Ocena konkurencyjności rynku zamówień publicznych na przykładzie oprogramowania informatycznego
Evaluation of competitiveness of public procurement market on the example of computer software

Summary/Abstract: The degree of competitiveness of the public procurement market is often characterised by indicators such as: the number of bids for each tender, price dispersion or the type of procedure. It seems that these measures do not fully reflect the level and intensity of the transaction. In assessing the degree of competitiveness of markets Herfindahl-Hirschman Index is often used, which allows to specify the scale of concentration in the market. In addition, the analysis of changes in market shares allows for the dynamic diagnosis of the competitive situation. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the competitiveness of public procurement markets on the example of the computer software sector using the Herfindahl-Hirschman. In the paper there is used data from the Public Procurement Bulletin from the years 2010-2012. Because of dynamic development of markets connected with IT activity services, the article concentrates on the segment of computer software classified in the Common Procurement Vocabulary as 48000000-8 Software packages and information systems.

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