OREANDA-NEWS. March 25, 2009. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) found that the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation violated the Federal Law "On State and Municipal Procurement of Goods, Works and Services" and issued a determination to eliminate the violations, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

Earlier FAS Russia received a petition from "Atoll" Siberian Jewelry Factory" Ltd. The Petitioner stated that the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation violated the law in a quotation request for supplying fifty boxed "Medals of Merit for Developing Agro-Industry" with certificates.

The Petitioner state that it quotation bid was delivered to the Ordering Party on 27th February 2009 by "EMS Russian Post" - a branch of " Russian Post" Federal State Unitary Enterprise, at the address specified in the notice of the quotation request. The Protocol of Consideration and Evaluation of Quotation Bids, however, did not have any data on the quotation bid of "Atoll" Siberian Jewelry Factory" Ltd.

Investigating the case, the FAS Russia's Commission established that according to the notice of the quotation request the bids could have been filed until 2 p.m. on 2nd March 2009. The documents presented to the Commission, confirmed that the bid of "Atoll" Siberian Jewelry Factory" Ltd. was delivered on 27th February 2009 at the specified address and handed in to a representative of the Ordering Party. Therefore, the Ordering Party received the bid of "Atoll" Siberian Jewelry Factory" Ltd. before the deadline for filing the bids.

At the same time, the Protocol of Consideration and Evaluation of Quotation Bids did not have any data on the Petitioner's quotation bid, which contravened Part 3 Article 46, and Part 1 Article 47 of the Law.

Having investigated the case, the FAS Russia's Commission found the complaint justified.

To eliminate violations of the law on state procurement, FAS Russia issued a determination to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, requesting to cancel the Protocol of Consideration and Evaluation of Quotation Bids and repeat the procedures for evaluating and comparing the bids, including the bid of "Atoll" Siberian Jewelry Factory" Ltd.