Adoption of the draft law No. 4231 will increase transparency in procurements — NACP

The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (the NACP) completed the anti-corruption examination of the draft law No. 4231, and analyzed amendments which the draft law proposes in order to increase transparency of procurements.  The main goal of the draft law is to ensure publicizing information by the customers during procurement of repair (construction) services and protection of participants of procurements during appeals in the AMCU. The NACP analyzed contracts for procurement of repair (construction) services publicized by customers in the electronic public procurement system ProZorro in October 2020, the price of which amounted to more than UAH 40 million. According to the results of the analysis, it was found that in more than 45 % of cases, customers avoided the publication of cost estimate documentation. In view of this, amendments proposed by the draft law, if adopted, will promote minimization of corruption risks in procurements:

• disable bad-faith customers from hiding certain annexes to the contracts containing important information on the scope and cost of construction materials;
• create opportunities for public control over the actual cost of construction works;
• create equal opportunities for participants during the consideration of complaints about violations of public procurement legislation in the AMCU.

Based on the results of the examination, corruptogenic factors were not detected in the draft law. The detailed NACP analytical review is available at: https://bit.ly/38PjNxa.