1️⃣ Major changes in public procurement in 2025

What has changed?

A new law on public procurement came into force on January 1, 2025.

The requirements for participants, the procurement procedure and control have been changed.

Strict restrictions have been introduced on the participation of affiliated companies .

The mechanisms of dumping and anti-dumping support have been changed.

Important: while many norms exist in theory, practice will show how they work in practice.

2 . Strict restrictions for participants

Who can't participate in public procurement now?

🔹 Managers, founders and major shareholders (from 10% of shares).

🔹 Affiliated persons (parents, spouses, children, siblings and even matchmakers!).

Companies, if their founder or director was included in the register of unscrupulous suppliers.

What does this mean?

If your company or its founder is included in the register, then ALL persons affiliated with it also lose the right to participate.

3️⃣ Dumping and anti -dumping support

Two types of dumping

🔹 Hard – lowering the price below a certain threshold is prohibited.

🔹 Soft – you can reduce the price, BUT you will need to provide anti-dumping support.

How is the anti-dumping provision calculated?

The difference between the lower limit of dumping and your price.

Example: The budget is 100,000, the dumping starts at 90,000, and your price is 50,000.

Then you need to deposit 40,000 as anti-dumping collateral.

4️⃣ Reduction of procurement time

Purchases have become faster

🔹 Preparation and discussion – 3-5 business days instead of 10.

, The deadline for submitting applications has been reduced:

, The competition is at least 5 days (previously 10).

Auction – 3 days.

, Request for price offers – 2 days.

🔹 Appeal – only 3 business days (earlier than 10).

Important: Reducing deadlines means that suppliers need to respond to purchases faster!

5️⃣ Changes in the types of contests

What are the innovations?

A new type of procurement is a turnkey construction competition (design, construction, delivery).

There is a competition with a preliminary qualification selection, but so far without an approved list.

🔹 A rating point system has been introduced – now the quality is assessed by points.

Important: while some innovations remain on paper, the lists of criteria have not yet been published.

6️⃣ Return of "closed" auctions

What has changed?

Auctions are now held without disclosure of participants until the end of the auction.

, There is no more automatic price reduction by bots.

The final protocol is published only after the auction is completed.

What does this mean?

📉 Reducing the impact of dumping and collusion between participants.

The possibility of fair competition without fraud.

7️⃣ Changes in the application security

What do I need to know?

The amount of collateral for tenders and auctions is 1% (unchanged).

🔹 The provision of on-demand price offers increased to 3%.

The collateral is now deposited before the application is submitted and is automatically blocked.

, How do I unblock it now?

After the purchase is completed or after the contract is signed.

8 . Strict control over work experience

What has changed?

Experience is now confirmed through the Register of Experience (previously called the "Depository of Experience").

It is no longer possible to combine experience when merging companies.

, Work experience without a registry is taken into account only for average road repairs.

There is now control over "fake" contracts – the risk of getting into the register of unscrupulous suppliers.

Tip: check your contracts if you plan to participate in purchases based on experience!

9️⃣ The ability to specify the brand and model in purchases

What can I do now?

In the request for price offers, you can specify the trademark, manufacturer, and model.

But only if the product is available on the market and does not exceed the cost of 1000 MCI.

⚠️ The risks:

This may lead to the purchase of products from specific brands, which will limit competition.

, Appealing the results of public procurement

What has changed?

The deadline for filing a complaint is 3 business days (previously 10).

Complaint review – 3 business days.

If the complaint is satisfied, it will be reviewed within 2 business days.

If the complaint is rejected, there is 1 day to file a claim in court.

What does this mean?

Complaints are now handled faster, but suppliers have less time to prepare them.

See the full recording of the webinar and discussion at the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/LhWueT_I_ng