Evaluation of tenders in information technology

Two case studies are described for evaluating tenders in information techno logy (IT) in public procurement process based on multiattribute group decis ion models and the software WINGDSS. The:given decision methodology is furt her developed by discussing a method to aggregate scores measured on a scal e and price. In 1997, 17 parallel tenders were handled together, 468 offers were evaluat ed by eight decision-makers, in two rounds, with respect to 18 and 5-8 crit eria, respectively, in 5 days. In 1998, the same problem resulted in 168 of fers, which were evaluated in one round by nine decision-makers with respec t to 100-150 criteria, in 3 days. Since 1997, goods worth of 4-5 billion HUF (approximately 200-300 million U S$) per year have been purchased within the frame of the contracts yielded by the tenders. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.