Fraud and corruption are the issues that threaten public procurement in the Republic of Moldova and the legislation requires further clarification in the circumstances in which a part of the economic agents and the contracting authorities shrug off the normative framework. It is one of the subjects discussed at the workshop in public procurement involving contracting authorities and economic agents. The training was carried out within the project "Innovative Improvements in the Public Procurement System of the Republic of Moldova through Inclusion, Creativity and Law Enforcement Practices" funded by the European Union and co-financed by the Hanns Seidel - Republic of Moldova Foundation.

Public procurement issues are caused by the lack of stability, the quality of competition and the administrative capacity of buyers in the public system, including the capacity and competence of procurement staff, both at national and local level.

In the workshop, the procurement specialist, Ecaterina Meaun, spoke of the announcement of intention, which will be published separately for goods, works, and services, within 30 days of the approval of the contracting authority's own budget.
"The notice of intent will include all procurement contracts expected to be awarded by the end of the budget year. For contracts whose, the estimated value for goods and services is less than ROL 400,000 and less than ROL 1,500,000 for works, the publication of the notice of intent is not mandatory. "

At the same time, she said that the deadline for submitting tenders is at least 20 calendar days for public procurement of goods and services - 2 300 000 lei and for works contracts - 90 000 000 lei and 52 days for purchases exceeding those thresholds.

In turn, Vadim Turcanu, a public procurement specialist, referred to competition in public procurement. "It is essential to ensure fair competition for quality services and products, and this can be ensured through procurement platforms. They provide clear rules for "playing", but also saving public money. "

The participants in the discussion referred to the new legislative provisions on public procurement, the correlation between the tender-offer-contract documentation, the particularities of the tenders for the public procurement of works and the appeal system, aimed at formulating the complaints.

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