Effective use of public money and minimizing the risk of authorities requires the application of competitive and transparent public procurement procedures, as well as the use of criteria that reflect the economic benefits of bids in order to obtain the best value for money - was one of the topics discussed in the training in public procurement involving 30 contracting authorities and economic operators. The workshop took place within the framework of 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 planning is the first step in designing and carrying out procurement procedures for delivering goods, providing services or executing required works. The planning stage is important because it influences the entire procurement process. Inappropriate planning contributes to increasing the risk of experiencing difficulties, canceling the procurement procedure or making various changes to the procurement contract. Incorrect planning also contributes to the inefficient use of public money and violation of the principles.

"Ensuring competition and combating unfair competition in the field of public procurement is the principle requiring competition conditions to be ensured so that any economic operator with a qualification and offer adequate to the real need of the authority can participate in the award procedure and have equal opportunity to be nominated winner. Contracting authorities are expected to provide an adequate competition framework and to play an active role in combating anti-competitive practices by reporting to competent bodies ", said Vadim Turcan, Valdconsgrup's procurement specialist.

Vadim Jeleascov, the manager of the achiziţii.md platform presented the advantages of the e-procurement system to the workshop participants. It is the exclusion of corruption and the possibility of choosing the winner by the contracting authority. There are more economies of enormous amounts of money to digitize the procurement system.

Businesses were interested in the electronic procurement system, as the results of the auction, the contract, and the contract changes are available online. Companies can place their offer without leaving the office and in real time they can participate online at the auction.

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