July
2020
State Contracts in Russia: Violations and Punishments
The most common violations Compared to 2018 last year, the number of complaints about violations in public procurement increased. The growth amounted to 4%, and the number of such appeals to the FAS reached 87,064. Of these, the agency recognized 44% of the applications as justified. <...>
Another typical violation is the "enlargement" of lots. One order unreasonably includes several goods, works and services that are not interconnected. Potential participants who cannot deliver all items at once are illegally cut off, says Makarsky. According to him, such violations are often found in the construction industry. Within one lot, they can order both the construction of the building and the decoration of its premises. The courts emphasize that “it is impossible to limit competition and include objects that are not technologically and functionally unconnected” (case No. A56-19146 / 2019).
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