President signes Law to establish ProZorro system in defense procurements

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 21:09 (EEST) Section: Latest news

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed Law of Ukraine on Peculiarities of Procurement of Goods and Services for Ensuring Defense Needs, the president`s press service has told UNIAN.
”It is a real joy today. Months of struggle for legislative settlement and reformation of defensive procurements are finally over,” the President said after the signing at the meeting with volunteers of the Ministry of Defense.
The Head of State expressed gratitude to the entire team of volunteers in the Ministry of Defense – authors of the law: ”You had my full support and support of the Defense Minister”.
”This law finally regulates the procedure of transparent mechanism of public procurement. It is an extremely important step towards the enhancement of the country`s defense capacity. On the other hand, this law is a powerful anti-corruption step,” the president said.
The Head of State emphasized that the law was an optimal decision combining specifics of defense procurement with specificity, speed and transparency, which means accountability of spending to society.
Petro Poroshenko noted that the ProZorro system would have a final registration in the Ministry of Defense. At the same time, he noted that e-tenders first presented in the Presidential Administration last year would become mandatory at the level of law for everyone.
In turn, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak expressed belief that the law would provide an opportunity to carry out procurements more efficiently. In 2015, the ProZorro system saved UAH 200 million. Since the beginning of 2016, UAH 400 million have already been saved only in the procurement of food products.
”Today, almost all procurements of the Ministry of Defense are conducted via the ProZorro system. I am glad that the experiment of the Ministry of Defense has become a program of actions for the Government,” Stepan Poltorak said.
In conclusion, the President noted that ”everything is done to eliminate the opportunity of uncompetitive supply in the defense sphere”. ”It concerns not only the AFU, but also the Ministry of the Interior, Security Service, National Guard, Border Guards and all other security units,” Petro Poroshenko emphasized.