Recommended Achievements in 2011 S.N. Country Actions ......6 Bulgaria NA 7 Croatia Recommended Achievements in 2011 Actions in 2011 S.N. Country 1) reaching to50% level for use of

Recommended Achievements in 2011

Actions in 2011

1) e-shopping to be adopted by

2012

1) e-shopping to be adopted by 2012

– still ongoing, not yet achieved, but

by the end of 2012 will be entered in

the system

1 Albania

S.N. Country

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Actions in 2011S.N. Country

2) introduction of framework

agreements in e-GP

2) introduction of framework

agreements in e-GP – first phase is

already designed in the system and

the users can use it

1 Albania



3) first phase of e-concessions done

through the system

1) Full implementation of e-GP. 1) Full implementation of e-GP –

All the tasks implemented, but in

practice we will improve some

aspects related to e-purchase.

1 Albania

2 Armenia



2) Finalization of institutional

reforms. (Procurement Appeal

Board and Procurement Support

Center)

2) Finalization of institutional

reforms. (Procurement Appeal

Board and Procurement Support

Center)

2 Armenia



1) preparation of regulation on e-

signature

1) e-Government was improved.

Government works on foundation of

information security board and

under the law act on e-signature.

2) training of public and private

sector with the help of training

institutions (in partnership with

Turkey?)

2) Training of public and private

sector with OECD/SIGMA were

conducted.

3) Further improvements to PPL in

consultation with MDBs

3) Further improvement were made

in consultation with ADB and

USAID.

3 Azerbaijan



1) Prepared new draft PPL

2) start publishing electronic notices

3) prepare annual reports and report

about monitoring

NANA

-5 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belarus4



-5 Bosnia and Herzegovina



6 Bulgaria NA

7 Croatia



1) reaching to50% level for use of e-

GP (e-auctions)

1) Reaching to50% level for use of e-

GP – we have reached 49% of e-

auctions, so it is done.

2) implementation of training

program for 2011

2) Implementation of training

program for 2011 – was

implemented as planned. 18-20

training with 300 people trained.

3) providing self-sustainability in

terms of financial independence

(generate more funds by increasing

the base)

3) Providing self-sustainability in

terms of financial independence

(generate more funds by increasing

the base) – is done recently. We

started charging from April, so e-GP

is sustainable.

8 FYR Macedonia



1) translation of e-GP system into

English

1) translation of e-GP system into

English – Done.

9 Georgia



2) translation of User Manual into

English

2) translation of User Manual into

English – It is translated

9 Georgia



3) Finalization of Business

Intelligence Module

3) Finalization of Business

Intelligence Module – Developed

and finalized. - 70 real time reports

9 Georgia



4) Creation of analytical department

within SPA

4) Creation of analytical department

within SPA – It is created but is

called analytic group.

9 Georgia



5) introduction of two-stage

electronic bidding (first technical

evaluation and then electronic

reverse auction) especially for

consultancy services

5) introduction of two-stage

electronic bidding (first technical

evaluation and then electronic

reverse auction) especially for

consultancy services – under

development, We are in the testing

mode and in a few months we will

launch it and it will be fully

operational

6) improvements in HR system in

SPA

6) improvements in HR system in

SPA – we have a contract with a

major HR company in Georgia. It is

done but the process will never end.

7) Collaboration with Competition

Agency

7) Collaboration with Competition

Agency – We did that. All PP are

available through different methods.

8) introduction of online

procurement plans

9) introduction of web-based SBDs

9 Georgia



1) amend the PPL to introduce e-

auction in collaboration with WB-

JERP financed study

1) the JERP study has been

completed and the PPL has been

amended in 2012;

2) piloting of e-auction by the end

of 2011

2) the piloting of e-auction is

completed;

3) amend the secondary legislation

for e-auction

3) The amendment of the secondary

legislation for e-auction is

completed;

1) PPL approved

2) Secondary legislation approved

including regulation for

11 Kosovo -

10 Kazakhstan



3) 489 trained.

11 Kosovo -



1) Revisions to secondary

legislation

1) Revisions to secondary

legislation. SBDs reviewed and

prepared which is now with the

Government.

2) training related to changes in

PPL by the training center under

MOF

2) training related to changes in PPL

by the training center under MOF –

Conducting training based on the

changed PPL and bylaws.

3) concrete action plan for e-GP 3) concrete action plan for e-GP –

Has been prepared and passed for

approval to the Government.

12 Kyrgyz Republic



1) PPL changed and transparency

increased (all procedures to be

published

2) CPV regulations were approved.

3) Training was conducted

13 Moldova



1) Adoption of new PPL and

secondary legislation

2) Strategy and follow up action

plan 2011-2015 adopted

3) Introduction of e-notification

portal.

Montenegro14



Montenegro

Romania

14

15

16 Russia



16 Russia



17 Slovenia



1) Introduced certification process

of public procurement officers.

More than 1000 PP Officers were

certified (63% passed the exam)

18 Serbia -



2) System of CPV searching engine

were installed in the web-portal in

English. Translation will be done by

end of 2012.

18 Serbia -



3) Three tools were added to the

PPO web-portal, (i) CPV codes; (ii)

test of knowledge of public

procurement and (iii) public

procurement planner.

4) Adoption of strategy (September

2, 2011) on future development of

public procurement system in

Serbia.

18 Serbia -



18 Serbia -



1) study tours to countries

implementing e-GP

1) study tours to countries

implementing e-GP – Partially done,

visited Albania

18 Serbia -

19 Tajikistan



2) electronic publication of

procurement notices and contract

awards

2) Electronic publication of

procurement notices and contract

awards – Done.

3) include Public Utilities and

Government Owned Enterprises

into the scope of PPL

3) include Public Utilities and

Government Owned Enterprises into

the scope of PPL – more that 50 %,

partially implemented, with some

lined ministries, some state

companies

1) continue to share experiences

with other countries in

collaboration with MDBs

19 Tajikistan

20 Turkey



2) certification/licensing of private

sector especially on construction

sector

21 Turkmenistan 1) Adoption of PPL 1) Adoption of PPL - under

consideration of Parliament and to

be adopted by 2013.

20 Turkey



1) Amendments of PPL regarding

the approach of the Public owned

companies to procurement

2) legal grounds for framework

agreements, simplifications in single

source procedure

3) Ratification of FTA agreement

with EFTA

4) Negotiations with EU on FTA

completed.

22 Ukraine -



23 Uzbekistan 1) Continue to work on draft PPL to

simplify procedures

Achievements in 2012

1) e-shopping will be done by 2012

and e-auction will also be completed

with the assistance of EBRD.

1. Regulatory framework and

new law on concessions

1) Develop a complains module

in the electronic system

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2. Increase of transparency of

electronic services and concessions

2) Concessions and PPPs will be

fully conducted electronically

2) Second Revision of the FA is in

progress and will be completed by

end of 2012.

3. Capacity building – structure

of PPA increased

3) Evaluation of PPPs in e-GP

system

4. Training of 856 staff from

contracting authorities on the

current procurement legislation;

4) E-Auction and FA will be

introduced


3) Changes to the PPL will be done

by 2012 and draft on Public Private

Partnership (PPP) and concessions

will be included in the law

1) To build and improve capacity

in the county and involving local

authorities in using the e-GP.

1) E-GP has been partially

introduced

1) Fully deployment of e-GP


2) Training through universities

and institutions from Italy and

Portugal.

2) Support Center for e-GP

introduced

2) Introduction of Commodity

classification

3) Requesting funds from donors

for the training.


1) State Agency of Procurement

wants to make Pilot projects with e-

GP.

1) e-signature established 1) Fully on-line Procurement

Planning

2) Continue training with

OECD/SIGMA, WB, EBRD,

UNCITRAL and USAID.

2) Procurement Planning introduced 2) e-GP will be fully introduced by

end of 2013.

3) After discussion with

UNCITRAL on the PPL, suggestions

will be taken to the Government by

SPA.

3) Training in Public Procurement

with OECD/SIGMA completed ad

will continue

3) Cost estimation guidelines will be

introduced;

4) Amendments to the PPL were

drafted, but not yet approved;

4) Supplier performance database

will be established and non-reliable

suppliers will be published;

5) Study tour to Poland, with

SIGMA assistance, to learn about

Polish public procurement system;

5) Complaint handling will be

strengthened;

6) All contract award results will be

published in SPA website;


1) New PPL to be adopted in 2012 1) New PPL to be adopted in 2012

2) Prepared implementation

regulations in accordance with the

new PPL

2) Prepared implementation

regulations in accordance with the

new PPL

3) prepare all activities to create

software for e-auctions and continue

developing platform for e-

procurement.

3) Prepare all activities to create

software for e-auctions and continue

developing platform for e-

procurement.

NANA

1) Electronic registry of Procuring

entities

NA


4) Capacity building and new rule

book on internal organization and job

classification

5) Recertification of accredited

trainers and updating the registered

trainers list;

1) Electronic registry of Procuring

entities


NA NA NA


1) reaching to100% level for use of

e-auctions

1) Upgrading e-GP with new

functionality with contractor profile

2) Introduction of mandatory

certification of procurement

officers.

2) Mandatory publication of tender

documents and it can be downloaded

free.

3) Mandatory publication of low

value contracts below 5,000 Euro.

3) Increase the share of procurement

on e-GP

1), 2) and 3) achieved.


1) Finalization of two stage tender. 1) Two stage tendering implemented

in the system completely;

1) The e-GP system shall be

available in 5 languages (Georgian,

English, Armenian, Russian,

Turkish)


2) By the end of 2012 full SBDs

online.

2) Standard bidding Documents

partially developed;

2) Develop contract monitoring

module in the e-GP;


3) All data in the system will be web-

based.

3) All data in the system is web-

based (all contracts are included in

the system)

3) Develop unit price module for

goods;


4) Web-based conclusion of

contracts;


5) Establish the public procurement

competence center;


1) Publication of all tender dossier

online

1) The publication of all tender

dossier is yet to be completed;

1) Implementation and piloting of e-

procurement system and by 2015 use

the e-procurement system;

2) Piloting e-procurement 2) Development of the e-

procurement system is ongoing

(TORs for the system are drafted,

within the coming month the

procurement process shall be

launched);

2) Develop the 5-year Public

Procurement Strategy

1) Further changes to procurement

legislation in terms of sole source

procurement and introduce tenders in

electronic form;


3) Complete training of 30 trainers

for public procurement funded by

EC

3) The PPL includes a chapter for

the monitoring of contract

implementation, all related

secondary legislation is in place;

3) Training strategy for the

procurement officers;

4) To develop the Public

procurement strategy for next 5

years

4) The overall secondary legislation

for the PPL implementation is in

place;

4) Design the Public Procurement

Compliance and Performance

Monitoring System in Kosovo (WB

assistance)

5) To develop national strategy for

training of public officers.

5) Develop the unit price database

for goods, services and works;

6) Development of the centralized

purchasing system within the Central

Purchasing Agency (initially for fuel

and IT equipment);


1) Hiring of international

procurement consultant (lawyer).

1) Completed 1) Improvement of the legislative

framework (new draft PPL- orient

the PPL towards the use of e-

procurement, complaints);

2) Establish a working group to

discuss and prepare revisions to PPL

and secondary legislation on

introduction of e-GP. Hiring of

international procurement lawyers

to assist the working group to revise

the PPL.

2) Completed 2) Review of secondary legislation

3) Ensure that 100% of procuring

entities use PP web-portal for

advertising and contract awards and

launch of procurement;

3) Partially completed 3) By the end of the year put in place

electronic reverse auctions;

4) Prepare annual reports for public

procurement for 2011.

4) Completed 4) Create an independent

commission for review of

complaints;

5) Guidance on the implementation

of the public procurement legislation

;

6) Develop the procedure for the

framework agreements;


1) Capacity building on e-

procurement (workshops), all CAs

will be trained on CP. Workshops

on implementation

1) Established the CPV indices (100

% completed);

1) Modifying the number of

procedures and contracting

authorities that will participate in

electronic procedures;

2) To be approved in 2012,

regulations and all achievements of

2011

2) Complaints procedure by

electronic means was completed

100%;

2) Organize training events for all

participants from contracting

authorities that will use the

electronic procurement;

3) Pilot Project on e-GP and

particularly on e-notification and its

assessment

3) Modify the primary and secondary

regulatory framework to fully

harmonize with international

standards;


1) Further implementation of the

new PPL, strengthening of

capacities for main stakeholders and

public officers. Training accordingly

to the new PPL of main stakeholders

and public officers

2) EU project (1 year) focused on

developing technical specifications

for the e-GP.


1) The new PPL to enter into force in

January 1, 2014;

The PPL has been enacted but will

enter into force in January 2014


2) Implementing regulations to be

drafted by the time of entry into

force of the PPL;

3) Develop 3 year procurement plans

in accordance with the new PPL;

4) Centralized procurement,

envisaged under the new PPL, is

expected to be implemented by 2014.

The PPL has been enacted but will

enter into force in January 2014



1) Improve of public procurement

web-portal (i) introduction of CPV

in Serbian version (ii) advance

searching of Public Procurement

announcements by which bidders

will be informed immediately of

tenders that they have been

registered for (iii) improve call

centers timing within 3 hours (iv)

enable publishing of annual

Procurement Plans by contracting

authorities. (v) improve

announcement of low value

procurement and tender document.

1) New PPL and a number of by-

laws were adopted;

1) Introduce pilot project for e-

procurement;


2) Start with introduction of e-

tendering pilot project with chosen

contracting authorities and specific

subject of procurement.

2) The PP portal was improved by

introducing new functionalities and

features (obligatory use of CPV,

more advanced search of public

procurement notices, obligatory

publishing of all contract notices,

obligatory publishing of small value

procurement, publishing of list of

contracting authorities, exemptions,

prior opinions of PPO on negotiated

procedures, successfully

implemented the TOT regional

project, twinning project with

Danish and Slovenian counterparts,

new commission of complaints

review was recently appointed);

2) Develop the registration system

for the economic operators;


3) Start with the process of joining

PEPPOL projects.

3) A number of by-laws to be

adopted in the second part of 2013;

4) Make amendments to the overall

PP action plan in line with the new

PPL;

5) The e-auction system to be

implemented;

6) Accreditation of public

procurement officers in accordance

with the new PPL;


7) Establish the central register of

economic operators to verify their

eligibility for participation in public

procurement ;

8) 'Develop new manual for the

conduct of new procedures such as

competitive dialogue,

9) Develop a new electronic system

of quarterly reports for XXXXX


10) Develop a new electronic system

for the submission of annual plans by

the contracting authorities to the PPP

and supreme audit institution;

1) Introduction by the end of 2012

with the applications method with

some of the e-procurement for pilot

ministries, with the help of WB.


2) Organize training with the

support of WB for the PPA officials

3) Full involvement of Government

Owned Enterprises in the public

procurement

4) Prepare annual report for 2011

public procurement and publish

them on e-GP portal.

1) Continue experience exchange

with other countries (Korea,

Kosovo, etc);

1) Continue experience exchange

with other countries in collaboration

with MDBs and other donor

organizations;


2) Certification of economic

operators by adopting a new law

(not yet enacted);

2) Establish a certification system for

the economic operators (if the PPL is

enacted by the Parliament)

3) Developed electronic submission

and evaluation of bids in all sectors

not yet fully completed;

3) Use of e-procurement in all types

of procurement (goods, works and

services) focused the submission and

evaluation of bids

1) Adoption of the PPL None of the actions for 2012 were

completed;

1) Adoption of the PPL


1) Enter into force the secondary

legislation

1) Establish the strategy for public

procurement;

2) Strengthening of capacities

regarding the web portal

2) Introduction of e-procurement

system (including the framework

agreements);

3) Adoption of the PPL regarding

Utilities , public undertaking.

3) Possibly establish an agency for

centralized purchasing;

1) Introduced the framework

agreements;


Achievements in 2013 Action Plan for 2014

1) Concession and PPP Law No. 125/2013 - secondary

legislation on concessions/PPP. On the action plan for

2013, the four activities included were related to the

electronic system. The only achievement to be reported

is the electronic conduction of first phase of

Concessions and PPPs procedures. First phase includes

electronic publication of concessions and PPP

procedures and electronic bidding. As regards the other

three activites, no measure was undertaken, since the

previous year was an electoral one. After the new

government came into power, it was set up a working

group on analysing the electronic system, which will

define what will be the next appolications to be added

to the system.

1) Preparation of the National Strategy on public

procurement in cooperation. This will done in

cooperation with SIGMA.

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2) The only achievement to be reported is the electronic

conduction of first phase of Concessions and PPPs

procedures. First phase includes electronic publication

of concessions and PPP procedures and electronic

bidding.

2) Preparation of some amendments to the Public

Procurement Law (PPL).

3) As regards the other three activites, no measure was

undertaken, since the previous year was an electoral

one. After the new government came into power, it was

set up a working group on analysing the electronic

system, which will define what will be the next

appolications to be added to the system.


Both actions envisaged under 2013 actions plan has

been achieved.

1) Starting from 2013 all open tenders are conducted in

e-procurement system. Starting from 2014 – same

system is used for framework agreements.

1) Improvements to the E-Procurement system by

adding modules for (i) e-procurement planning, (ii)

contract monitoring and (iii) progress reporting.


2) CPV codes have been developed in 2013 and

procurement plans are prepared based on CPV codes.

2) Amend the law on public procurement of republic

of Armenia and to align the same with (i)Agreement

of Customs Union on procurement and (ii) WTO


1) The new law has been discussed with different

authorities and introduced to the presidents

administration for approval. The new law provides such

innovations as: (i) Procurement Plans; (ii) E-

Procurement; (iii) Official Contracts registry base; (iv)

Non-reliable suppliers registry

1) Pending approval of new law

2) Prepared draft methodology for establishing cost

estimation.

2) E-GP procedures/instructions prepared following

approval of the law. (for 2015 MOF has officially

confirmed allocation of approximately US$ 600,000

for creation and development of e-procurement system)

3) All contract award results are being published in

SPA website.

3) Preparation of guidelines for cost estimation.

4) Online procurement planning is exercised by

majority of contracting authorities, but the same will

be mandatory once the law is approved.


1) The new PPL has been adopted in April 2014 1) Preparation and adoption of by-lows [ 12

regulations] related to new (2014) PPL

2) Having in mind that new PPL has already been

adopted, preparation of implementation regulations in

accordance with the new PPL started in May 2014.

2) Preparation of (draft) standard bidding documents

related to new (2014) PPL

3) Software development is in progress. Register /data

base / of contract authorities and suppliers is

completed.

3) Complete software development related to e-auction

and e-tendering

1- Transfer price requesting proposals (price offers

request) into the electronic format.

2- Analysis of the information, obtained in the course

of the Platform, and correction (addition) indicators

and objectives of public procurement.

3- Improvement of the analytical part of the official

website taking into account paragraph 1 and 2.

NA


4) New rule book is finalized, and in procedure for its

adoption.

4) Create new public procurement portal

5) Finalized in October 2013 (supported by GIZ) 5) Complete training of : (i) PPA and PRB staff, (ii)

BiH court, (iii) Trainers, and (iv) Auditors


NA NA

1) Further development of e-procurement, especially

the e-submission of bids. Starting with 01.01.2015, all

bids submitted to central purchasing office should be

submitted electronically.


1) Upgraded ESPP with new functionality with EO

profile.

1) To upgrade the ESPP to a mobile version

2) Mandatory publication of TD 2) Strengthening the institutional capacity of the PPB.

3) Increased procedures conducted electroically. In

2013 - 15%

3) Increase the e-procurement procedures.

4) Improve contract management.


1) Creation of separate module for conducting tenders

under the World Bank financed project for civil

works/good under NCB procurement method.

(Depended on the outcome of above initiative, the

system would equally accommodate request from other

IFIs to launch the similar module under their projects)

1) Creation of separate module for conducting tenders

under the World Bank financed project for civil

works/good under NCB procurement method.

(Depended on the outcome of above initiative, the

system would equally accommodate request from other

IFIs to launch the similar module under their projects)


2) Contract monitoring module is fully developed in

the e-GP; System reflects all payments done under the

contract as well as the statuses of contract (Completed,

ongoing, terminated). In addition all subsequent

documents during the contract execution - (delivery

acceptance acts, amendments, interim payment

certificates) are also uploaded in the system. No

payments can be processed by e-treasury unless the

contract is registered within the contract monitoring

module.

2) Developing system based module for conducting

design contest with pre-defined quantifiable evaluation

criteria based on formula.


3) Unit price module for goods is developed which

contains all unit rates under the respective contract and

exact description of the goods, including manufacturer,

make/model, specification and quantity. All such

information comprises unique database and can be

processed in e format.

3) Subject to availability of financing from Word

Ban/IFis, enhancing operation of competence center

through provisions of equipment and conducting

training for contracting authorities and suppliers.


4) All contracts are reflected in contract monitoring

module.

4) Creation of two stage bidding module and gradual

development for CPV codes envisaged under the

legislation.


5) The legal part of establishing the public procurement

competence center is fulfilled and reflected in the

decree and structure of the Agency; competence center

will be fully operating once SPA shifts to new planned

towards end of September 2014.office


1) Plan for year 2013 has been implemented 1) Present the new Public Procurement Law to the

Parliament

1) Evaluation of hiring a vendor to develop e-GP

platform has been completed as of May 29, 2014 and

still on track to implement and pilot e-GP by March

2015

1) To complete e-GP system by March 2015. Pilot will

be carried out in January 2015 in five to six contracting

authorities who have better IT infrastructure. Selection

of the CAs will be done by PPRC

2) Prepared a draft 5-year public procurement strategy.

The draft is in discussion with all stakeholders and will

be finalized by PPRC in October 2014

2) Complete overall National Public Procurement

Strategy for Kosovo by October 2014


3) Completed Training strategy for the procurement

officers in April 2014 and will become the core

material for training public procurement officers in the

future

3) Finalize the manual for Monitoring Performance in

Public Procurement system in Kosovo by December

2014

4) Draft Manual has been completed for the Public

Procurement compliance and Performance Monitoring

system in Kosovo. PPRC with the help of consultants

have started piloting the monitoring of performance

(with two contracting authorities namely Ministry of

Health and Ministry of Youth)

4) Continue Training of Public Procurement Officers

on a regular basis

5) Start amending of current Procurement Law by

December 2014


1) Improvement of the legislative framework (new draft

PPL prepared and submitted to the Parliament);

1) Adopt new PPL and related regulations;

2) Secondary legislation is prepared, ready to be

approved once new PPL is adopted

2) By the end of the year put in place electronic reverse

auctions and e-catalogue;

3) First phase of E-GP system is developed. First

electronic tender will be launched on June 3, 2014.

3) Improve collection of statistical date along with its

analysis and prepare improved statictical report for

2014.

4) New PPL has provision for an independent

commission for review of complaints;

4) Finalize guidance on the implementation of the

public procurement legislation.

5) Procedure for the framework agreements is prepared.


1) Number of contracting authorities has increased to

98. These include central public authorities, ministries

and bodies subordinated to them. These are the biggest

procurement entities which carry out 28% of the entire

public procurement;

1) Improve the existing statistical module;

2) As part of implementing the order of the Ministry of

Finance, the training plan has been developed. The

training of contracting authorities has been carried out

online, in groups of 5-7 people. Working groups,

including training, have been created for economic

operators;

2) Develop a more complex analytical module which

will allow us to process all the collected data. This will

give us the possibility to follow the trend in each sector

and redirect it, if needed;

3) The PPL has been adjusted to the EU Directive No.

18/2004. The draft is currently being examined by

parliamentary commissions. New draft law on utilities

has been developed. The regulations and Standard

Bidding Documents needed for conducting public

procurement using e-GP have been approved.

3) Ensure transparency in each step of the procurement

process, starting with the needs assessment step,

financial planning and, most importantly, ending with

the contract implementation monitoring.


1) EC screening for Chapter 5 on Public Procurement is

adopted.

1) The IPA funded project "Implementation of e-

procurement" with cost estimated to Euro 1.5 million is

planned to be conducted.

2) Negotiated position in field of public procurement

circulated to council on Oct. 14, 2013

2) Adoption of the amendment of the PPL and

improvement of principles of public procurement.

3) The 3-rd meeting of the Accession Conference with

Montenegro at a ministerial level held on Dec. 18, 2013

in Brussels to open negotiations on Chapter 5 Public

Procurement

3) Implementation of training session and strategy of

public procurement, especially in regard to anti-

corruption and conflict of interest.

4) Within IPA financed project "Training in Public

Procurement in Western Balkans and Turkey", the

country was recognized with a certificate and a team of

12 procurement trainers was established.

4) Montenegro is officially an EU candidate country.

Other steps in the action plan will be complementary

with new trend in the level of EU.


5) The project "Strengtheing of public procurement

system in Montenegro" was conducted in June 4, 2012

to July 2, 2013, where 4 experts in law, IT,

audit/inspection in public procurement were engaged in

the above project.

5) Together with the EU Commission we will set up

new goals and related activities to achieve them.

1) Upgrade the e procurement system (SEAP)

ingluding to enable better monitoring of the

procurement process;

2) To transpose the new EU Directives in the local

legilsation by April, 2015 and to monitor performance

1) New Public Procurement Law was adopted and came

into force on January 1, 2014 (Federal Law 44-FZ).

MinEcon and MinFin have developed and the

Government has adopted 37 normative legal acts

required for implementation of the Law;

1) To insert revisions into Federal Contracting Law 44-

FZ to introduce e-procurement (with exception to

single-source procurement);


2) Regulation for planning of purchases was developed

for 3-year period;

2) To insert a requirement to justify procurement

during planning stage taking into account normative

expenditures;

3) Starting from 2014 cenralized purchasing under 44-

FZ is being implemented.

3) Definition of an order for monitoring contracts

(including participation of banks) in terms of anti-

corruption legislation;

4) To develop and adopt acts (sub-laws) of

Government required for further realization of 44-FZ

Law (26 acts);

5) To develop (by the end of 2015) a unified

procurement information system;

6) To consider a possibility to develop criteria (if not

yet done by Accounting Chamber) for measuring

effectiveness of procurement.


1) Prepare a substantial analysis of public procurement

system to determin good and bad practices of elements

of pubic procurement procedure and the most frequent

and recurring breaches of law and develop new

indicators to measure transparency and efficiency of

public procurement process, economic spending of

public funds, application of proportionality in public

procurement, accountability, penetration of foreign

suppliers, works and service providers in Slovenian

public procurement market, level of SME participation,

etc.


1.Strategy for Development of Public Procurement in

Serbia for the period 2014 - 2018 to be adopted by

the Government


2.Remaining by-laws to be adopted in 2014;


3.The Public Procurement Office submits a special

reports on the monitoring of the application of Public

Procurement Law for 2013 and for first half of 2014

to the Government

4.The Public Procurement Office submits procurement

oversight report for 2013 and for first half of 2014 to

the committee of the National Assembly in charge of

the finance

5.PPO appointed civil supervisors for all public

procurements with estimated value exceeding RSD 1

billion

6.Memorandum on cooperation signed between

Public Procurement Office, Republic Commission for

Protection of Rights in Public Procurement

Procedures, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of

Economy, State Audit Institution, Anticorruption

Agency, Anticorruption Councle and Commission for

Protection of Competition


7.Model of Internal Act and Model Internal Plan for

preventing corruption in public procurement prepared

and announced.

8.Submission of misdemeanor charges by the PPO

9.Start of the certification exams for public

procurement officers


10.Organization of trainings for contracting

authorities, bidders (SMEs) and for police, judiciary

and prosecutors.

1) Revision of the PPL initiated; 1) Prepare new draft PPL;


2) e-GP national strategy for 2013-2015 developed and

adopted;

2) Train the trainers, public & private sector with

support of PFM Grant;

3) e-quotation module piloted (procurement of fuel, oil

and lubricants);

3) Design the Public Procurement Performance

Monitoring System and prepare annual reports;

4) PPA portal renewed and launched. 4) Continue developing e-quotation module with

support of IDF Grant;

5) Improve PPA portal by introducing new

functionalities and features;

6) Strengthen complaint handling mechanism

1) Considering 2013 action plan, PPA has signed a

MoU with Korean Public Procurement Service (PPS)

and started training program for increasing e-

procurement capacity. Furthermore, close cooperation

with international organization has been continued

increasingly.

1) Continue information sharing and experience

exchange with other countries (Yemen, Oman etc.)


2) As for the technical achievements, PPA is

progressing step-by-step strategy for the establishment

of certification system for the tenderers. As a

remarkable step, the work experience certificate can be

provided by EKAP (electronic public procurement

platform) currently.

2) If the PPL is enacted by the Parliament, certification

system will be designed more comprehensive.

3) EKAP's capacity has been increased significantly and

electronic bid submission and evaluation can be

obtained by EKAP for second stage of framework

agreements.

3) Procurement performance indicators and objectives

will be revised using international organizations'

methodology and objectives.

1) New PPL has been adopted. 1) To get this new PPL adopted by the Parliament and

develop secondary legislation.


1) Strategy for public procurement approved by the

Cabinet of Ministers regulation in August 2013 and as a

part of the PFM strategy for Ukraine;

1) Join GPA;

2) E-procurement tools are provided for in the current

PPL enacted in April 2014, which is in line with EU

Directives. Currently all notices are done electronically

(printed version is discontinued). Bidding Documents

are distributed electronically, information on contract

amendments and contract completion. Framework

agreements were piloted for Health Sector procurement

of food and coal;

2) Use e-procurement tools in practice;

3) No. Establishment of the centralized purchasing

Agency is being considered as a part of rolling out of

Framework Agreements.

3) Collaborate with CSOs in improving public

procurement legislative framework and functioning.


1) Regulation of the COM “Regulation on organization

and conducting the e-procurement(e-reverse auction) at

the UzRTSB”, dated November 06, 2013;

2) New Budget Code has been adopted considering the

issues related to the Public procurement.

1) Development

and approval of the “Uzbekistan - Public Procurement

Development Strategy/Concept till 2025 (August,

2014);

2) Development and discussion of the Public

Procurement Law with the involved ministries

(December, 2014);

3) Revision of the PP regulations (end of 2014)


1.Public Finance Management Strategy 2014-

2020 was adopted in December 2014. A

chapter on public procurement and

concession was included in the Strategy.

1.Expand the monitoring function of PPA, by

increasing the number of procedures and

contracting authorities to be monitored per

year.

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2.By December 2014, the law no. 182/2014

“On some amendments and addenda to Law

no. 9643 of 20.11.2006 “on Public

Procurement”, was adopted. . In this

framework, PPA prepared the public

procurement rules, which were adopted by a

Council of Minister Decision no. 914 of

29.12.2014 “On public procurement rules”.

2. Build Capacity of the procurement

employees, by organizing continuous trainings

3.Further development and improvement of the

Electronic Procurement System through

“Service on Automation of simple historic

extract” by the National Registration Center,

with the aim to minimize the documents

loaded in the system.

4.Improve the functionality of the electronic

archive and increase in capacities to withstand

the increasing number of procurement

procedures being conducted in the platform of

electronic procurement system


5.Stimulate the application of Framework

Agreement as a mean that provides competition

and transparency in conducting the procurement

procedures.

1) Improvements to the E-Procurement system

by adding modules for (i) e-procurement

planning, (ii) contract monitoring and (iii)

progress reporting.

1) At the end of April, 2015 in the result of

selection process the contract with the

consulting company (IUNetwork) has been

signed. Since April, 2015 all the

procurement to be implemented by the state

governance entities and communities following

to three main methods for procurement (i.e.

framework agreements; open tenders and

simplified quoting procedures) shall be done

using ARMEPS (e-procurement system). Since

June 13, 2015 the using of ARMEPS for one

more method of procurement, i.e "Negotiation

procedures by initially publishing a procurement

announcement" becomes mandatory.


2) Amend the law on public procurement of

republic of Armenia and to align the same

with (i)Agreement of Customs Union on

procurement and (ii) WTO

2) Revised GPA has been ratified in February

23, 2015 and the instrument of acceptance has

been provided. The revised GPA has been in

force since June 6, 2015.

The revised decree "ON ARRANGING THE

PROCUREMENT PROCESSES" has became

effective since April, 2015.

The MoF supporting by

EBRD/UNCITRAL/SIGMA has drafted the

Concept Note on hramonisation of provisions

of Eurasian Economic Union Treaty (EEUT)

with the revised WTO GPA and submitted to the

GoA staff for reviw and approval on April 27,

2015.

3) Along with the performance and compliance

audit the COC's dedicated (trained) staff

successfully implemntated two pilots in

financial audit (including one Grant project)

following the INTOSAI standards.


1) The new revision of the PPL has been

developed and currently is ready for

submittion to the Cabinet of the Ministries'

approval

1) Introdustion of the centralized procurement

for particular/selected items of

goods/works/services

2) The implementation is yet to commence 2) Introdusction of the register of the debbared

companies

3) The guidelines have been prepared and will

be applied as soon as the revised PPL will be

approved and ratified.


1) Preparations of by-laws are adopted by the

Council of the Ministers and PPA.

1) Finish e-bidding and e-evaluation by March

of 2016 – assisted by GIZ.

2) Draft SBDs related to new PPL have been

prepared.

1) Finalize guidelines for Eos and bidding

documents.

3) E-tendering will start in July 1, of 2015. E-

auction is in a testing phase to be in function

by September 2015. 1900 Contracting

authorities are registered in the new public

procurement platform and e-procurement

system.

Establish central purchasing body in different

levels.

1 - Request for Price Quotation converted into

electronic format

2- In progress

3 - In progress

1 - Adoption of new procurement law following

the Eurasion Economic Union Treaty signed in

May 2015 2 -

Assessment of draft procurement law by

independent international organizations such as

World Bank


4) The system is functioning since November

27 2014.

Public Procurement Portal to be used by all

CAs.

5) Most of the Training has been completed.

PPA and PRB training has been completed

(three) . Training (one) has been completed

for the auditors. Training for the courts will

be done in July 2015. 90 trainers are

certificated. 6) Central purchasing body is

not adopted yet by the Council of Minister.

Implementation Regulation is waiting to be

approved.

Training and certification of public

procurement officers. Training of the trainers

will be conducted by IPA.


NA 1. The new PPA to transpose the new EU

Directives in the local legislation to be ratified

by Parliament and adopted by end 2015

2. Elaboration of a training program for

contracting authorities and economic operators

on the new PPA 3.

Acquisition of an centralized web-based

platform for electronic procurement in

Bulgaria. The model will ensure integration of

e-procurement systems owned and used by

centralized public procurement bodies

4. Expand the scope of ex-ante control; Control

over procedures randomly selected; Control

over the exceptions of PPL

Accomplished. For all other contracting

authorities it will be done by July 1, 2016.

Adopting the National Green Procurement

Action Plan till end of the year 2015.Collecting

and analysing related data through the e

tendering system.


1)The mobile Electronic System of Public

Procurement is functioning from September

2014.

1) Continue to Improve the system

architecture.

2)The number of civil servants actually

working in the PPB has not increased, but the

staff undergo periodical trainings.

2)Separation of the Council from the Bureau is

in progress. In order to achieve this, an

institutional reform will be undertaken by

amending the law planned in October 2015.

This policy is already approved by the

government

3) E-procurement will be made mandatory by

law in May 2015 (30% in 2016, 50%-2017,

100%-2018).

3)Analysis of hardware resources and training

for both CAs and EOs.

4) Some additional control mechanisms were

added.

4) Prepare a Contract Management Manual


1) World Bank initiated the assessment with

the purpose to use the Georgian E-

Government Procurement (Ge-GP) System for

conducting tenders with the use of such

system. For this purpose World Bank evaluated

Ge-GP, Identified areas for improvement in

order to comply with the World Bank’s

requirements and standards. As a result, State

Procurement Agency of Georgia integrated

and afterwards launched separate module of

electronic procurement for donors’. As of now,

different implementing agencies under the

projects financed by the World Bank

announced around 26 tenders via modified Ge-

GP system with aggregate estimated value of

around US$ 23 Mln

1) The SPA intends to initiate the draft

amendments to the State Procurement Law

and/or draft Government of Georgia decree,

aiming at minimizing the exemptions from the

Law and tightening up the rules on simplified

procurement allowing exemptions from the e-

tendering procedures; Submission the relevant

draft bill and/or draft decree to the GoG

Administration.


2) Bylaw regarding the design contest

regulation is already adopted; as well as

technical task for the electronic module and

document for business analytics. The module

is planned to be launched on 01 July 2015. The

design contest enables procurer to procure

design contest service electronically, all design

contests will be announced via the unified

electronic system. e-Contest module will

promote transparency; participation will be

simplified. Also, e-Contest module will enable

contest committee’s decision to be appealed

electronically to the Dispute Resolution Board

(DRB) that ensures quick and efficient defense

of the suppliers’ rights.

2) Mitigation of possible bid rigging and other

unlawful practices in public tenders by

amending relevant bylaw.


3) In order to promote awareness and

enhance knowledge of contracting

authorities and suppliers training center of

the State Procurement Agency started

operating on 15th of October, 2014. Four

sessions for the representatives of different

line ministries, municipalities and other

contracting authorities is already conducted.

The total number of already trained persons

is 182. With the financial assistance of

World Bank the 45 representatives of

construction companies, supplier were

trained at the training center from the 4th of

May till the 15th of May. The Bank

procurement specialist conducted one day

training regarding applicability and use of

modified Ge-GP system under the projects

financed by the World Bank.

3) Extension of the Georgian e-government

Procurement System by integrating e-Contest

odule and adjustment of the related procedures

to the newly adopted regulation on contests;

Conducting relevant public awareness

campaign, publishing an eProcurement user’s

manual adopted edition and information

brochures


4) Legislation related to “two stage” bidding

is already elaborated; “Two stage” bidding

module is integrated in the design contest,

which will enable contracts to be awarded

based on the quality and price criteria.

Common Procurement Vocabulary Codes

(CPV codes) adopted by the legislation were

upgraded: CPV codes were revised to ensure

the accuracy of translation (CPV codes applied

in Georgia are the same as those used in the

EU); additional CPV code, namely CPV 999,

which was used for those objects that cannot

be classified under other usual CPV codes was

abolished; this way, the ambiguous CPV code

was eliminated.



1) A new Public Procurement Law was

submitted to the Parliament on November

2014

1) Adoption of Public Procurement Law

2) Preparation of the secondary legislation and

tender documents in line with the new effective

PPL

1.E-GP system is in process. The contract

awarded in 2014 and the system is foreseen to

be completed by October 2015.

1. The amendment of the PP law and entering

into force by end of December 2015.

2. The National Public Procurement Strategy is

completed, but the Regulatory Body of Public

Procurement has not approved it yet.

2.Transferring to e-procurement of all

tendering procedures by January 1, 2015.


3. The Manual for Monitoring Performance in

Public Procurement system is approved and is

functioning.

3.Adding 3-4 items to the central purchasing

entity.

4. The training is done on regular bases. 4.Increasing number of procurement officers

within Contracting Authorities and have them

trained on a regular basis

5. The government of Kosovo has established

a working group for amendment of the

Procurement Law, and the group is obligated

to submit the First Draft in the Government, by

the end of June 2015.


1) Done. The law enacted in March 2015 1) Draft amendment to the Public Proc. Law

under preparation to make it in line with the

requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union

Treaty

2) Electronic Reverse Auction in testing mode.

E-Catalogue in progress

2) Develop public procurement audit

mehtodology manual

3) Done

4) Procurement Performance Report was

prepared


1) New statistical module s are in place and

producing new types of reports

1) WTO GPA accession by end of 2015

2) Modules developed and allow data

processing

2) Elaboration of comprehensive e-procurment

system

3) Transparency is increased through launch of

e-bulletin, procurement notice publication on-

line, publication on contracts signed on-line

3) Adoption and implementation of new public

procurement law harmonized with EU

Procurement Directives


1. IPA project is approved by the EU

Commission and will soon be signed by MNE

Government and then start with the tendering

phase.

1. The preparation and adoption of the new

Public Procurement System strategy for the

period 2016-2020.

2. The adoption of the amendments was

enacted December 2014 and the

implementation started on beginning of May

2015.

2. Finishing tendering procedures for e-

procurement platform and starting its

implementation.

3. The training session are going on monthly

bases. All public procurement officers are

trained. Approximately 700 people are

trained from the period of 2012.

3. Creating the working group for the

preparation of a new PPL which will be

harmonized with the new set of directives.

4. Experts from EU Delegation in

Montenegro are assisting in increasing

awareness about new trends related to public

procurement in EU level.

4. The adoption of this new PPL is planned for

the first quarter of 2017, according to the

program of pre accession to the EU for the

period 2014-2018.


5. A working group is established to work on

the new strategic document.

5. Improving the work of help desk in public

procurement authority in Montenegro.

6.Publishing the manual and publication

related to chapter V mainly for measures

according to closing the benchmarks.

7. PPA to deliver trainings in the areas of

contract implementation, concessions and PPP.

Experience exchange and study visits.

1) In progress. 1) Adopt the National Public Procurement

Strategy and related action plan by autumn

Y2015.

1) In progress 1) Transpose the new EU Directives in the

national legislation by March, 2016 in line with

the National Public Procurement Strategy.

1) Draft Federal Law related to e-procurement

in open tenders was prepared and submitted to

Russian Parliament (Duma), the first reading

has been passed.

1. Introduce a system to control procurement

procedures by Treasury for goods, works and

services.


2) Legal base related to normative issues in

procurement was prepared; four orders of RF

Government were adopted. Draft legal act

related to justification of procurement of

goods, works, services.

2. Ensure compliance of procurement

information system with other information

systems to increase transparency in

procurement.

3) Order of Government of RF No. 963 of

20.09.2014 related to banks' participation was

adopted.

3. Realize a mechanism to control justification

of procurement during preparation of

procurement plans by the Federal Service of

Financial-Budgetary Control.

4) 19 Acts (sub-laws) were adopted, another

new 7 Acts were submitted for consideration.

4. Introduce a system of permanent monitoring

of all stages in procurement process.

5) The system is planned to be effected from

January 1, 2016.

5. Introduce permanent contracts monitoring

system by Treasury to control budget spendings.


NA NA


1. Strategy for Development of Public

Procurement in Serbia for the period 2014 -

2018 was adopted by the Government of the

Republic of Serbia and published in the

Official Gazette on November 7, 2014.

1. Analysis of the effects of PPL

implementation in practice.


2. Amendment on the Bylaw on conditions

and manner of conducting public procurement

procedure by the Administration for Joint

Services and determination of the list of

subjects of public procurement (“Official

Gazette of the RS” No. 13/14)

2.Gap-analysis of the level of harmonization of

PPL with the new EU Directives.


3. Decision on determination of the List of

contracting authorities for whose needs

Administration for Joint Services conducts

centralized public procurement("Official

Gazette of the RS” ", No. 13/14)

4. Bylaw/decree on Common Procurement

Vocabulary (CPV) (“Official Gazette of the

RS”, No 56/14)

4) Draft of Amendments to the PPL submitted

to the Government.

5) Civil supervisors were appointed and they

submitted reports on conducted public

procurement procedures to the committee of

the National Assembly in charge of finances.

5) The PPO submits monitoring reports of the

application of Public Procurement Law for

2014 and for first half of 2015 to the

Government.

6) Memorandum on cooperation signed on

April 15, 2014.

6) The PPO submits annual oversight report

for 2014 to the Committee in charge of finance

of the National Assembly.


7) Models of Internal Act and Internal Plan

for preventing corruption in public

procurement prepared and announced on

PPO website.

7) Upgrading the Public Procurement Portal

with new options (possibility for contracting

authorities to publish procurement plans,

announcements of procurements conducted

according to international procedures, English

version of Portal, improved search function of

the Republic Commission decisions, setting up

register of public contracts, development of

the PPO reporting system).

8) 26 misdemeanour charges submitted by the

PPO.

8) Preparing analysis of the existing legislative

and institutional framework for

implementation of e- procurement in RS (е-

bidding, е-auctions, e-dynamic procurement

system, е-catalogues...).

9) Exams for public procurement officials

started on October 2014. Seven (7) exams

were organized in period October - December

with 240 candidates out of which 140

successfully passed the exam

9) Preparing analysis of technical solutions and

options used or currently being in the process

of development in EU Member States in the

field of e-procurements (е-bidding, е-auctions,

е-dynamic procurement system, е-

catalogues...)


10) Six (6) trainings were organized for the

selected target groups .

10) Upgrading the software used for

procurement planning and quarterly reporting

in order to improve monitoring and to improve

reporting obligations to the EU.

11) Certification exams for public procurement

officers organized on a monthly basis.

12) Organization of training for contracting

authorities, bidders including SMEs, police

and prosecutors in the area of public

procurement as well as training for users of the

Public Procurement Portal.

13) Preparation of a Guideline of public

procurement economic performance indicators

14) Development and improvement of website

of PPO.

1) New PPL is drafted with support of the PFM

project and the draft is under the internal

government review

1) Adoption of a new PPL


2) 13 trainers trained and certified, trainings

for public & private sector with support of

PFM Grant have been launched

2) Trainings and certification of public &

private sector rolled out throughout the country

3) Public Procurement Performance

Monitoring System has been developed but is

not in effective use for preparation of annual

reports

3) Prepartion of annual reports based on the

exisitng Public Procurement Performance

Monitoring System

4) E-quotation pilot module has been

expanded to cover pharmaceuticals

4) Continue improving e-quotation module with

support of IDF Grant

5)Althouhg PPA portal is functioning no new

functionalities and features has been

introduced

5) Continue improving PPA portal by

introducing new functionalities and features

6) No actions undertaken yet 6) Strengthen complaint handling mechanism

with support of PFM2 project

1- PPA continued to exchange information and

experience with other countries, including

Greece, Poland and Bangladesh.

1- Continue information sharing and experience

exchange with other countries.


2- PPA has further developed its electronic

public procurement platform (EKAP) which

may be used as the basis of a certification

system in the future and information related to

contract implementation must be entered into

EKAP system by the contracting authorities.

Work experience certificates are issued and

can be verified through EKAP and

notifications to economic operators are sent by

contracting entities via EKAP.

2- Studies to improve Electronic Public

Procurement Platform (EKAP) will be carried

out to enable electronic submission in

procurement of all goods.

3- Studies on procurement performance

indicators are being carried out and annual

progress reports of PPA provide more detailed

statistics on information related to bids.

3- Studies for the revision of the PPL to include

procurement in utilities sector have been

initiated and planned to be completed

The new PPL has been adopted and shall be

enforced from July 1, 2015

Development of the by- laws, tender regulations


1) Final offer was submitted, formal

discussions and ratification by Ukraine are

expected to be finalized this September

1) Further elaboration and implementation of e-

procurement and closer monitoring of Public

procurement (introduction of electronic

procedures, hybrid system, complete openness

and transparency; producing reliable analytical

data on the system functioning)

2) ProZorro system is at piloting stage 2) Starting the process of professionalization of

public procurement; improving knowledge of

procurement officers and business about public

procurement processes and practices

3) CSOs are closely involved in the

discussions of the changes to the legislative

framework and monitor functioning of the

system

3) Promoting and implementing cooperative

proactive approach between government, civil

society and business for better results in public

procurement and support of reforms by the

society


1) Approval of the “Uzbekistan - Public

Procurement Development Strategy/Concept till

2025 (December, 2015);

2) Finalization of the draft PPL for further law

preparation steps, consultations with the

involved Ministries and agencies

3) Revision of the PP regulations (end of 2016)

4) Further development of the comprehensive

e_GP system

1) Draft Public procurement concept is

developed and being revised following the

comments.

2) Draft PPL is under development following

the public consultations and discussions

3) No activities conducted yet as the work is

focused on the development of the PPL so far

4) e-Catalog is developed and operationalized

starting June 1, 2015. Regulation #69 of the

Cabinet of Ministers of March 26, 2015