Verejné obstarávanie v manažmente kontrahovania miestnych verených služieb

A view of the problem of contracting out public services, limited to solving the “make or buy” question, does not fully address the issue: why doesn’t contracting out public services lead to efficiency gains? The controversial effects of contracting out on efficiency can be better understood by shifting the research issue from the cost-effectiveness of contracting out to the quality of management in the contracting process. The public procurement process is crucial to the management of public service contracting. The aim of the study is to define the role of public procurement in the management of public service contracting by analyzing the aspects of public procurement that influence the quality of contracting management of local public services in Slovak municipalities. All data were collected directly by the authors. The results indicate the low-quality contract management, what incerase the risks connected with public services contracting out.