Bidding for the lease of Russian state property moved online – Kommersant

Bidding for the lease of state property will become electronic, the corresponding order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) was registered by the Ministry of Justice. Earlier, regional authorities have repeatedly asked the FAS to consider the possibility of transferring “paper” trading to online mode.

The order simplifies the procedure for conducting tenders and increases their accessibility for participants. Electronic trading will increase the overall level of digitalization in Russia, and the authorities will be able to conclude contracts at the best price due to the growth in the number of competing companies, which will increase rental income.

“The document introduces an electronic bidding procedure for the right to conclude lease agreements for state and municipal property,” the document says. message FAS. Since 2017 were accepted several laws that have converted procurement procedures to electronic form, reducing the number of procurement methods.

Government is engaged unification of bidding procedures and their transfer to electronic form in order to ensure transparency and competition in the sector (according to the bidding held last year, the initial price was increased by an average of 25%). In the meantime, the Ministry of Finance stated that during the year it is necessary to conduct an inventory of all state facilities, including movable and immovable property, as well as land plots, and to determine target functions for each. If this fails, the assets will be available for sale or lease.

Read more in the publication “b FM” “State property will be uploaded to the marketplace”.

Maria Fedotova