The effect of public tenders on technological change creation at forestry enterprises in Poland
| Autor: | Rutkowski, Dariusz, Węgiel, Andrzej, Stempski, Włodzimierz, Gornowicz, Roman |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| DOI: | 10.26202/sylwan.2022020 |
| Popis: | Technical infrastructure is of great importance to timber harvesting contractors for the execution of this challenging process. Firstly, it determines the efficiency and quality of work, and secondly, it has a huge impact on the safety of workers. The effectiveness of forest environmental protection also depends on the technologies being applied. For over a decade, the State Forest Holding (SFH) has outsourced forest services in Poland to forestry companies. When outlining requirements and adopting certain criteria for the evaluation of potential contractors, the contracting party may have an influence on the technical equipment used by these contractors. The aim of this study was to determine the impact that SFH public tender requirements used between 2013 and 2018 had on the technical equipment of companies providing forestry services. We also endeavoured to determine whether the tender policy of the SFH administration in Poland significantly facilitated the technological development of forestry enterprises. Towards these aims, available documentation relating to the technical requirements of forestry tenders during the 2013−2018 period, was investigated. Data were collected from 2,482 tenders conducted in 414 forest districts (96% of all forest districts) across Poland. This included all the technical equipment that any company wishing to participate in the tender must have had at its disposal. The focus was on the availability of a harvester, a forwarder, a forest trailer with a crane, and a tractor adapted to skidding. In addition, the proportion and percentage level of the non−price evaluation criterion, i.e., possession of a harvester or a forwarder, was analysed. Based on the results, it was noted that the potential technological development stimulation that could be provided by public tenders, are not fully exploited. Nevertheless, the proportion of tenders requiring the availability of a harvester increased in the 2013−2018 period. At the same time, however, the percentage of forest enterprises requiring the use of a forwarder decreased. Moreover, the most common technical requirement for companies to participate in tenders, was the requirement of having only a tractor adapted for skidding. Additionally, in the non−price criteria for the selection of offers, the number of forest districts using the criterion ‘ownership of a harvester or forwarder’ decreased to only 19 in 2018, while in 2015 it was 135. We have found that the methods used in tenders do not promote technological progress in forestry companies, which may hold negative consequences for the public contracting authority and forest management in the future. Sylwan 166 (6): 378-389 |
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