A Comparative Study of Integrity Promotion in Iran Tender Regulation and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD(guidelines

Public procurement is purchasing a wide variety of goods, services and public works from the private sector by a public authority. Public procurement is a key activity of governments with 10-15% of GDP across the world. An effective Public Procurement system plays a strategic role in preventing fraud, waste, corruption and avoids mismanagement and waste of public funds. Several key principles emerge from discussion about the ways of promoting integrity and having more efficient and healthier public procurement procedures. These principles include transparency, competition, control, equal treatment, using an independent body for complaints settlements, preventing Collusion and Cartel formation, avoiding participation of public entities in winner benefits, avoiding unduly leverage, preventing of dominant abuse, and cancelling the complicated and Non-effective regulations. These principles are discussed in Iran Tenders Regulations and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD (guidelines. The current paper is analyzing the principles to help the public authority to achieve integrity and efficiency in public procurement system and reduce corruption.