3.3.4 Procurements

Information transparency of tenders – enforcement of the transparency of purchase activities in compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation to the extent, required and sufficient for potential contractors to decide on tender bidding.

Equal rights, lack of discrimination and unwarranted competitiveness restrictions towards tender bidders – provision of non-discriminatory access of suppliers (contractors) to tenders is preferential; suppliers (contractors) are selected mainly via tenders with equal opportunities, lack of discrimination and unwarranted restrictions toward tender bidders, in compliance with reasonable demand to potential tender bidders and purchased goods, works and services, keeping in mind, if required, product life cycle; discontinuation of single-source contract practices.

Appropriate and efficient expenditures on goods, works and services, implementation of cost-cutting measures – offers are selected through a totality of predefined price and non-price criteria defining economic and other efficiency of a tender.

Unrestricted access to a tender by setting immeasurable requirements for bidders.

Transparency and controllability of purchasing activities – planning, accounting, monitoring, control and audit of purchasing activities on all stages.

Professionalism and competency of employees engaged in purchasing activities – personal responsibility of officials for efficient arrangement of tenders and their decisions on tenders; flawless performance of actions prescribed in documents regulating tenders; evaluation and retraining of the personnel, liable for purchasing activities;

Compliance with the laws regulating purchasing activities and combating corruption, incl. Anti-corruption Tender Regulations.