Research for Government Procurement in Taiwan – Firefighters’ Protective Equipment for Example

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2021 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 8 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2021

Authors : Spring C. Hsu, Min-Hsuan Tsai

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V8I2P101

How to Cite?

Spring C. Hsu, Min-Hsuan Tsai, "Research for Government Procurement in Taiwan – Firefighters’ Protective Equipment for Example," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 8,  no. 2, pp. 1-4, 2021. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V8I2P101

Abstract:

The procurement by government agencies in Taiwan must carry out under the regulations of the Government Procurement Act. According to the act, three tendering ways include the Lowest Tender, the Most Advantageous Tender, and the Pre-Qualified Lowest Tender. This study applies the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to explore fire department procurement efficiency under the act. From the public data from 2016 to 2019, the procurement of firefighters’ protective equipment is analyzed. This study shows that due to most firefighters’ equipment has special specifications; the adoption of the Most Advantageous Tender tends to increase year by year. However, the most inefficient one among these three procurement ways is the Most Advantageous Tender, mainly because of the procurement process's long average Time. To improve the Most Advantageous Tender's procurement efficiency, this study suggests that the average Time of the Most Advantageous Tender processes should reduce by 55%.

Keywords:

government procurement, Lowest Tender, Most Advantageous Tender, DEA, efficiency frontier.

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