Department and earlier noted that the customer has the right to establish providing applications for auctions and competitions with the initial maximum price of the contract no more than 1 million rubles as the Law N 44-FZ does not forbid it. In the new explanation, the Ministry of Finance not only recalled this right, but also indicated the amount of security: from 0.5 to 1% of the initial maximum price of the contract
Recall: some FAS believed that to set a bid security for procurement with the initial maximum contract price to 1 million rubles illegal. Perhaps the position of the control bodies will change, taking into account the opinion of the Ministry of Finance.
Document: Letter of the Ministry of Finance of Russia of 30.10.2018 N 24-01-07/77857