REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE ARMENIAN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ARMENIAN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

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REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Se rgey Sh a h na za rya n He a d of P u b lic I nt e rna l F ina ncia l Co nt ro l a nd P u b lic P ro cu rement Me t h o do lo gy D e pa rt m e nt

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MAIN ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED IN THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

• Legal

framework and infrastructure

• development and improvement
• Capacity building
• Competitive procurement - increase of the

shares and volumes

• e-Procurement
• Cooperation with the donor and international
• rganization (IFIs)

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DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE

• 2000 - Public Procurement Law (PPL), by-laws and institutional

arrangements developed in cooperation with USAID

• 2004

and 2010

• PPL

was revised to incorporate recommendations presented in the assessment reports done by the World Bank and EU SIGMA

• 2011 - Armenia - WTO member and signatory of the GPA (1994

version). 2015 - Armenia ratified new version of the GPA (2012 version)

• 2015 - Armenia entered Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

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CAPACITY BUILDING

• In cooperation and with assistance of the international and donor
• rganizations (WB, EBRD, EU SIGMA, USAID/CLDP and ADB):
• needs assessment, development of training materials, manuals

and conducting of trainings for the staff of the procuring entities and potential bidders.

• study

tours to the countries with the advanced Public Procurement systems, participation in the international public procurement forums, seminars and round tables

• Training, continuous professional development and accreditation system - are

adopted at the legislative level. Currently under discussion - certification of the specialists, involved into the continuous training programs, upon completion each of the training modules/courses

• The amendments in the procurement legislation, caused by necessity to meet

the international commitments, will require additional trainings for the relevant staff of the procuring entities and prospective bidders

• International financial institutions (WB, EBRD, ADB) - organizing trainings for

the specialists involved in the implementation of their projects

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COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT INCREASE OF THE SHARES AND VOLUMES

2013 2014 2015 State budget (% of total budget) allocated for procurement:

• ut of which
• competitive procurement
• single source procurement

13.3 11.3 2.0 11.2 9.3 1.9 11 9.3 1.7 Average number of bidders per tender 2.7 2.7 3.2

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E-PROCUREMENT

Stage 1

• in

2005

• fficial

web site was introduced www.procurement.am. The information available at the site include:

• Public procurement Law and by-laws (adopted and drafts);
• Procurement Plans ((PP disclosure is compulsory for all procuring

entities);

• Procurement ads and the amendments, if any, including for the items

procured under WB financed projects;

• information on the intention to award the contract, contract awards,

procurement process cancellation;

• complaints and decision made on the complaints. The Appeal

Committee's sessions are open and available for online access.

• the list of the companies debarred from participation in the public

procurement;

• Public procurement reports (quarterly and annual);
• Procurement process monitoring reports;
• Training programs;
• List of the procurement accredited staff.

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E-PROCUREMENT

• Stage 2 - introduced e-Procurement system ARMEPS

(www.armeps.am) developed under the WB - financed project. The following procurement methods conducted via electronically: 2012 - open bidding; 2014 - framework agreements; 2015 - simplified and competitive negotiation

• 2015 - e-procurement system under the WB financed project was

supplemented with the three additional modules for:

• Procurement planning;
• Monitoring and reporting;
• Contract administration.
• 2016 (planned) - start using the ARMEPS for WB financed NCB

procurements (given the 2014 Bank's positive assessment of the e- Procurement system). In May of 2016 training for PIU staff on ARMEPS

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E-PROCUREMENT

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E-PROCUREMENT

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PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED IN THE E- PROCUREMENT SYSTEM

2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Number of companies registered In the ARMEPS e-Procurement system 1000 425 1130 1863 4418

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COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND DONOR ORGANIZATIONS

• USAID
• in 1999 development of the first Public

procurement Law;

• The World Bank
• in 2004 and 2009 - Country Procurement Assessment

Report (CPAR). Based on the recommendations done in the CPAR 2004 and 2009 the PPL was amended in 2005 and 2010 Procurement Regulations For Borrowers (2016)

• Armenia participated in Consultations with External

Stakeholders (2014)

• Para. 2.3 “.. the Bank may agree to rely on and apply the

procurement rules and procedures of an agency or entity

• f the Borrower…”

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COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL AND DONOR ORGANIZATIONS

• EU SIGMA
• in 2008 and 2013 - joint assessment of the Public procurement

system.

• PPL 2010 incorporated recommendations in 2008;
• PPL 2015 (draft) incorporated recommendations in 2013

EBRD

• UNCITRAL Public Procurement joint Initiative
• GPA Technical Cooperation Facility
• Series of capacity building session-
• Two main directions: legislative amendments and electronic

procurement reform

• Assessment of the e-procurement system.

ADB 2014 - Procurement Reform Scoping Exercise in the frames of the Developing Procurement Capacity For Improved Procurement

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!

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