The work was carried out without a government contract due to the difficult epidemiological situation in the region - the courts ordered them to pay
The company performed the work in the hospital under a verbal agreement with the customer due to the urgent need due to the tense epidemiological situation in the region. The customer refused to sign the acceptance certificates, did not pay for the work in full. Among other things, he explained: there was no need for work, legal relations could not arise without a competitive procedure.
The contractor went to court to recover the principal debt and interest for the use of other people's funds.
Three instances supported his demand:
the fact that the work was completed is proved, in particular, by the correspondence of the parties and acceptance certificates signed by the customer's employee;
the customer evaded the forensic examination. Hence, there is no interest in it;
the need for work was confirmed by information from the contract with the same subject;
the absence of a contract in the event of an urgent need for work due to a difficult epidemiological situation does not mean a circumvention of the provisions of Law N 44-FZ. It also does not prove that there was no actual relationship.
Note that according to the general rule of work without a contract, the customer is not required to pay. This was recently brought to the attention of the RF Armed Forces.
Document: Decree of the Arbitration Court of the West Siberian District of 04/01/2022 in case N A46-22306 / 2020