Marat Ziatdinov: "The volume of purchases from small and medium-sized businesses is steadily increasing"
In the first half of 2025, the amount of contracts between government customers and small and medium-sized enterprises in Tatarstan amounted to more than 250 billion rubles, which is 25 billion more than last year. This allowed the region to take the third position in the country in terms of orders from small businesses. This dynamic indicates an increase in the confidence of big business and the government in small businesses.
"The Government of the Republic of Tatarstan consistently implements a policy of supporting local entrepreneurs, creating equal conditions for participation in public procurement. Thanks to this, the volume of purchases from small and medium-sized businesses is steadily increasing, and entrepreneurs themselves are given the opportunity to develop production and increase their influence on the region's economy," said Marat Ziatdinov, Chairman of the RT State Procurement Committee.
For six months, the State Procurement Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted 240 procurement procedures totaling 2.4 billion rubles. Of these, 159 procedures in the amount of 409.7 million rubles were aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. Thus, SME purchases account for an impressive share — 66.25% of the total volume.
"Thanks to efficiently organized competitive procedures, 98.1 million rubles of budget funds were saved, and the majority of 75.5 million rubles were spent on purchases from small and medium—sized businesses," the head of the department added.
Purchases of office paper, light industry products, office supplies, computer and organizational equipment, office furniture and household appliances were the most active among Tatarstan SMEs.
It should be recalled that in accordance with the Federal Law on the Contract System, customers are required to purchase from small businesses and socially oriented non-profit organizations in the amount of at least 25% of the total annual volume of purchases. In addition, the threshold value of the indicator "The share of purchases placed from small businesses and socially oriented non-profit organizations of the total annual volume of purchases" of the state task is set at at least 30% for the executive bodies of state power of Tatarstan, including for institutions subordinate to them. These measures are being implemented within the framework of the federal project "Small and medium-sized enterprises" of the national project "Efficient and Competitive Economy".