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Table 4 Comparison of requests for tenders using evidence-related criteria to those that did not

From: Evidence-related requirements in Swedish public sector procurement of health and welfare technologies – a systematic review

Use of evidence-related criteria

Average number of bidders

Procurement outcomea

Average max. Contract length

Type of procuring organisation

Yes (n = 14) a

3.8

Awarded: 78.6%

Awarded after appeal: 14.3%

Appealed, not awarded: 7.1%

3.8 years

Small municipality: 28.5%

Medium municipality: 42.8%

Large municipality: 0%

Small region: 0%

Medium region: 7.1%

Large region: 7.1%

Other consortium: 14.3%

No (n = 70) a

3.9

Awarded: 92.9%

Appealed, not awarded: 7.1%

3.9 years

Small municipality: 32.9%

Medium municipality: 44.3%

Large municipality: 2.9%

Small region: 2.9%

Medium region: 5.7%

Large region: 2.9%

Other consortium: 14.3%

  1. a The requests for tenders that were still ongoing at the time of publication or for which no outcome was otherwise available were excluded in the n value and in the percentages in Procurement outcome and Type of procuring organisation