3.3.5 Procurements

Information transparency of procurement – ensuring transparency of procurement activities in accordance with the requirements of the applicable legislation of the Russian Federation, to the extent necessary and sufficient to enable potential counterparties to make informed decisions on participation in the Customers’ procurement procedures.

Equality of treatment, fairness, absence of discrimination, and no unjustified restriction of competition in relation to procurement participants – ensuring non-discriminatory access of suppliers (contractors, subcontractors) to the procurement of goods, works, and services is a priority; selection of suppliers (contractors, subcontractors) is carried out predominantly through competitive procurement on the basis of equal competitive opportunities, without discrimination or unjustified restrictions against procurement participants, in accordance with reasonable requirements for potential participants in procurement procedures and for procured goods, works, and services, taking into account, where necessary, the product life cycle, and reducing the practice of entering into contracts with a sole supplier (contractor).

Targeted and economically efficient expenditure of funds on the procurement of goods, works, and services, and implementation of measures aimed at reducing Customers’ costs – selection is made from technical and commercial proposals based on the aggregate of pre-established price and non-price criteria defining the economic and other required efficiency of the procurement.

No restriction of access to procurement through the establishment of unmeasurable requirements for procurement participants.

Transparency and manageability of procurement activities – planning, accounting, monitoring, control, and audit of procurement activities at all stages of their implementation.

Professionalism and competence of employees involved in Customers’ procurement activities – personal responsibility of officials for the effective organization of procurement procedures, as well as for the decisions they make in respect of procurements carried out; impeccable performance of actions prescribed by procurement regulations; ensuring assessment and enhancement of the qualifications of personnel responsible for procurement activities;

Compliance with the requirements of applicable legislation governing procurement activities, as well as anti-corruption legislation, including the Anti-Corruption Standard for Procurement Activities.