According to para. 5 of the Rules for the Conduct of Departmental Control approved by the Order of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 30, 2015 598, article 23 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Procurement" dated July 1, 2024 106 The Department of Internal State Audit for Akmola region (hereinafter - the Department) permanently carries out desk control without visiting the object of the state audit, by comparing information obtained through the web public procurement portal.
The purpose of desk control is to promptly suppress and prevent violations, provide the subject of state audit with the right to self-remediate violations identified by the results of desk control and reduce administrative burden on the objects of state audit.
Cameral control of public procurement procedures is carried out before the conclusion of public procurement contracts.
Covered cameral control
For 2025, the department of departmental control covered 29,609 public purchases (lots) totaling 430.2 billion tenge.
As of 31.12.2025, the Department had detected violations for 2,261 lots from the covered public purchases (lots) for a total amount of 32.8 billion. tenge For all established violations, notifications are sent to the objects of state audit regarding the elimination of violations identified by the results of departmental control.
Notifications of correction of violations identified by desk control according to the public procurement methods are as follows:
- Competition (auction) - 695 notices;
- From a single source by direct contract - 618 notifications;
- Request for price quotes - 948 notifications.
The main types of violation in public procurement are: improper determination of dumping price in public procurement through a competitive process; improper use of a single-source method of public procurement through direct contracting; no indication of a national and (or) interstate standard when conducting public procurement, lack of technical specification in Kazakh language, lack of specification of license (permission) when conducting procurement, Establishing non-statutory qualification requirements for potential suppliers.
Information on cases handled by E - Otinish
The most important task of the Department is the quality and timely processing of applications from individuals and legal entities.
For 2025, through the Unified Platform for the reception and processing of all eOtinish citizen applications, 1,190 applications were received by the Department, for which a burdensome act was adopted - 820 applications; a favorable act was issued - 201 applications, forwarded to other state bodies under the jurisdiction - 169 applications.
Data on objections to feed control notifications
For the 12 months of 2025, objections to notifications were received by 6 people for a total amount of 181.2 million tenge, including:
- Partially satisfied - 1 objection in the amount of 164.5 thousand tenge or 16.7% of the total;
- Rejected - 5 objections amounting to 16.7 million tenge or 83.3% of the total number.
Information on administrative materials
The Office of Desk Control, as of 2025, has compiled 332 administrative records for officials totaling 26.3 million. tenge, including:
- For violation of legislation in the sphere of public procurement, 307 administrative protocols under Article 207 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan were drawn up, totaling 25,09 million. tenge
- On the grounds of non-fulfillment of notifications of departmental control under Article 3.462, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan compiled 25 administrative protocols for a total amount of 1,2 million. tenge
The fundamental principles of public procurement are:
- optimal and efficient spending of the money used for public procurement;
- Equal opportunities for potential suppliers to participate in public procurement;
- Fair competition among potential suppliers;
- Openness and transparency of public procurement;
- the responsibility of entities in public procurement;
In this regard, the Department will continue to work to reduce and prevent violations of the law on public procurement and other legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.