Novgorod region

Moscow presented to entrepreneurs
and customers of the Novgorod region supplier portal.

Customers in the region began to use the Internet resource for small-volume purchases
since August 2018. Entrepreneurs of the Novgorod region are already familiar with the supplier portal
and successfully use it in their work.

Moscow presented a supplier portal to entrepreneurs and customers of the Novgorod region
Ministry of Investment Policy of the Novgorod Region

122 Novgorod users registered on the supplier portal
Government of the Novgorod region

A new supplier portal was presented to customers and entrepreneurs in the region
Administration of Veliky Novgorod

Moscow presented a supplier portal to entrepreneurs and customers of the Novgorod region
Official website of the Moscow Mayor

Arhangelsk region

The presentation and testing of the supplier portal took place within the framework of the IV Regional Conference “Implementation of Federal Law No. 223-FZ
in the Arkhangelsk region: current practice
and recent changes in legislation",
which was carried out by the contract agency of the Arkhangelsk region and the state autonomous institution of the Arkhangelsk region “Regional Center for Procurement Organization”.

Procurement on the supplier portal was tested in Arkhangelsk
Official website of the Moscow Mayor

Procurement from the Arkhangelsk region will appear on the Moscow supplier portal
Government of the Arkhangelsk Region

Perm region

A seminar on working with the Supplier Portal brought together more than 800 customers and suppliers of the Perm region.

Listeners learned about the main effects
from the implementation of technological solutions of the Supplier Portal, asked questions about regulatory regulation in conducting small-volume procurement in electronic form.

Perm suppliers have the opportunity to register on the Moscow procurement portal
SME Development Corporation of the Perm Territory

The Perm region plans to adopt Moscow’s experience in small-volume online purchases
National News Service

Tambov Region

Customers and entrepreneurs in the Tambov region will have the opportunity to use the technological capabilities of the Moscow Supplier Portal, an online resource for making small-scale purchases, reports the press service of the Moscow City Department for Competition Policy.

Tambov customers and entrepreneurs will be able to use the Moscow Supplier Portal
Tambov life

Customers and entrepreneurs of the Tambov region were presented with the capabilities of the Supplier Portal
Official portal of the Moscow Mayor

Tambov customers will be able to save money using the Supplier Portal
New Age

Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - YUGRA

An open meeting for representatives of the Ugra business community, dedicated to the capabilities of the supplier portal in working with small-volume purchases, was held in the regional government.

The supplier portal for Ugra businesses will open new opportunities
Ugra-news.ru

“Small” procurement of Ugra enters the public space of the Supplier Portal
Official website of the Moscow Mayor

The supplier portal will open new opportunities for Ugra entrepreneurs
District television and the editorial office of the Ugra newspaper Sovrtr.ru

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The conference “Procurement of Yakutia 2018: New impetus in the development of the procurement system” was held in Yakutsk, dedicated to issues of legislation on the contract system and the most important events taking place in the field of procurement. Special attention is paid to current issues of electronicization and automation of procurement procedures.

The conference program included more than ten presentations on various topical issues of application of 44-FZ and 223-FZ. Of particular interest was the report of the city of Moscow on the digitalization of procurement and the presentation of the capabilities of a tool for conducting small-scale procurement - the supplier portal.

Hello, dear readers of the ABC of Tenders online school! In this article we would like to introduce you to another interesting and useful resource for suppliers - zakupki.mos.ru. This is a supplier portal for the city of Moscow and the Moscow region. Small volume purchases are carried out on this site in accordance with clauses 4, 5, part 1 of Art. 93 Federal Law dated April 5, 2013 No. 44-FZ. We will tell you more about what this portal is and how it can be useful to you and your business below in this article.

The supplier portal is an online resource that was created by the Moscow City Government in 2013 to increase transparency and automate small-volume procurement in accordance with clauses 4, 5, part 1 of Art. 93 44-FZ (purchases from a single supplier).

In fact, the Moscow supplier portal is an electronic store for small-volume government procurement (up to 100 thousand rubles, any Customers can purchase in this “store”, and up to 400 thousand rubles - cultural institutions and educational institutions).

This resource was created with the aim of attracting small and medium-sized businesses to participate in government procurement, as well as creating a showcase of goods (works, services), where Moscow Customers could choose the best offer in terms of price-quality ratio.

It is worth noting that at the moment, more than 8,000 government customers of the city of Moscow are registered on the official website zakupki.mos.ru (these are government bodies, local governments, budgetary institutions, etc.), but the supplier here can be a procurement participant absolutely from any region. The number of registered suppliers on the portal at the time of writing this article exceeded 92,000.

Thus, the Customer can find the supplier he needs on the portal, without carrying out a procurement procedure, security and other bureaucracy, and the supplier can declare himself by posting information about his goods, works, services (i.e. create an offer).

The official website zakupki.mos.ru consists of 7 key sections:

• Suppliers(here contains information about suppliers registered on the portal, information about contracts they have concluded and posted offers);
• Customers(this section contains information about Customers, their purchases and concluded contracts);
• Offers(here contains information about goods, works, services);
• Plans(this section contains Customers’ procurement plans under 44-FZ);
• Procurement(here contains information about ongoing procurements, and it is worth noting that some of the information is duplicated from the EIS website);
• Quotation sessions (here contains information about small volume procurement procedures for which price proposals can be submitted);
• Contracts(this section contains information about concluded contracts).

Advantages of working on the portal for the supplier and buyer (Customer)

Below is a screenshot from the site, which lists the key advantages of using this resource for each party.

Working conditions on the portal

As mentioned above, a supplier on the procurement portal.mos.ru can be a procurement participant from absolutely any region. Such a supplier can be either a legal entity or an individual, including one registered as an individual entrepreneur. Registration and work on the Moscow supplier portal is absolutely free.

Registration on the supplier portal

To fully work with the portal, you will need to register, which will require an electronic signature certificate, as well as setting up an Internet browser. An electronic digital signature for the Moscow supplier portal can be issued by any electronic platform (or CA) for participation in auctions under 44-FZ.

Setting up a browser to work with the portal is very similar to setting up a browser to work on “federal” electronic platforms. If you have already been accredited for the ETP, then you will not have any problems with the setup. In addition, the website contains detailed instructions for working with the portal.

After you have completed all the necessary settings, you can go to the “Checking workplace settings” section and make sure that all the settings have been completed correctly. If any of the settings contain an error, you will find information about what actions need to be taken to correct this error.

Options for working with the portal from the supplier side

In fact, there are only two options for working with the portal from the supplier’s side.

First option — this is the creation of offers on the site.

We think you know what an offer is, so we won’t go into too much detail about this term. On the procurement.mos.ru website, the offer is a product (work, service) card signed with your digital signature and looks like this:

Second option — participation in quotation sessions (they are also called mini-auctions).

Quotation session is a procedure for selecting a supplier through an electronic mini-auction under 44-FZ, which lasts 24 hours and takes place on a working day.

The algorithm for participation in the quotation session is as follows:

1. Invitations to new auctions are automatically sent to suppliers (provided that these suppliers have posted offers on the website for similar goods, works, services). Or suppliers themselves find these quotation sessions (mini-auctions) on the portal.
2. Suppliers place their bids. The following rules apply for bids: each subsequent bid must be less than the previous one, a one-time reduction in the bid must be 0.5% of the initial price of the mini-auction, the bid must be a multiple of 10 rubles.
3. During the quotation session, the supplier is informed if a bid is made that outbids his bid. The notification contains a direct link to the corresponding quotation session and information about the fact of a new rate.
4. The winner is the supplier who offers the lowest price before the end of the auction. Moreover, if a bid is made less than 5 minutes before the end of the auction, the auction is extended for another 5 minutes.
5. The winner of the mini-auction creates and publishes an offer based on the results of the quotation session within 24 hours (including weekends) from the end of this session.
6. Next, the contract is signed by the Customer.

Important point: Participation in the mini-auction is completely anonymous: neither the Customer nor the suppliers know who is taking part in it. Only the name of the winner becomes known.

To achieve the best result, you need to use both proposed options for working with the portal.

How is the Moscow supplier portal useful for your business?

In addition to the above options (creating offers and participating in quotation sessions), the supplier portal can also be used to analyze the prices of your competitors. By searching for specific goods, works, or services, you can see price offers from suppliers.

If you participate in government procurement in Moscow and the Moscow region, then on the same website you can also search for placed purchases, since they are duplicated with the official EIS website.

It is also worth considering the fact that in addition to government customers, commercial customers are also registered on this portal, who may also need your goods, works and services. Therefore, registering on the Moscow supplier portal will bring additional benefits to you and your business.

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In 2016, the Unified Automated Trading Information System (UAIST) switched to version 2.0. Customers first started working with her three years earlier. From January 1, 2013, all government customers in Moscow were required to conduct small purchases through it from a single supplier. We will tell you more about EAIST 2.0 in our material.

Supplier portal 2.0 official website

Before starting to work in the system you must:

• make sure that you have installed the CryptoPro CSP cryptographic information protection system version 3.0 and higher;
• make sure that you are working with the client application (browser) MS Internet Explorer 7.0 and higher;
• add the portal address to trusted nodes (service → internet options → security → trusted nodes → nodes → uncheck (For all nodes in this zone...) → add portal address (*eaist.mos.ru) → close → other → Reset special parameters (select low level) → reset...→ ok → ok);
• make sure that you have installed the cryptocomponent required to work with the portal (to install, you need to open the downloaded archive and run the executable file);
• make sure that you have the free Microsoft Silverlight software component installed (to install, you need to download this Silverlight file and run it)

The procedure for a potential supplier will be as follows:

Step ② Create an offer.

To create an offer in the user's personal account, go to the "My offers" section. Next, click on the [Create offer] button. As a result, a form for entering information about the offer will open, which includes basic information about price, technical and quantitative parameters, as well as additional characteristics of the offered products.

Step ③ Fill out the form. Include information about the product, its quantity, unit price, delivery data, namely timing, region (later you can make changes to the offer or delete it).
Click the [Save] button. When you click the [Sign] button, information about the offer will be published in the open part of the Supplier Portal.

Step ④ Attach the draft agreement in doc or docx format. The draft contract can be attached to one or more offers;

Step ⑤ Wait for the customer to send you an offer to conclude a contract. When a purchase corresponding to your offer appears, a notification will be sent to your personal account;

Step ⑥ Carefully review the procurement information, then agree on the draft contract with the customer and sign it.

The customer makes a choice of supplier based on its reputation, history of contract execution, quality characteristics of the proposed product and compliance with the maximum contract price.

Let us remind you that the following amounts for small purchases are the limits for purchasing from a single supplier (Article 93, paragraph 4.5 of Federal Law No. 44):

• as a general rule - 100 thousand rubles, while the volume of such purchases per year should not exceed 2 million rubles or 5% of the total annual purchase volume;
• for cultural and educational institutions - 400 thousand rubles, such purchases should not exceed 50% of the total annual purchase volume.

The supplier portal also provides functions for searching for suppliers and customers, contracts, schedules, and public discussions.

Features of the supplier portal for the customer and participant

The supplier portal provides quite a wide range of functionality for customers and organizations wishing to participate in procurement.

Note that contracts are concluded directly on the official website of EAIST 2.0 without unnecessary paperwork; the parties can agree on the terms of the contract and sign it in their personal account.

To gain access to the EAIST system, you need to collect a package of documents and send them to the Moscow City Department for Competition Policy.

You will find more answers to questions about procurement in the new issue of the magazine “Government Order in Questions and Answers”

This is the purchase by the government of goods, works or services.

Government procurement is the same market for goods and services with one caveat: the buyers are state, regional and municipal enterprises and organizations. They also need ordinary paper clips and pencils, medical supplies, office furniture or their own website. They need to maintain and restore buildings, remove garbage and install Internet and telephony.

Simply put, government procurement exists in every field and in every region. They are interesting to business because the state is a good partner. The supplier can be a legal entity, an individual entrepreneur or an individual. Money for government procurement is included in the budget, so you are guaranteed to be paid for the goods delivered or the service performed.

Why participate in government procurement?

This is a good market.

Government organizations are a significant part of our economy. According to the FAS, the state's share in Russia's GDP has doubled in 10 years. In 2005 it was 35%, and in 2015 - 70%.

In addition, it increases the level of trust in your company and has a good effect on your reputation. Therefore, such a significant layer of the economy should not be overlooked.

I don't understand anything about government procurement. How to participate in them?

Government procurement comes in different volumes. If the cost of purchases is more than 100 thousand rubles, information about them is posted on the website zakupki.gov.ru. Look for a suitable competition, submit an application and participate in the electronic auction. This is not an easy process, but if you want to compete for a significant part of the market, then it’s worth figuring it out. The main thing is to be patient.

There is an easier way to participate in government procurement, without competitions and auctions. It is of interest to small and medium-sized businesses due to the simplified participation procedure and small contract amounts. It looks like this: you offer your product or service to a government agency, and it selects a supplier and enters into a contract.

This procurement option is possible if their cost does not exceed 100 thousand rubles (or 400 thousand rubles if the purchase is made by educational organizations or cultural institutions: zoos, planetariums, recreation parks, theaters, philharmonic societies, libraries, and so on). Such purchases are called small volume purchases.

How to participate in small volume purchases?

The fact is that, according to No. 44-FZ, which regulates government procurement, information about small-volume purchases need not be published anywhere. It is believed that they are insignificant and holding auctions for such amounts is inappropriate. Therefore, government customers usually look for goods without competition (often choosing not the most advantageous offer and spending budget money ineffectively), and entrepreneurs cannot offer their services.

Moscow took a different path. To save budget and attract small and medium-sized businesses to government procurement, the city leadership created a single supplier portal. Not a single state or municipal institution in Moscow can conclude a small-volume procurement contract without going through the website. If we draw an analogy, you cannot buy bread without going to the store to buy it.

The Moscow supplier portal is focused specifically on small-volume purchases of up to 100 thousand rubles (or 400 thousand rubles if the purchase is made by cultural institutions or educational organizations). In addition, the portal hosts non-competitive purchases of medicines based on decisions of medical commissions.

And what is the Moscow supplier portal?

This is an online platform on which the city posts information about small-scale purchases and provides small businesses with access to the market for goods and services with a turnover of about 20 billion rubles per year.

Individual entrepreneurs and small businesses participate in government procurement in Moscow without auctions or unnecessary hassles. Anyone can post an offer on the portal, and city customers (there are more than 2.5 thousand of them) choose the best offer. Essentially, this is a store where you place your goods or services, offering them to the government.

Government procurement on the website takes place electronically. View orders and offer your services to state and municipal organizations and institutions without leaving your home.

The trick of the portal is that all procurement data is open and everything is transparent. You can see:

• Procurement plans of government agencies and institutions for the coming year (in the “Plans” section).
• Offers and prices of competitors (in the “Offers” section).
• Transaction history for each registered supplier or customer (in the “Purchases” section).
• Concluded contracts (in the “Contracts” section).

In the field of small-scale government procurement, clear and understandable rules have appeared that any entrepreneur can study. The chance of receiving a government order in such a system is much higher: you study the market and offer the best option available. At the same time, you do not reduce the price below the market price, do not work at a loss, but sell the product or service at a fair price.

This is just a semblance of honest procurement, isn’t it?

No, purchases are carried out honestly, without acquaintances and cronyism. 93% of entrepreneurs registered on the website received government orders and became suppliers.

Integrity is achieved through transparency, openness, electronic document management and clear procedures. It is precisely for this purpose that all data on previous contracts is open on the portal. Everything can be traced and, if something is dishonest, you can contact the FAS. Violations are fraught with heavy fines and criminal liability.

This is a cool solution for government procurement, which is used in the EU and other developed countries. For example, the top five leading countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2016 included Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, which adhere to similar principles in public procurement.

If you still don’t believe in the integrity of procurement on the portal, the numbers speak for themselves: in 2016, Moscow saved about 37 billion rubles on government procurement, topping the National Procurement Transparency Rating.

Convinced. How to become a supplier?

To become a supplier, you need to complete several steps.