Naumenko S. The system of tender procedures: theoretical and methodological approaches to the definition and classification

Abstract

The approaches of national and foreign researchers to the definition of "public procurement" was analyzed. Differences, identity and sameness of the concepts of "tender", "competitive bidding", "competition", "trades", "procurement" used by theorists and practitioners in the interpretation of procurement of goods, works and services for state budget was detected. The differences of the  mentioned definitions and, simultaneously, their partial identity, significantly expanding the number of facilities that might be subject to this kind of trade. Approaches to the classification of the tender procedures was systematized. The multiplicity of approaches to classification of the tender procurement provides opportunities to the entities – participants bidding process – to selection and implementation of management decisions, contributes to the efficacy of tender mechanism. Classification of government procurement to centralized, decentralized and mixed, which can also be regarded as models of the procurement was substantiated. The emphasizing of public procurement to centralized, decentralized and mixed in the contemporary of the Ukrainian economic fully reflect the organizational and economical component of the procurement process by public funds, indicates the division of functions and powers of the institutions involved in these processes, with further study provides further improvement of the organizational and economic mechanism for public procurement