The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has temporarily suspended auctions through the Prozorro e-procurement system due to difficulties arising from damage to the state's energy system by shelling by Russian invaders. This was reported by the press service of the government.

Electronic auctions will not be held during the period of martial law, as well as another 90 days after its cancellation. According to the government decree of December 30, 2022, the new trading rules will apply at this time.

" From today, all auctions that will be announced in Prozorro will be conducted without an auction. That is, the tender offer of the participant is final, and the one who gave the lowest price at the time of submitting the offer will win,"

She clarified that in the conditions of power outages and the Internet, not everyone could participate in auctions.. However, according to the minister, equal access should be a key principle of public procurement..

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The changes will affect only the ProZorro system, at the same time ProZorro. The sale through which the property is sold will operate as before.

At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Economy did not rule out the introduction of changes regarding electronic procurement on an ongoing basis.. We are talking about the optionality of auctions, which, according to Sviridenko, is provided for by the directives of the European Union.

" There was a lot of discussion about whether auctions are needed for complex procurement items, such as construction. EU directives stipulate that auctions must be optional. At the request of World Bank Ukraine, we are implementing a separate procedure in which auctions will be optional, that is, by the decision of the customer,"

The Cabinet of Ministers plans to analyze the results of trading without auctions in one or two months. As Sviridenko noted, if the numbers confirm that the strategy of tenders without auctions can be more effective in different categories, then auctions will be returned as an optional tool for all purchases..

By a decree of December 30, the government also canceled the localization for procurement for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

This applies in particular to pickups, trucks and ambulances for our defenders..

Earlier it was reported that the State Organization "

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