Representatives of the Ministry of Finance are holding meetings with regional entrepreneurs to clarify the main innovations of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on "Public Procurement." This document will take effect on January 1, 2025. In Petropavlovsk, the director of the Department of Legislation on Public Procurement and Procurement in the Quasi-State Sector of the Ministry of Finance, Erlan Seitov, and the deputy akim of the North Kazakhstan region, Kanat Duzelbaev, discussed the reduction of timelines and procedures for conducting public procurement. This information was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance.
The North Kazakhstan region is one of the areas in the country with a well-developed agricultural sector, which accounts for 27.9% of the gross regional product (GRP). In the manufacturing sectors of the country, North Kazakhstan is represented by food production (58.9%), machine engineering (23.9%), and the production of non-metallic mineral products (4.3%).
Large enterprises are always keen on reducing the timelines for public procurement. The new law explicitly establishes norms that shorten the competition period in certain cases from two months to five days. Additionally, the innovations allow for procurement from a single source for goods up to 100 MRP and for works and services up to 500 MRP. Furthermore, rural akimats are granted the opportunity to procure goods, works, and services from a single source up to 4000 MRP.
A new method of procurement has already been implemented in the form of a competition using a rating-point system. This method excludes the participation of the competition commission in the process of determining the winner, thereby minimizing corruption risks. Considering that the winner is determined automatically by the portal based on data from government information systems, the results of such procurements are not subject to appeal. This significantly reduces the time for procurement, eliminates the risks of improper admission or rejection, as well as the revision of results.
To enhance the qualifications of procurement participants, it is proposed to conduct procurements among suppliers with a corresponding reputation. Information about the supplier will be generated using various databases, allowing for an automatic selection of suppliers by combining price and quality criteria across all types of procurement.
“As part of the implementation of the President's directive on the demonopolization of the construction market, measures for the demonopolization of economic sectors have been reflected in the new law. In particular, the application of price criteria in the form of territorial attributes has continued in the calculation of conditional discounts. This will enable an even and fair distribution of volumes of public procurement and eliminate the monopolistic position of certain large companies,” explained Erlan Seitov, the director of the Department of Legislation on Public Procurement and Procurement in the Quasi-State Sector of the Ministry of Finance.