Author: Grantee Institute Alternativa and CIN Montenegro
In the last five years (2013-2017), the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) spent more than eight million euro on confidential procurement.
In addition to the specific equipment needed for the security of the state and citizens, these two institutions slipped through under confidential procurement worth millions, purchase of ordinary computers, passenger cars and tires.
In most cases there was no competition on tenders, as only one bidder participated in each tender.
The Ministry of Defence has not provide answers on the amount spent for confidential procurement by the publication of this research.
Despite the huge amount of money being secretly spent, the legal framework in Montenegro still does not provide for a unique approach in regulating this area. It is a source of possible problems and abuses that this area is increasingly regulated by by-laws and internal acts, which are often unavailable to the public.
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