During the 12 months of 2025, desk audits conducted by the Department of Internal State Audit of the city of Astana covered 63,000 public procurement procedures with a total value of 3.6 trillion tenge.
As a result of the desk audit, violations of the public procurement legislation were identified in 1,700 procedures with a total value of 20.3 billion tenge.
Notices to eliminate the violations identified during the desk audit were sent, of which 1,600 were implemented. This indicates the high effectiveness of desk audits in preventing and stopping violations in the field of public procurement.
Analysis by risk profiles:
- Risk Profile №1: the customer established qualification requirements not provided by law – 353 notices;
- Risk Profile №2: approval of the tender documentation by the customer in violation of the Public Procurement Law, despite the presence of comments in the preliminary discussion protocol – 205 notices;
- Risk Profile №22: making changes to the concluded public procurement contract that alter the terms of the procurement or the proposal that formed the basis for the supplier selection, on grounds not provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 18 of the Public Procurement Law – 277 notices;
- Risk Profile №7: violations of the procedure and deadlines for posting information when conducting public procurement through request for quotations – 177 notices.
Thus, the most common violations identified during desk audits are the establishment by the organizer or customer in the tender (auction) documentation of qualification requirements and conditions not provided by the public procurement legislation, as well as failing to justify or maintain the unit price of goods, works, or services when making changes to the concluded contract due to an increase or decrease in the volume of purchased goods, works, or services.
The Department of Internal State Audit of the city of Astana continues to work on timely prevention and cessation of violations, providing audited entities with the opportunity to independently eliminate violations identified during desk audits, and reducing administrative burden on the audited entities.