OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2008.   The Board of Directors approved the changes in the Provision on preferentially contest-based awards of contracts for the supply of goods, completion of works and rendering of services for Gazprom and its subsidiaries. The changes had been proposed by the Russian Economic Development Ministry.

The Management Committee was tasked to ensure that the suppliers of domestic goods were preferred in case of awarding contracts for the supply of goods for Gazprom and its subsidiaries.

The following changes were made in the Provision:
in case the prices for domestic and foreign (listed separately) goods are compared during the tender, the latter will be subject to a 15 per cent increase;
the supplier of foreign goods will be able to win the bid in case it offers at least a 15 per cent lower price than the one set by the customer;
in case the prices are at the same level, the supplier of domestic goods is preferred;
the application containing no country of origin for a good is not admitted for the bid.
The changes expire on December 31, 2010.