26. Is there a ban on donors to political parties/candidates participating in public tender/procurement processes?

SLOVAKIA to the EU Anti-Corruption Report, https://ec.europa.eu/home affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/policies/organized-crime-and-human-trafficking/corruption/anti-corruption-report/docs/2014_acr_slovakia_chapter_en.pdf

Slovakia’s Office for Public Procurement (PPO) is not sufficiently protected from political interference (NiT 2014); the Slovak Information Service (SIS) found that cronyism and nepotism are widespread among national, local and regional governments and state entities involved in procurement (EUACRS 2014). Indeed, companies believe favoritism is very widespread among procurement officials (GCR 2015-2016) and complain that local companies are often favored in public tenders (ICS 2015). All government contracts for public tenders are now published on the Central Registry of Contracts. Mandatory disclosure of contracts has been acknowledged to have contributed towards reduced levels of corruption, but public tendering still suffers from an overall lack of transparency and integrity (ICS 2015).