OREANDA-NEWS. May 15, 2009. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) has investigated a complaint of "Industar" TPK" Ltd. that the Auction Commission of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP Russia) violated the Law "On State and Municipal Procurement of Goods, Works and Services" in organising an open auction for the governmental contract for supplying special equipment in sets for the needs of FSSP Russia, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

The Petitioner complained that its auction bid had been rejected on the grounds that the Petitioner's auction bid had not include the description and specifications of the supplied goods and in accordance with Clauses 1 and 4 Part 1 Article 12 of the Law "On State Procurement…".

Investigating the case, the FAS Russia's Commission established that the Petitioner's auction bid had not contained the full information about functional characteristics (consumer qualities) and quality characteristics of the goods: namely, had not included functional characteristics of the waist belt; the holster with a case for an auxilliary magazine charger; the revolver cord; the case for handcuffs; the case for a gas spray container; and the rings for rubber truncheons, which had contravened the auctions requirements.

Thus the Auction Commission lawfully rejected the Petitioner's auction bid based on Clause 4 Part 1 Article 12 of the Law "On State Procurement…".

Having processed the case, the FAS Russia's Commission found the complaint ungrounded.

Reference:
94-FZ Federal Law "On State and Municipal Procurement of Goods, Works and Services" came into force in January 2006.

The Law is aimed at increasing transparency of state and municipal procurement, and preventing corruption and abuse to determine the best conditions for execution of governmental contracts. The main objective of the Law is to save state budgetary funds.

In 2008 enforcement of the Federal Law "On State Procurement…" saved the state budget around 260 billion Rubles, in 2007 -168 billion Rubles, and in 2006 -106 billion Rubles.