The limit under which it would not be obligatory to start a new tendering procedure due to unforeseen additional works whould not exceed 10 %. If a supplier due to his/her fault exceeds the budget, he/she should pay the additional costs from his/her pocket.
If the supplier by its own fault exceeded the approved budget of the public investment and was obliged to pay the extra costs on its own, a strong pressure on quality of realised public works could be created.
Sources:
- Kohout, P. andcoll., Collection of texts of a working group for the fight against corruption, National Economic Government Council, June 2011, p. 58
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 16: Tools against “tailoring” of public procurement contracts, December 2013
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