Spain Report E/CNMC/004/18 – Overview of Public Procurement Procedures

This study makes use of the increased availability of systematised data on Spanish public procurement with the overall aim of improving existing knowledge on the dynamics of competition in public procurement. More specifically, the document seeks to evaluate the impact on economic efficiency of employing more competitive procurement procedures.

The document is organised as follows: The first section provides an analysis of the regulatory framework and information sources available for public procurement. The second section includes a descriptive analysis of state public procurement, focused on fundamental variables related to competition, and presents an econometric analysis of the data, based on the related literature. The third section offers an estimate of the savings that would result from replacing non-open award procedures (negotiated, restricted and competitive dialogue) with the open procedure. The final two sections of the document present the conclusions from the study and policy recommendations.