Year	Expenditure	Primary education	Lower secondary education	Upper secondary education	Total
2012	Current expenditure	78,3	50,9	93,8	223,0
	Capital expenditure	1,2	5,3	8,4	14,9
	Total	79,5	56,2	102,2	237,9
	Share of capital expenditure (%)	1,5	9,4	8,2	6,3
2013	Current expenditure	89,2	59,6	107,0	255,8
	Capital expenditure	2,1	4,5	7,7	14,3
	Total	913	64,1	114,7	270,1
	Share of capital expenditure (%)	2,3	7,0	6,7	5,3
2014	Current expenditure	92,7	54,8	100,2	247,7
	Capital expenditure	3,9	4,6	8,7	17,2
	Total	96,5	59,4	109,0	264,9
	Share of capital expenditure (%)	4,0	7,7	8,0	6,5
2015	Current expenditure	95,1	65,1	110,9	271,1
	Capital expenditure	5,2	9,4	16,5	31,1
	Total	100,3	74,5	127,4	302,2
	Share of capital expenditure (%)	5,2	12,6	13,0	10,3
2016	Current expenditure	103,4	71,0	102,1	276,5
	Capital expenditure	7,2	10,4	16,2	33,8
	Total	110,6	81,4	118,2	310,2
	Share of capital expenditure (%)	6,5	12,8	13,7	10,9
Source: Eurostat (online data code: educ_uoe_fini01)

Public procurement system is centralised. There is one central departmental agency being responsible for all national level procurement procedures, and this agency also acts as the only central purchasing body. The majority of the public procurement contracts are handled by individual central and also local government contracting authorities.

Department of Contracts (DoC) within the Ministry of Finance: is the central public procurement body. Its tasks:

• to outline public procurement legislation and policy
• to prepare guidelines and instructions
• to collect statistical data
• to create annual monitoring reports about the functioning of the public procurement system
• to provide legal advice to contracting authorities together with the Attorney General
• acts as the only central purchasing body for contracts which value exceeds 120 000 EUR
• has the right to establish ad-hoc committees for the role of monitoring the procedures regarding contracts exceeding 120 000 EUR.
• within DoC, the General Contracts Committee provides support through information collecting and investigation of claims of irregularities as well as making recommendations on tender decisions both to DoC and local contracting authorities.

 

Local councils have the authority to administer their own public procurement processes. Contracts with a value between 6 000 EUR and 120 000 EUR are procured through departmental calls for tender with only a limited contribution from DoC.

Two appointed main supervisory bodies:

1. National Audit Office (NAO)

• issues independent supervision on public organisation including their public procurement procedures.
• creates a thematic analysis of the effectiveness of the public procurement system regularly including procedures carried out in the framework of EU-funded projects
• Public Accounts Committee is the most important entity within the NAO whose responsibility is to assess and examine the financial administration of the public sector. Its tasks also include the promotion of improvements if they are needed and to encourage the economic, efficient and effective use of the public sources.

2. Internal Audit and Investigation Department (IAID)

• carries out audits on different areas of government policies. The report created by IAID is not publicly available.

 

Public Contracts Review Board:

• responsible for receiving complaints from bidders taking part in tenders exceeding 10 000 EUR of value
• appeals against the decision of the Review Board can be made to the Court of Appeal.

 

Source:
European Commission / EACEA National Policies Platform / Eurydice / Malta Overview:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/malta_en
Public procurement – Study on administrative capacity in the EU Malta Country Profile:
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/policy/how/improving-investment/public-procurement/study/country_profile/mt.pdf