Awarding Methods And Their Applicability Across Countries

It has been suggested that many countries prefer to simply award contracts to the bidder with the lowest price in order to avoid corruptive activities. However, proposals providing enhanced characteristics at a slightly higher price are disregarded, leading to potentially lower quality and the neglect of best value for money. Therefore, other methods need to be taken into considertion to promote a development towards a more economically advantageous perspective. Consequently, this bachelor thesis is concerned with comparing and analyzing the awarding methods LP, WFS and AoV with regards to their applicability across countries.