Article 72. Public Procurement from a Single Supplier

A single supplier shall be a supplier of goods (works, services) recognized as a single supplier in the manner prescribed by this Law and included in the Register of Single Suppliers.

In the event that it is necessary to purchase goods (works, services) from a single supplier, a direct contract shall be concluded between the supplier and the state customer, and information on this contract must be posted on the special information portal within five working days from the moment it is concluded.

Public procurement from a single supplier shall be carried out in the following exceptional cases:

public procurement of technically complex goods (works, services) that have no analogues on the market and which can only be purchased from a single supplier;

acquisition of cultural property;

public procurement from entities defined as single suppliers in decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan or resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

state procurement of goods (works, services) of a subject of natural monopoly;

emergence of a need for works or services, the performance or provision of which can be carried out only by state authorities and public administration in accordance with their powers or state institutions and organizations subordinate to them.