From July 1, 2018, amendments and additions to the Rules for public procurement
(in accordance with the order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On amendments and additions to the order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 11, 2015 No. 648“ On approval of the Rules for public procurement ”dated June 13, 2018 No. 562, registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan June 18, 2018 under No. 17085 (hereinafter referred to as the Order)).
Conceptual amendments to the Rules are:
first, approval of the Standard Form of the Consortium Agreement, drawn up through the government procurement web portal;
second, clear regulation of the calculation of work experience in the implementation of public procurement of works in the construction sector;
third, the introduction of the obligation of customers to indicate in the technical specification the national standards for the procured goods, works and services (if any). In case of their absence on interstate standards.
fourth, the introduction of the obligation of suppliers to deliver goods and perform work, to provide them with a Certificate of Origin.
If the product is of Kazakhstani origin, the supplier must provide the Certificate ST-KZ. If the goods are imported, then a Certificate of origin of goods issued by the relevant authorized body of the country of origin is provided.
The Order and the Comparison Table with the amendments and addenda are available on the government procurement web portal.