Legislation amendments

The Federal Law No.360-FZ dated 02.07.2021 introduced the significant amendments to the Federal Law No.223-FZ dated 18.07.2011«On procurement of goods, works and services by certain types of legal entities» and the Federal Law No.44-FZ dated 05.04.2013 «On the system of public procurement contracts for goods, works and services for state and municipal needs».

The main updates are as below:

• reduction of ways to identify suppliers, contractors and performers - now it is planned to conduct only open tenders, open tenders in electronic form, selective tendering, selective tendering in electronic form, public online auctions, closed auctions, closed auctions in electronic form and bids in electronic form;
• «general pre-qualification» was introduced, it allows participants with a positive contract history in the amount of more than 20% of the initial or maximum contract price to participate in the procurement worth over 20 million RUB.

Moreover, the amendments and significant changes were made to the provisions regulating the public discussions of procurement and the procedure for appealing against actions or omissions of regulatory authorities.

The amendments and updates will come into force on the 1^st January 2022.

The data on all deals, procurement, bankruptcy auctions and the in-depth analysis for all these categories are available in the Information and Analytical system Globas