Information on public procurement for 2020

In 2020, customers of the region completed 1,517 purchases in the amount of 77.5 billion tenge with the achieved budget savings in the amount of 4.6 billion tenge.
In connection with the epidemiological situation, within the framework of a special public procurement procedure, 1,383 purchases were completed in the amount of 46.5 billion tenge, saving budget funds in the amount of 4.3 billion tenge.
In total, in 2020, 2,900 purchases (124 billion) were completed, which is 593 purchases 20% more than last year (2,307 purchases in the amount of 88.7 billion tenge).
In total, 506 internal notifications were received by the region's customers for the purchases carried out in 2020, of which 168 purchases worth 4 billion 144 million were canceled. At the same time, compared to last year (194 purchases for the amount of 6.0 billion tenge) there was a decrease by 26 canceled purchases (13%).
In accordance with the instruction of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the implementation of public procurement outsourcing, the Ministry of Finance in 2020 implemented a pilot project "Centralization of public procurement".
The project participants identified the Ministry of Agriculture, Justice, Industry and Infrastructure Development, the Ministry of Finance, the city of Nur-Sultan, West Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Kyzylorda regions.
According to the interim results of the pilot project, 2,733 purchases were carried out in the region (1,350 - common grounds, 1,383 - special order), while 94% of all purchases in the region were organized by single procurement organizers of the city, districts and public procurement department, which is 13% more than last year's results (2307-1880).
The pilot project made it possible to take another step towards the professionalization of the industry, the creation of a unified practice of applying the requirements of the current legislation, the reduction of corruption risks, and almost complete digitalization.
The result of such a project was a 71 decrease in the number of persons prosecuted for violations in the procurement industry from 289 to 218, or a quarter compared to last year.
In 2019, 89 employees of the unified procurement organizers were brought to administrative responsibility, in 2020 (during the pilot project) - 8, i.e. the dynamics of a steady decline in offenders by 91% is observed.
In this regard, the Ministry of Finance is taking measures to continue the implementation of the pilot project in the coming year.
Taking into account the existing experience, the regional department of public procurement during the year sent 60 proposals to the authorized body - the Ministry of Finance, three of which were supported, and two received a positive assessment.