GPA/137  
 
18 May 2016  
(16-2725)  Page: 1/7  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
STATISTICS FOR 2015 REPORTED UNDER 
ARTICLE XVI:4 OF THE REVISED GPA 
REPORT BY ARMENIA1 
The following submission, dated 6 May 2016, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of 
Armenia.  
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THE CONTRACTS AWARDED IN 2015 BY STATE GOVERNMENT BODIES, STATE 
INSTITUTIONS, URBAN COMMUNITIES, CUSTOMERS SUBORDINATED TO  
THEM (STATE OR COMMUNITY NO N-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS  
INCLUDING SCHOOLS, COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH MORE  
THAN 50% STATE OR COMMUNITY SHARES, PUBLIC SERVICES)  
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED THRESHOLDS 
ANALYSIS 
Object of analysis  - state government body and state institution, 24 urban communities, 877 
customers subordinated to them and five public organizations. 
 
Period of analysis  – 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015. 
 Subject of analysis  - Contracts awarded in the framework of organized procurement according to 
the established thresholds.
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Purpose of analysis  - Classification of procurement made within the reporting period in 
accordance with the WTO Procurement Agreement criteria.  
1  THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARDED CONTRACTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 
ESTABLISHED THRESHOLDS 
1.1.  According to the submitted information wi thin the reporting period the state government 
bodies and state institutions, 24 urban communiti es, 877 customers subordinated to them have 
awarded contracts approximately amounting to AMD 342,274.5 million. 
1.2.  Particularly, the contracts awarded by st ate government bodies and state institutions 
amounted to AMD 264,552.9 million, by urban communities to AMD 4,912.9 million, and by other 
customers to AMD 72,808.7 million. 
                                               
1 In English only. 
 Based on the WTO Procurement Agreement please see below the contracts awarded within the 
reporting year according to the established thresholds: 
- for state government bodies and state institutions - AMD 85.8 million in case of goods and 
services, AMD 3.3 billion in case of works; 
- for urban communities - AMD 132 million in ca se of goods and services, AMD 3.3 billion in 
case of works; 
- for other customers (state or community NGOs, commercial organizations with more than 
50% state or community shares, public services) - AMD 264 million in case of goods and services, AMD 3.3 billion in case of works. GPA/137 
 
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  1.3.  Almost 52.65% of the awarded contracts related to the acquisition of other goods, works and 
services listed in the sub-clause 5 of the clau se 25 of the "Order for organizing Procurement 
process" approved by the RA Government Decree N 168-N dated 10 February 2011. 
1.4.  The amount of such procurement totalled  to more than AMD 180,236.5 million, of which 
AMD 117,838.9 million was above the established threshold and AMD 62,397.6 million - below the 
established threshold. State government bodies  and state institutions awarded 569 contracts 
above AMD 97,358.2 million within the procurement in the amount of AMD 144,845.1 million. The 
value of 4,162 contracts awarded above the established threshold amounted to 
AMD 47,486.9 million. 
1.5.  Through other forms of procurement the state government bodies and public institutions, 
urban communities, customers under their coordination have awarded contracts amounting to 
AMD 162,037.9 million. 68.85% of such contracts were below the established thresholds. The 
value of such contracts reaches AMD 111,566.9 million. The customers which have submitted information within the reporting period have awar ded contracts above the established threshold in 
the amount of AMD 50,470.9 million, of whic h AMD 42,648.8 million for supply of goods and 
AMD 7,822.1 million for provision of services. There were no contracts awarded above the 
threshold for goods purchase. (Diagram 1) 
1.6.  The procurement above the established th reshold have been mostly awarded by state 
government bodies and state institutions. The value of such contracts amounted to AMD 49,081.5 million and the contracts in the am ount of AMD 1,389.4 million were awarded by 
customers subordinated to them. 
Diagram 1 - Amount of contracts awarded above the established thresholds (goods, 
works, services) 
 
 
1.7.  According to the submitted information, within the reporting period 15 of customers 
(Appendix 1) having made procurement above the established thresholds were state government 
bodies and state institutions. Most contracts abov e the established thresholds have been awarded 
by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Ar menia. Within the reporting year the Ministry of 
Defense of the Republic of Armenia has awarded 41 such contracts for procurement of goods and 
four contracts for provision of services amounting to AMD 33,142 million and AMD 693.5 million 
respectively. The Police of the Republic of Arme nia under the Government of the Republic of 
Armenia has awarded 11 contracts above the established threshold for goods supply in the amount 
of AMD 19,049.7 million. The Road Policy of the Re public of Armenia has awarded eight contracts 
in the amount of AMD 2,265.6 million for procurem ent of goods, two contracts in the amount of 
AMD 4,793.5 million for services. The National Secu rity Service of the Republic of Armenia has 
awarded five contracts in the amount of AMD 872.1 million above the threshold for goods supply. 
1.8.  Out of the other customers contracts above the established thresholds have been awarded by 
the companies subordinated to the Ministry of En ergy and Natural Resources of the Republic of 
Armenia and the Ministry of Transport and Communica tion of the Republic of Armenia. There were 
two such contracts for procurement of goods. The total amount of contracts amounted to 
AMD 1,389.4 million.  
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- 3 - Appendix 1 – REFERENCE - On contracts awarded above the established threshold during 2015 
 
No. Customer Works Goods Services 
Number of 
awarded 
contracts 
(item) Amount of 
awarded 
contracts 
(thousand 
AMD) Number of 
awarded 
contracts 
(item) Amount of 
awarded 
contracts 
(thousand 
AMD) Number of 
awarded 
contracts 
(item) Amount of 
awarded 
contracts 
(thousand 
AMD) 
1 RA Government staff - - 2 202,970 - - 
2 RA National Assembly  - - 1 127,577.4 - - 
3 RA National Security Service - - 5 872,137.698 - - 
4 RA Ministry of Agriculture - - 3 784,330.753 - - 
5 RA Investigative Committee - - 3 470,419.6 - - 
6 PIU of RA Ministry of Territorial Administration 
and Emergency situations - - 1 159,468.6 - - 
7 RA Road Policy - - 8 2,265,650.58 2 4,793,503.13 
8 RA Policy under RA Government - - 11 1,904,975.57 - - 
9 General Department of State Security - - 1 149,999.49 - - 
10 "Sport and Youth Projects Implementation 
Unit" SI of RA Ministry of Sport and Youth 
Affairs - - 1 93,692 - - 
11 RA Ministry of Finance - - 3 724,921.6 3 - 
12 Penitentiary department of the RA Ministry of 
Justice - - 3 361,219.324 - - 
13 RA Ministry of Defense - - 41 33,142,008.43 7 693,510.96 
14 RA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - - - - 3 772,593.63 
15 RA Ministry of Justice Staff - - - - 4 922,863.5 
16 RA Ministry of Transport and Communication 
subordinates - - 1 1,125,000 - - 
17 RA Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources - - 1 264,420.6 - - 
 Total Works - - - - - - 
 Total Goods - - 85 42,648,791.65 - - 
 Total Services - - - - 19 7,822,164.22 
 
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  1.9.  The main part of the procurement abov e the established threshold has been made by 
framework agreements. The contracts awarded by the mentioned procedure in total amounted to AMD 39,347.7 million, of which AMD 37,251.1 million was provided for goods supply, and AMD 2,096.6 million for service provision (Table 1). Nearly AMD 6,860.5 million were contracts 
awarded above the established thresholds by op en procedures. Services in the amount of 
AMD 2,267 million and goods in the amount of AMD 4,593.5 million were purchased. 
1.10.  The contracts awarded by announcing nego tiation procedure above the threshold in total 
amounted to AMD 2,456.6 million. Six contracts ha ve been awarded for goods in the amount of 
AMD 2,156 million and two for services in the amount of AMD 300,6 million. Totally five contracts in the amount of AMD 1,193.8 million without announcing negotiation procedure related to goods procurement. 
Table 1 - Contracts awarded above the esta blished thresholds per procedures (million 
AMD) 
Indicator Works Goods Service Total 
Open Procedures -  2,267  4,593.5 6,860.5  
Framework Agreements - 37,251.1  2,096.6 39,347.7  
Negotiation procedures without announcing -  362.4  831.4 1,193.8  
Announcing Negotiation procedures  - 2,156  300.6 2,456.6  
Competitive dialogue -  612.3  - 612.3  
 1.11.  Out of public organizations the "International Energy Corporation" CJSC, "TransGas" LLC, "Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant" OJSC, "Armentel" CJSC and "Electric networks of Armenia" CJSC 
have provided information according to which contracts have been awarded in the amount of 
AMD 20,149.5 million. Procurements above the established threshold totalled to AMD 4,584.4 million. 11 such contracts have been awarded. Seven of them in the amount of 
AMD 2,666.8 million for goods procurement and tw o contracts amounting to AMD 998.9 million for 
service provision related to "Electric networks of Armenia" CJSC. Two contracts above the threshold for service provision have been awar ded as a result of procedures organized by 
"Armentel" CJSC. The amount totalled to AMD 918.7 million. 
1.12.  The above mentioned public organizations have awarded contracts below the established 
threshold in the amount of AMD 15,565.1 milli on. 847 such contracts have been awarded. 
1.13.  According to the provided information contracts with value more than 
AMD 119,707.8 million were awarded as a result of competitive procurement organized by state 
government bodies and state institutions, 59% of which were below the established threshold. The value of such contracts amounted to AMD 70,626.3 million.  
1.14.  The contracts awarded above the establis hed threshold by state government bodies and 
state institutions within the reporting period amounted to AMD 49,081.5 million (Table 2). Contracts above the established threshold have been awarded in the amount of 
AMD 41,259.4 million for goods purchase and in the amount of AMD 7,822.1 million for service 
provision. 
1.15.  According to the provided information with in the reporting year state government bodies 
and state institutions have awarded 166 contracts amounting to AMD 18,496.9 million by open 
procedures. Eight of the mentioned contracts amounting to AMD 6,860.5 million were above the 
established thresholds. In the framework of open procedures state government bodies and state institutions have awarded seven contracts for goods supply and one contracts for service 
provision. The procurement of goods amounted  to AMD 2,267 million. The value of contracts 
procedures organized for the procurement of services is much higher. The value of such contract exceeded AMD 4,593.5 million. 
1.16.  Within the reporting period state government bodies and state institutions have awarded 
contracts above the established thresholds approximately amounting to AMD 39,347.7 million by framework agreements. The majority of them related to goods purchase. Sixty-nine such contracts amounted to AMD 37,251.1 million. State government bodies and state institutions have awarded 
contracts above the established thresholds for provision of services in amount of GPA/137 
 
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  AMD 2,096.6 million by framework agreements. One of the two contracts awarded by the 
implemented two competitive dialogues was above the established threshold. A contract in the 
amount of AMD 612.3 million for goods supply was awarded by that procedure. 
1.17.  Seven contracts above the threshold by a nnouncing negotiation procedures were awarded in 
the amount of AMD 1,331.6 million. Two of them  for service provision in the amount of 
AMD 300.6 million and five contracts for goods. 
1.18.  In the reporting period the state government bodies and state institutions without 
announcing negotiation procedures awarded four contracts above the threshold in the total amount 
of AMD 929.4 million. One of them related to g oods supply (AMD 98 million) and service provision 
(AMD 831.4 million).  
Table 2 - Contracts awarded ab ove state government bodies and state institutions per 
procedures (million AMD) 
Names of Indicators Work Goods Service Total 
Open procedures  -  2,267  4,593.5 6,860.5  
Framework agreements - 37,251.1  2,096.6 39,347.7  
Negotiation procedure without announcing -  98 831.4 929.4  
Negotiation procedure with announcing - 1,031  300.6 1,331.6  
Competitive dialogue -  612.3  - 612.3  
 
1.19.  State government bodies and state institutions awarded 6,045 contracts below the defined 
threshold in the amount of AMD 70,626.3 millio n. The procurements made for goods supply 
totalled to AMD 26,837.4 million and AM D 32,425.2 million for work conduct. 
1.20.  In the reporting year, with the exception of  purchase of goods, works and services included 
in list stipulated by the sub-clause 5,  clause 25 of the RA Government Decree № 168-Ն "On Order 
for organizing Procurement process", dated 10  February 2011, the 24 urban communities that 
provided information made procurement in the am ount of AMD 3,811.4 million, of which all were 
above the threshold. 
1.21.  During 2015 the customers subordinated to state government bodies and state institutions, 
urban communities having provided the information made procurement in the amount of 
AMD 38,518.7 million (with the exception of purchase of goods, works and services included in the 
list stipulated by the sub-clause 5, clause 25 of the RA Government Decree № 168-Ն "On Order for 
organizing Procurement process", dated 10 February 2011) of which AMD 1,389.4 million above 
the stipulated threshold and AMD 37,129.3 million below the threshold (Table 3). Two such contracts were awarded for goods supply in the amount of AMD 1,389.4 million, one of which was 
awarded by announcing negotiation procedures and one contract without announcing negotiation 
procedure.  
Table 3 - The amount of cont racts of other customers awarded above the threshold per 
procedures (million AMD) 
Names of indicators Work Goods Service Total 
Negotiation procedures without announcing  - 1,125  - 1,125  
Negotiation procedures with announcing - 264.4  - 264.4  
 
2  NUMBER OF AWARDED CONTRACTS PER THRESHOLD 
2.1.  During 2015 state government bodies and state institutions, urban communities, customers 
subordinated to them awarded 20,732 contracts wi th the exception of purchase of goods, works 
and services included in the list stipulated by the sub-clause 5, clause 25 of the RA Government 
Decree № 168-Ն "On Order for organizing Procurement process", dated 10 February 2011. One 
hundred and four of the contracts were above the established threshold and 20,268 below. 
Eighty-five contracts were awarded for goods supply and 19 for service provision. GPA/137 
 
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  2.2.  State government bodies and state institutions awarded 102 contracts above the threshold. 
In the reporting year the customers subordinated to them had two such contracts (Diagram 2).  
Diagram 2 - Number of contracts aw arded above threshold per customers 
 
 
2.3.  According to the submitte d information, in the reporting year the majority of contracts 
awarded by state government bodies and state in stitutions in different forms of competitive 
procurement above the threshold related to go ods supply. Eighty-three such contracts were 
awarded, from which 69 contracts by framework agreements. Seven contracts for goods supply 
above the threshold were awarded by open proced ure, five by announcing negotiation procedure, 
and one contract by without announcing negotiation procedure open procedure and one contract 
by competitive dialogues. 
2.4.  The number of contracts above the threshol d for providing services is 19. Thirteen such 
contracts were awarded by framework agreements, three contracts without announcing negotiation procedure, two by announcing negotiation procedure and one by open procedure 
(Table 4). 
Table 4 - The number of contra cts of state government bodies and state institutions 
awarded above the threshold per procedures  
Name of indicators Work Goods Service Total 
Open procedures -  7 1 8  
Framework agreements - 69 13 82 
Negotiation procedures without announcing -  1 3 4  
By announcing negotiation procedures - 5 2 7 
Competitive dialogue -  1 - 1  
 2.5.  During 2015, state government bodies and state institutions awarded 6,045 contracts below 
the defined threshold. The majority of contracts were for service provision and goods supply. 
Generally 2,697 contracts for service provision and 2,499 contracts for goods supply were awarded below the threshold. Totally 849 contracts were awarded for work execution below the threshold. 
The majority of such contracts (3,119), relate to the framework agreements, and 2,608 relate to 
without announcing negotiation procedures. One hundred and fifty-eight contracts below the threshold were awarded by open procedure and 101 contracts by announcing negotiation 
procedures. 
2.6.  In the reporting year, there were not co ntracts awarded above the 1,958 contracts awarded 
by 24 urban communities having provided the information. The majority of contracts related to goods supply and services provision, accord ingly 824 and 741. Three hundred and ninety-three 
contracts for carrying out works were also awarded. 
2.7.  During the reporting year, customers subordinated to urban communities, state government 
bodies and state institutions awarded 12,627 contra cts, of which only two contracts are above the 
threshold and relate to goods procurement. The cu stomers of this group awarded by one contract 
above the threshold by announcing negotiation procedures and without announcing negotiation procedure (Table 5). GPA/137 
 
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  Table 5 - Number of contracts awarded by customers above the threshold per 
procedures 
Name of indicators Work Goods Service Total 
Negotiation procedures without announcing  - 1 - 1  
By announcing Negotiation procedures  - 1 - 1 
 3  CONCLUSION 
3.1.  In accordance with the information provided by the customers as a result of competitive 
procurement 31.15% of procurement made were above the defined threshold. The mentioned 
indicator reaches 41% for state government bodies and state institutions.  
3.2.  84.5% of the contracts above the threshol d relates to goods supply and 15.5% to service 
provision. 
3.3.  In the reporting period contracts above th e threshold were not awarded for works conduct. 
3.4.  One hundred and four of 20,732 contracts aw arded by competitive procedures were above 
the defined threshold. Eighty-five of them were for goods procurements and 19 of contracts were 
for service provision. 
3.5.  Eighty-two of 104 contracts or 78.85% of  contracts awarded above the defined threshold 
were awarded by framework agreements as a result of made procurement. 
 
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