This study presents the findings of the x-index – a public procurement benchmarking tool – which measures and evaluates the performance of municipalities in public procurement and compares it with best practices. The findings are grouped into three categories, based on the size of the municipalities to provide an objective representation.
x-index is based on a statistical model containing 11 sub-indices, each of which assess several dimensions of public procurement, and which jointly focus on the areas of openness, competition and supervision. Indirectly, it measures municipalities’ efficiency and their vulnerability to corruption in public procurement. The x-index includes all 38 municipalities of Kosovo and covers their procurement activities in the period January-June 2018, consisting of 785 contracts in total worth over €50 million. The index is constructed based on objective criteria. The data for construction of the index were obtained from the official e-procurement platform and other official statistics.
