Bilag 2: Spørgeskema til udenlandske ordregivere

Konkurrencestyrelsen:
Danske virksomheders muligheder ved offentlige EU-udbud i udlandet

 

Questionnaire for the tendering authority

Municipality:

County:
State institution/ministry:
Name and title of person being interviewed:
Address:
Telephone and fax:
How are the purchases organised?
1. What kind of works, products, and/or services does the municipality/county/the state
     institution buy through public procurement (including entities operating in the water,
     energy, transport and telecommunications sectors)?.
2. How many contracts have been concluded the last 4 years?
all contracts contracts covered by the EU
procurement directives
1993
1994
1995
1996
3. Where do you advertise the contracts?
  • Official Journal of the European Community
  • newspapers
  • through personal contacts with the supplier
  • other
4. Does the municipality/county/state institution have specified a purchasing policy?
If yes, what considerations are important (please rank, where 1 equals the most important)

  • the support of local enterprises
  • the goods/services are bought at the lowest possible price
  • the goods/services are produced in an environmentally friendly way
  • other
5. What kind of tendering procedure do you prefer?.
  • open procurement
  • restricted procedure
  • negotiated procedure
Please elaborate.
6. In most cases, purchasers are to accept either the lowest price or the most
     "economically advantageous" bid. The latter can take into account a wide range of
     criteria such as delivery times, after sales services etc. Do you have a preference for
     either one of the two?
Please elaborate:
7. Which procurement procedures are most frequently used for each type of contract
     (services, supply contract, public works contracts, and awards within the excluded
     sectors)?

Contract public restricted negotiated

supply
services
works
excluded sectors

8. Are meetings with the possible suppliers frequently being organised?
Please elaborate
9. When the bids have been submitted, do you often find it necessary to enter into
     negotiations with the bidders? ( In the event of the open procedure and the restricted
     procedure a negotiation which goes beyond the simple questions which are allowed)?
Yes No

Please elaborate

10. Does it ever happen that the tendering procedures are cancelled? If yes what are
      the most frequent reasons?
11. Do external consultant's assist in preparing the tendering material/process?
12. Do you feel that the demand for equal treatment is too restrictive/demanding?
      (The enterprises are not willing to participate in investigations or other works in
      relation to the products/services prior to the tendering process in fear of being excluded).
13. What is your impression of the changes EU-procurement legislation has made in the
      numbers of enquiries from national suppliers and other EU-suppliers during the last 3 years.
national other EU-countries
  • decrease
  • no change
  • an increase
14. In which countries were the contracts placed (numbers)?
own country other countries Denmark
1993
1994
1995
1996
15. What in your opinion, is the most important factor when choosing a supplier
      (please rank, with 1 denoting the most difficult).
  • price of the product
  • the economically most advantages offer (life cycle costs)
  • the distance to the supplier is relatively short
  • quality
  • the language
  • the authority knows the supplier
  • the supplier has made business with public institutions before
  • other
16. In relation to contract X, what were the main reasons for choosing a Danish supplier?
17. In case of several contracts with Danish supplier. What were the main reasons for
      choosing a Danish supplier?
18. When foreign companies bid, are the companies established in your country,
      as a subsidiary, agent or other.
19. Do you have experienced an improved variety of offers of new products/services
      due to the current EU-legislation for public procurement?
20. Do you have experienced reduced prices through increased competition?.
21. Are your able to identify any contracts where savings have resulted?
22. Have the directives introduced significant extra costs because of additional
      resources required by you?
23. On balance have the Directives brought increased value to you as a contracting entity?
      (please rank, with 1 denoting the most important).
  • price savings
  • more and better products to choose from
  • a higher quality to the same or a lower price
  • other
24. How many complaints concerning the tendering procedure do you receive during a year?
25. How many complaints do you receive from foreign suppliers?
26. Which are the most frequent reasons for complaints?
  • the tendering procedure
  • time limits are not being respected
  • the suppliers has not received the complete contract information
  • the contracts was given to known companies
  • other
27. What procedure is being used if the contracts are under the threshold levels?
  • "own procedure"
  • EU-tendering procedures
28. If the contracts are under the threshold levels, where do you advertise the contracts?
  • Official Journal of the European Community
  • newspapers
  • through personal contacts