Bidding competitions organized to identify the winner that gains the right to conclude a concession agreement are one of the forms of competition for the best market share and are the most impor¬tant stage of a concession project-related organizational process development. The experience gained in different countries of the world of organizing the concession bidding competitions in various infrastructure-related sectors (power supply, water supply, transportation services, etc.) is large but the experience has shown that the competition result is not always justified as the inad¬equate criteria are used when choosing the winner. The article author shows the reasons why the state officials choose the maximal concession pay¬ment as the only criterion that can identify the best concession competition bidder.