Abstract

The paper addresses the topic of supplier selection in public procurement. According to European directives, when tenders are awarded through the ‘‘Most Economically Advantageous Tender’’ (MEAT) criterion, the awarding committee has to decide the tender evaluation criteria of the presented bids in advance. The authors propose a decision making tool that is aimed at helping the awarding committee in this difficult task and, at the same time, maintaining a transparent procedure in accordance with governmental procurement regulations and requirements as well as guaranteeing fair and equal evaluation of all bids. In this regard, the decision problem of supplier selection is addressed by applying an extension of the DEA (data envelopment analysis) methodology. The cross-efficiency evaluation is used for selecting the best supplier among the eligible candidates. The proposed technique allows the evaluation of quantitative data related to vendor selection and keeps the transparency features requested by public procurement. In addition, all bids are equally assessed according to the same objectively defined weights without any subjective setting by the public officers. The effectiveness and efficiency of the approach is supported by a case study that pertains to the tender of an Italian public agency.

Autore Pugliese

• Costantino Nicola

Tutti gli autori

• COSTANTINO N , FALAGARIO M , SCIANCALEPORE F , PIETROFORTE R.

Titolo volume/Rivista

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

Anno di pubblicazione

2012

ISSN

0377-2217

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

62

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Settori ERC

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