The Anti-Corruption Agency has carried out remote monitoring of procurements by government customers, which revealed a number of cases of violations of the law:

• ‘Purchase of formwork components’ in the amount of 868.5 million soums on July 18, 2023, by order of UE ‘Bridge Construction Brigade No. 2’;
• ‘Service for the strengthening of LED display modules installed at 40 bus stops’ in the amount of 494.0 million soums on June 6, 2023, by order of the Samarkand State Enterprise of Urban Passenger Transport;
• ‘Service for the delivery and installation of solar panels’ in the amount of 200.0 million soums on July 10, 2023, by order of the State Specialized Boarding School No. 62 of Quva District;
• ‘Purchase of a generator’ in the amount of 300.0 million soums on July 24, 2023, by order of the Poyariq District Medical Association;
• ‘Purchase of emulsion and paints’ in the amount of 42 million soums on July 26, 2023 by order of the Children’s School of Music and Arts No. 9 of Bulungur District.

In particular, the documents of the tender participants were uploaded to the electronic platform through the devices used by the members of the Procurement Commission (with the same IP addresses). Also, violations were identified during the evaluation of the participants’ bids.

As a result, the requirements of Articles 10, 14, 20 and 46 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘On Public Procurement’ and a number of requirements of the Regulation approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan ‘On Approval of the Regulation on the procedure for organizing and conducting procedures related to public procurement’ were violated.

In the above cases, the Anti-Corruption Agency submitted statutory notices to customers on the cancellation of the Procurement Commission protocols and the elimination of violations of the law.

The collected materials were sent to the Department on Combating Economic Crimes at the General Prosecutor’s Office.

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