State purchases: in the new year with new rules

Large-scale amendments to Law No. 44-FZ have been adopted.

The main innovation - competitive purchases will be electronic. We believe that it will not be difficult to translate the procedures "digitally" to customers, because they are already familiar with the electronic auction. In addition, there is enough time to prepare - electronic procurement will become mandatory from January 1, 2019.

A number of other changes should be applied already from January 11 and from July 1 this year.

So, in accordance with the changes that came into force on January 11, 2018:

In case of refusal to conclude a contract with the winner of the purchase on the grounds provided for in Part 9 and 10 Art. 31 of Law N 44-FZ, the customer will be able to conclude a contract with another participant who offered the most favorable price.

The trademark can be specified when describing the object of any purchase.

As before, it will be necessary to accompany the trademark with the words "or equivalent". It will not be necessary to do this:

· If the goods produced under other trademarks are incompatible with the goods that the customer uses;

· If spare parts and consumables are purchased for the machines and equipment used by the customer, in accordance with the technical documentation.

If the winner of the procurement deviates from the conclusion of the contract, the customer will have to send information about this to the control body within three working days from the date of recognition of the winner of the purchase to the evader. The conditions for concluding a contract with another participant will not be. Recall, for the untimely sending of these data, the customer's official can fined 20 thousand rubles.

Complaints of natural persons whose legitimate interests are not violated by the actions (inaction) of the customer or the provisions of the documentation or procurement notice will be considered under the Federal Law on the Procedure for Considering Citizens' Appeals.