The Ministry of Finance has published the draft regulations concerning the accreditation of electronic procurement platforms within the automated information system State Government Procurement Register (MTender) for public debates, IPN reports.
The accreditation commission will consist of representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the Center of Information Technology in Finance, the Electronic Governance Agency and the Information Technology and Cybersecurity Service.
The electronic procurement platforms of economic operators will have to meet the technical, functionality and legal conditions for being accredited by the commission. Within five days of the accreditation of platforms, the economic operators will sign contracts and will be able to take part in public electronic procurement procedures.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the public electronic procurement procedures will help reduce the governmental costs incurred to organize the procedures by 5% to 30%. The level of covering the public procurement opportunities will also increase and this will lead to a rise in the number of bids.
It is estimated that the money saved on the printing and publication of announcements of tender contests will decrease by 150-1,200 lei per bidder during a procurement procedure.
