The register of experts will be formed for the system of government purchases

The capital system of government purchases will have own open register of experts. According to words of Gennady Degtev, the Head of Moscow City Department of Competition Policy, skilled professionals of the purchase process, who is able to give an objective and weighted estimate on any tender, will be included in the register.

The necessity of establishment of such register was on the carpet in «high street» long ago. According to the current federal law on the contract system, the expert examination is specified by the settlement of each transaction. However, there are difficulties appearing with the search not only of a professional, but also an unbiased specialist. Professional assessment by acknowledged experts could be a form of public control.

They promise to form the register in the nearest time. By that, anybody who wants to will be able to propose experts as candidates on the site of the Public competition council. The final composition and working principles of the register will be discussed together with the representatives of public organizations and specialists of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry. On basis of the formed list of reliable experts it is supposed to establish the expert councils, which will work on the process improvement of government purchases.

Particularly topical is the creation of such register on the background of introduction of the contract system of government purchases this year. It supposes the purchase not only of goods or services, but also of results of their use. Therefore, suppliers are personally responsible for quality now. Authorities of the capital had been the first who had tested the innovations. For example, it is active practiced the conclusion of life cycle contracts, i.e. suppliers offer not just products, but also assume responsibility for maintenance and repair. In particular on such contracts the city purchases carriages for the Metro (subway).

The Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, notices the first positive results of adopted changes. Thus, the amount of participants in tenders for the supply of goods and services has doubled in the capital for last three years, and the conditions of participation in tenders have become more transparent.