Economy	Total		The criteria seemed to be tailor-made for certain participants	Unclear selection or evaluation criteria	The deal seemed to have been sealed before the tender was published	The deadline for submitting the bids were too tight and impossible to meet	The procedure seemed too bureaucratic or burdensome	Other	DK/refuse
D.6.a. If yes, was it for any of the following reasons?
Economy	N	%		Unclear selection or evaluation criteria			The procedure seemed too bureaucratic or burdensome	Other	DK/refuse
Balkan Barometer 2019
SEE	1.271	100	37	13	28	17	26	7	17
Albania	221	13	36	1	22	7	33	14	30
Bosnia and Herzegovina	208	19	47	14	28	15	24	4	8
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	208	7	30	6	6	23	15	11	28
Republic of North Macedonia	202	43	26	25	32	14	27	2	20
Montenegro	227	5	40	17	44	26	36	1	9
Serbia	205	12	38	11	40	20	25	13	14
Balkan Barometer 2018
SEE	336	100	39	13	26	12	18	18	11
Albania	58	16	34	9	26	14	17	28	21
Bosnia and Herzegovina	80	31	48	19	19	16	20	15	1
Croatia	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Kosovo*	71	11	24	8	15	4	7	25	25
Republic of North Macedonia	48	12	29	4	42	2	15	21	15
Montenegro	50	5	36	12	16	6	6	22	12
Serbia	29	25	41	14	34	14	24	10	10
Balkan Barometer 2017
SEE	454	100	60	18	51	17	27	11	4
Albania	43	5	44	23	44	5	16	12	16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	84	15	54	7	24	11	24	14	4
Croatia	95	48	69	20	60	19	33	11	2
Kosovo*	57	4	37	11	47	5	9	0	19
Republic of North Macedonia	48	5	38	21	44	15	21	15	13
Montenegro	67	3	24	18	27	15	15	24	15
Serbia	60	21	62	18	55	22	25	10	2