Cooperation in the area of professionalisation of public procurement

Abstract

Public procurement is an area of public administration intended to serve the common good in economic growth. Ensuring efficient and competitive procedures is supposed to enable the optimal use of public funds despite increasingly difficult social or budgetary conditions. The professionalisation of public procurement should be an effective means of achieving these objectives.The changes introduced to the public procurement system have highlighted the supportive role of the President of the Public Procurement Office in activities aimed at more effective conduct of tender procedures. He has become the primary entity responsible for disseminating knowledge about public procurement. The conduct of actions aiming at permanent professionalisation will not be possible without the cooperation of the President of the Public Procurement Office with other entities involved in forming the public procurement system, only some of which perform tasks within the scope of public administration. In contrast, others are located outside the public administration structure. They include, among others: public administration bodies, administrative establishments, associations, universities or entrepreneurs. The necessity of undertaking wider and broader cooperation with entities from outside public administration is justified by a new look at the essence of public administration. It serves – first of all – the implementation of the common good. This translates into going beyond the framework of a classical approach to cooperation.