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The customer paid for the work under the contract. The Federal Treasury Department revealed the overpayment. The customer, on the basis of the inspection report, demanded that the contractor return it.

In the second quarter of 2021, the regulator will consider the idea of giving banks the right to remotely identify customers using a video stream. This will increase the access of small and medium-sized businesses to financial services and reduce the cost of maintenance (clause 4.2 of the roadmap).

Since 2018, the decree on centralized procurement of Russian software for federal government agencies has been in effect. The government has identified a single customer: the Treasury purchases software for budget accounting, and the Ministry of Finance-antivirus software and office software.

Restrictions on the admission of foreign medical products apply, in particular, when purchasing some disposable PVC products. From February 7, they must also be installed when purchasing goods made of other plastics, polymers and materials. The new rules do not apply to purchases announced before this date.

Participants in some public procurement with additional requirements, such as construction, must document their experience. For this purpose, among other things, a copy of the executed contract (agreement) is provided. The agency clarified: it must be concluded and executed by the procurement participant himself. The documents must confirm exactly his experience.

From January 27, federal customers can set an advance in the amount of up to 50% inclusive of the contract amount concluded in 2021, but no more than LBO (paragraph 3, paragraph 2 of the resolution). A similar measure was already envisaged in 2020.

A draft amendment to Law No. 44-FZ has been submitted to the State Duma. It is planned to reduce the number of competitive procurement methods, establish their features, identify new cases of procurement from the supplier, and adjust the order of contract execution. Let's consider the main provisions of the project.
Competitive ways
Such methods will be (p. 21 of the project):

competition (closed, electronic open and closed);
auction (electronic, closed, closed electronic);
electronic request for quotations.
Features of competitive procurement
Request for quotations

On January 25, 2021, the final meeting of the Board of the State Procurement Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan "On the activities of the State Procurement Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan in 2020 and plans for 2021" was held with the participation of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan R. K. Nigmatullin.
 

The Ministry of construction of Russia in accordance with paragraph 5 of article 21.1, part 1 of article 23 of the Federal law of 30 December 2004 No. 214-FZ "On participation in shared construction of apartment houses and other real estate and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation" adopted the following requirements to procurement participants associated with the delivery of goods, performance of works or provision of services necessary for the completion of the object under construction or infrastructure project, the rights to which are transferred in the manner prescribed by article. 201.15-1 - 201.15-2-1 Federal Law No. 127-FZ of October 26, 2002 " On Insolvency (Bankruptcy)":

The project is aimed at improving the procedure and methods for determining the supplier, contractor, and contractor. So, the number of competitive procedures will be reduced to 3: competition, auction, request for quotations (p. 21 of the project). For them, the notification requirements will be the same. The list of information will be corrected (p. 63-74 of the draft). For open competitive electronic methods, documentation is not required.