Public procurement
In 2005 Russia adopted new legislation on public procurement within the context of
administrative reform aimed at implementing transparent, effective and nondiscriminatory
procurement proceedings.
By adopting the
new law, the federal
government
set up a unified system of public procurement
for all state and municipal
contracting
authorities, among which
are state bodies, state extra budgetary funds, local
authorities,
budget-financed institutions
and other recipients
of federal, regional and
local
budget funds.
In general, Russian public procurement legislation is based on the provisions of the Civil
Code and the Budgetary Code of the Russian Federation and consists of the Law On
Placement of Orders for Procurement of Goods, Works and Services for State and
Municipal Needs’ (2005) and other specific laws, including the Federal Law on State
Order for Defense (1995) the Federal Law On State Material Reserves (1994), the
Federal Law On Supplies for Federal Government Needs (1994) etc, which govern
procurement of specific types of goods. Over 30 regulations have been passed since
the Public Procurement Law was adopted.