Figure 5.
The line chart illustrates the proportion of single bidding in total public procurement from 2011 to 2021. The horizontal axis represents years, and the vertical axis indicates the percentage of single bids. The trend begins at around 23 percent in 2011 and rises steadily, surpassing 30 percent by 2016. A sharp increase occurs between 2016 and 2017, after which the share continues to grow gradually, reaching approximately 42 percent by 2021. The chart highlights a steady rise in single-bid contract occurrences over the observed decade.Single bidding for EU tenders
Source(s): Figure courtesy of data from ECA (2023); adapted by the author