OREANDA-NEWS. General of the Army of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, stressed it during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

According to him, in order to increase the transparency of procedures during the state procurement, as well as to build integrity the MoD uses the electronic system of state procurement.

“We have been using the ProZorro for more than a year; this pilot project was implemented in the Defence Ministry. ProZorro system has allowed saving UAH 400 million since the beginning of this year,” Stepan Poltorak remarked.

Later this day, President Petro Poroshenko signed Law of Ukraine on Peculiarities of Procurement of Goods and Services for Ensuring Defense Needs.

The law was signed at the meeting with volunteers of the Ministry of Defense Tetiana Domanova, Artur Pereverziev, Pavlo Kyriyenko, Anastasiya Kovaliova and Vadym Malorod. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Taranov and Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak.

The Head of State expressed gratitude to the entire team of volunteers in the Ministry of Defense — authors of the law: “You had my full support and support of the Defense Minister”.

“This law finally regulates the procedure of transparent mechanism of public procurement. It is an extremely important step towards the enhancement of the country’s defense capacity. On the other hand, this law is a powerful anti-corruption step,” the President noted.

Petro Poroshenko stressed that the PROZORRO system would have a final registration in the Ministry of Defense. At the same time he noted that e-tenders first presented in the Presidential Administration last year would become mandatory at the level of law for everyone.

In his turn, Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak expressed belief that the Law would provide an opportunity to carry out procurements more efficiently. In 2015, the PROZORRO system saved UAH 200 million. Since the beginning of 2016, UAH 400 million have already been saved only in the procurement of food products.