Article 18. Powers of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of public procurement

The Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be the authorized body in the field of public procurement (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body).

Authorized body shall:

carry out state regulation and state policy in the field of public procurement;

take measures to improve the efficiency and openness of the development and implementation of programs for the development of a system for organizing and conducting public procurement, including an electronic system;

determine the operators of the electronic public procurement system and the procedure for their activities in relation to the organization and conduct of public procurement, as well as the procedure for the operation of a special information portal;

issues an authorizing document to legal entities for carrying out the activity of the operator of the electronic public procurement system in the manner established by the legislation;

establish requirements for the electronic public procurement system;

develop the procedure for applying the method for evaluating the most economically advantageous offer (non-price evaluation criteria);

determine the procedure and volumes of placement, disclosure and access to information on public procurement, as well as additional requirements for the announcement, depending on the product (work, service) and the method of public procurement;

approve standard forms of announcements on procurement procedures, procurement documentation;

develop and approve the procedure for the formation of the Unified Register of Unscrupulous Performers;

determine the procedure for maintaining the Unified Register of Contracts;

provide monitoring of the implementation of normative legal acts in the field of public procurement and control over their implementation;

request information from subjects of public procurement, consolidate, analyze it and generate reports;

develop and submit for consideration by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan proposals for the implementation of a certification system for procurement and anti-corruption standards in the field of public procurement.