of the research the following scientific results were obtained: the accumulated international experience in the field of informatization, automation and digitalization of public procurement processes was analyzed; representative statistical material on the volumes, costs and conditions of public procurement on the European trading platforms was collected; pre-processing of statistical material on both the characteristics of procurement and on the metrics of public trading platforms was carried out; specification of econometric models was carried out; an econometrical model was built; and an econometrical model was constructed. The study allows us to conclude that at present there is a global trend of increasing volumes of public procurement, including those sold through special digital trading platforms; the experience of the European Union confirms the hypothesis that there is a significant identifiable relationship between the volume of trade and the fixed quality metrics of digital trading platforms—with the growth of quality parameters of technologies and mechanisms of public procurement there is an increase in successful transactions and their cost.KeywordsDigital platformPublic procurementEconometric modelingInformation and communication technologiesJEL ClassificationH57L86