A case of Georgia
- legal framework for eProcurement in Public
Procurement Sector
Kiev, December 2011
Georgian e-Procurement System
Decentralized - 3 000 procuring entities (registered)
Procurement budget (annual) - $ 1.8 bln
State Procurement Agency (SPA) - policy making/
monitoring
SPA financing (through state budget) - $ 295 000
Staff - 35 employees
Methods of Procurements and thresholds
< $ 3 000 Simplified Procurement (direct purchase;
sometimes no need for contract)
$ 3 000 – $122 000 Simplified e-tender (min 3 working days;
less administrative barriers)
>$122 000 e-tender (min 20 days)
Design Contest – procuring any kind of design or project
(minimal regulations; more discretion for evaluation criterias)
Exemptions – strictly prescribed by law;
All tender notices in English (bilingual system)
Legal Framework
Law of Georgia on State Procurement
Framework law with main principles and thresholds –
procedural regulations provided by secondary legislation
Code of Administrative offences of Georgia
Scope of offences related to violation of legislation and
procedures on state procurements
Criminal Code of Georgia
Criminalization of violation of rules for participation in State
Procurements (both for physical and legal persons)
Legal Framework
Rules for Conducting Simplified Procurement, Simplified Electronic
Tender and Electronic Tender
Rule of reporting of Procuring Entities
Rules for the Identification of the Procurement Objects and the
Determination of Homogeneity thereof
Rules of Activity of the Procurement Related Disputes Resolution Board
under the State Procurement Agency
Rules for State Procurement of Design (Project) Services through a
Design Contest
All rules approved by Orders of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency (flexible,
easy to amend)
Main characteristics of legal framework
Annual procurement plans and estimated value of contracts
– open;
Very low thresholds;
Unilaterally liberal towards foreigners/ no reciprocity
100% e-tenders;
Online bidding, reverse auctions;
Initial ranking based on price criteria; pass/fail on other
criteria;
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