State procurement committee of the Republic of Tatarstan

Declaimed against the ban of foreign software public procurement

20 October 2014, Monday

The head of the Ministry of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov criticized the idea of the State Duma deputies to ban purchases of foreign government agencies in the presence of " similar" domestic software. According to Nikiforov it will lead to counter bans from foreign countries on Russian software products.
The Minister said that although the domestic IT industry wants a guaranteed demand for their products, he does not believe that "IT can develop a mutual language of sanctions." According to Nikiforov, so it is necessary to develop the Russian software that the customer had wanted to buy it. These statements are made head of the Ministry of Communications, after a closed meeting with representatives of the IT industry.
The idea of banning the purchase of foreign IT products in the presence of Russian analogues was proposed in the Commission on the development of strategic information systems at the State Duma Committee on Science and High Technology.
Participants Commission proposes to amend the laws governing public procurement (FL-44 and FL-223).
If there is in the registry (which is also to be established) and two more Russian IT products having the appropriate status, imported ICT products for the competition should not be allowed, according to the commission. In the procurement of imported ICT product having domestic counterparts in the registry, according to the committee members, it is necessary to carry out the mandatory public external audit procedures such decisions involving relevant agencies within their competencies.
The parliamentary initiative contributes to the practice of the domestic IT industry two new concepts: "registry software" and "similar software".

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