Today, electronic bids for purchases are actively used by ministries (for example, the Ministry of Defense), state enterprises, and the NBU. Customers also include the Ukrainian Constitutional Court, seaports, Kyiv city state administration, capital hospitals and many other state structures.

"Currently, through the system, 202 trades for more than Ł188 million were announced. 55 organizers were registered, 276 companies took part in the bidding. We calculated that according to the results of the completed tenders, there is 18% savings, the difference between the expected purchase amount and the final one, "says Christina Gutsalova, ProZorro Media Co-ordinator.

Electronic bids in "tentative" purchases will allow you to spend your budget funds transparently and save money by increasing the number of suppliers and their competition.

"We work with about 80 large commercial entities, including Roshen Corporation, Nibulon Holdings and Azovmash Holdings. Having extensive experience in electronic trading, we decided to join the project to do something good for the state. In addition, our interest is also in expanding the market ", - says Alex Shcherbatenko curator of the electronic trading platform SmartTender.biz.

Bidders and participants can register at any trading venue, since information about their flow is automatically duplicated by the system on other sites. For registration and use of any of the Internet sites, "state employees" pay nothing.

"Companies with fear go for bidding. They are afraid that they will not be paid. Selling something to government structures, suppliers sometimes receive funds in a year. However, time has passed, and the level of trust will increase ", - says Alexei Shcherbatenko, curator of the electronic trading platform SmartTender.biz.

DETAILED:

Go to Open Government Procurement on SmartTender.biz

Read a detailed article on the results of ProZorro's electronic purchases at Zahid.net

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has signed contracts with trading platforms SmartTender.biz and E-Tender for electronic procurement

The Ministry of Education issued the first tender on the SmartTender.biz electronic site

According to ProZorro's ongoing auctioning of the Ministry of Defense, savings amounted to 10 percent