OREANDA-NEWS.  September 30, 2014. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) established the fact of the Federal Tariff Service violating Parts 1 and 3 Article 17 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” in public procurement of software and its support.

The antimonopoly case was opened upon the Audit Chamber inspecting how the Federal Tariff Service had been executing the Federal budget in 2012.

The case materials show that on 21 May 2012 based on the outcome of an open auction the Federal Tariff Service and “SBL-Technologis” Ltd. signed a government contracts for over 300 million RUB. According to the contract, the executor must supply and support the software program for Source Code Quality Control and ORACLE software programs.

Investigating the case, the FAS Commission established the fact that the Federal Tariff Service created preferential conditions for participation of “SBL-Technologis” Ltd. in an open auction by granting information access. Thus, actions of the ordering party restricted competition at the auction.

The FAS Commission also established that Source Code Quality Control and ORACLE software programs have different functionalities and are not related. Therefore, including different software products in the same lot for supply and support restricted competition at the auction.