Some 60% of public works or
services contracts are awarded directly rather than through a
competitive tender process, the national anti-corruption
authority said Thursday.
This translates into 34.66% of the total value of all
contracts awarded according to figures extrapolated from data
pertaining to contracts worth over 40,000 euros awarded by
Italy's 20 regional capitals in the period 2011-2014.
In 50% of the cities monitored the local authorities
awarded contracts directly in over 80% of cases.
In Rome contracts were awarded directly in 86.51% of cases,
in Milan in 83.33% of cases and in Florence in 87.21% of cases.
In regards to the figures, the anti-corruption authority
highlighted a "critical situation" in relation to "the excessive
use of such a procedure".
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