Ukraine's Law “On Public Procurement” Has Come Into Force

As a general rule, the Law applies, provided that the purchase price of the subject good (goods), service (s) is equal to or greater than 200 000 hryvnias, and the price of the work is equal or greater than 1.5 million hryvnias. At the same time, the Law provides a number of cases to which the provisions of the latter do not apply.

The new Law provides for the implementation of public procurement with the use of two competitive regulatory procedures: open tendering and competitive dialogue, as well as a non-competitive procedure - negotiating the purchase procedure.

An important innovation of the Law is the introduction of electronic procurement (e-auction), the electronic review system, as well as the implementation of the exchange of information, documents, to provide clarifications in the e-procurement system.

The main objectives are defined by the Law to be , in particular, increased levels of competition in public procurement, to promote transparency of the use of budget funds and the implementation of the Association Agreement in concern to the implementation of EU directives.

The law comes into force from April 01, 2016 for the central executive authorities and customers operating in specific areas of management; August 01, 2016 for all other customers.

Accordingly, the Law of Ukraine "On the Implementation of Public Procurement" will lose force from 1 August 2016.