JUST LIKE ALL FIELDS WHICH INVOLVE FINANCIAL INTERESTS, PROCUREMENTS ALSO CONTAIN DIFFERENT RISKS OF DISHONEST AND CORRUPT PRACTICES.

In order to reduce black economy, corruption and other dishonest trade activities, Procurement Supervision office stimulates purchasers and suppliers to be honest, thus creating fair and responsible society and safe environment around us.

We are stimulating purchasers and suppliers to be penetrating and preclude following situations:

  • Supplier proposes goods which correspond to demands stated in documentation, but supplies items which are worse quality or even counterfeit goods. For example, supplier supplies poor quality asphalt materials, instead of good quality asphalt, although according to producing documentation these materials correspond to demands. In this occasion not only the purchaser suffers, but also supplier and society in general.
  • Purchaser agrees to receive worse quality goods in order to obtain financial benefit (tangible or intangible) for both himself and for supplier. Although, their quality is fie according to procurement documents.
  • Favoritism towards the particular suppliers (including corrupt practice) aimed to support particular applicant. Purchaser adjusts purchasing rules, thus making them favorable for particular supplier, or violates fair and equal attitude principle towards the all applicants during the estimation procedure. For example, one of the applicants is rejected, because of apparent discrepancy, although purchaser can demand extra information about the applicant. At the same time, purchaser does not reject his favorable applicant, although there is a substantial discrepancy which cannot be marked during the procurement procedure.
  • Supplier, aimed to receive public procurement order provides financial benefits (tangible or intangible) for the purchaser.
  • Violation of the competition law in public procurement procedures. This includes prohibited agreements between suppliers who are aimed to delay, limit or distort the competition. For example, suppliers mutually agree upon procurements in which particular supplier will take a part. That means that there is no real competition among suppliers and purchaser does not obtain most favorable option, either delivery of goods or construction work services. Whereas procurements – delivery of goods, services or construction work services are paid from the funds of a state, municipality or foreign financial instruments (EU). In fact, every individual and society in general overpays for these commodities, services or construction works.
  • Violation of the labour law in procurements. Employment of a person in procurement procedure without written employment agreement, employment of individuals who do not have necessary work permits and employment of a foreign national not entitled to work.