Amendments to the Federal Law “On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state needs”
The Federal Law of April 1, 2019 No. 50-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law“ On the Contractual System in the Field of Purchasing Goods, Work, Services for State and Municipal Needs ”(hereinafter the Law) was adopted by the State Duma on March 21, 2019 and approved by the Federation Council on March 27, 2019.
The law provides for an increase in the effectiveness of procurement control, including by ensuring the unity of law-enforcement practice when authorities exercise control over their powers both at the federal and regional levels.
In accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Russian Federation, an order of organization, subject, form, timeframe, frequency of inspections, and the procedure for issuing the results of such inspections are provided for.
The law provides for the return of a complaint to appeal against actions (inaction) of the customer, authorized body, authorized institution, specialized organization, procurement commission, its members, officials of the contract service, if the complaint is submitted by the procurement participant, information about which is included in accordance with this Federal Law in the register of unscrupulous suppliers (contractors, performers).
In accordance with Article 2 of the Law, the amendments come into force on July 1, 2019.