Contracting procurement system has changed

In order to ensure competition between suppliers and prevent abuse, the procurement for state or municipal needs in Russia are conducted through the tendering procedures.

The Federal Law №393-FZ of 30.10.2018 «On introducing amendments to Article 93 Federal Law «On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services for state and municipal needs» makes an exception for the scientific institutions. Now these organizations can make procurement without tendering procedures for the amount not exceeding 20 mln RUB per year. The procurement from a single supplier can be carried out for the amount not exceeding 400 th RUB. At the same time, the annual volume of purchases should not exceed 50% of all company’s purchases. Thus, according to the initiators of changes, the public procurement for small amounts will be more transparent.

Such rules are already in force for the state and municipal institutions in the fields of culture, nature protection, physical education and sport.

The procurement procedures for scientific institutions will become much easier. This will help to save the allocated budget funds by reducing the number of staff in large departments for competitive procurement.

According to the Information and Analytical system Globas, currently, there are approximately 48 thousand of operating companies engaged in professional scientific activity, research and development in Russia. Among them, almost 4 thousand are accredited on various electronic trading platforms. Information about activities of the above companies, in particular, the public procurement, is available by subscription to the system Globas