RESTRICTED  ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
11 de noviembre de 2008 
 
 (08-5496) 
Comité de Contratación Pública Original:   inglés 
  
 
LISTA RECAPITULATIVA DE PREGUNTAS PARA LA PRESENTACIÓN 
DE INFORMACIÓN RELATIVA A LA ADHESIÓN DE LA REPÚBLICA 
DE MOLDOVA AL ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA 
 
Respuestas revisadas de la República de Moldova
* 
 
  La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 4 de novi embre de 2008, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de la República de Moldova.  
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I. INTRODUCCIÓN 
1. En los últimos años ha seguido aumentando la  contratación pública en la República de 
Moldova, tanto en lo que respecta a los fondos asignados a la contratación como a su participación en 
el presupuesto público nacional y en el producto inte rior bruto (PIB).  Así, el volumen de la 
contratación pública ha pasado de 30,3 millones de  dólares EE.UU. en 2000 a unos 600 millones de 
dólares EE.UU. en 2007, lo que representa casi el 50 por  ciento del PIB en términos de gastos y más 
del 12 por ciento del total del PIB. 
2. El Gobierno de la República de Moldova  considera la adhesión al Acuerdo sobre 
Contratación Pública (ACP) de la OMC un paso importante en el establecimiento y el mantenimiento 
de un sistema eficaz de contratación pública, cuyo  resultado, según las previsiones, podría suponer el 
ahorro de sumas importantes (entre un 20 y un 25 por ciento) en los gastos totales asumidos en este 
ámbito. 
3. El principal objeto de este documento es el de presentar el nuevo marco normativo de la 
contratación pública establecido por la nueva Ley de  la República de Moldova Nº 96-XVI de 13 de 
abril de 2007 sobre Contratación Pública (véase el texto completo de esta Ley en el anexo al 
presente documento (página 19)) . 
II. MARCO LEGAL 
1. ¿Existe una única ley general sobre contrata ción?  En ese caso, sírvanse especificar cuál. 
2. ¿Qué otras leyes, reglamentos, decretos, resoluciones administrativas, decisiones, 
directrices de política u otros instrumentos rige n la contratación pública?  Sírvanse presentar 
un resumen de las esferas a que se refiere cada uno  de estos instrumentos.  Sírvanse también 
explicar las diferencias principales (en caso de que las haya) entre su aplicación al nivel central 
y subcentral del gobierno y de otros tipos de entidades. 
                                                     
 
* Las respuestas originales a la lista recapitulativ a de preguntas (documento  GPA/35 de 21 de junio 
de 2000) fueron facilitadas por Moldova en el documento GPA/W/177, de fecha 9 de enero de 2002. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  3. ¿En qué medida las disposiciones del Acuerdo son de aplicación directa o han de ser 
incorporadas a la legislación pertinente?  En caso de aplicación directa del Acuerdo con 
preferencia a disposiciones de la ley nacional en  conflicto con él, sírvanse indicar el fundamento 
legal pertinente. 
4. Antes de la entrada en vigor de la nueva Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007 sobre 
Contratación Pública
1, las relaciones en este ámbito seguían estando reguladas por la 
Ley Nº 1166-XIII de 30 de abril de 1997 sobre la contratación de bienes, obras y servicios para 
atender las necesidades del Estado y por algunos re glamentos del Gobierno, los más importantes de 
los cuales son los siguientes: 
 a) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 912 de 26 de agosto de 2005 sobr e la aprobación del 
Reglamento y la plantilla del Consejo del Organismo de Reservas Materiales, 
Contratación Pública y Ayuda Humanitaria (Boletín Oficial Nº 117-118/980 de 2 de 
septiembre de 2005); 
 b) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 44 de 13 de enero de 2006 sobre la aprobación del 
Reglamento de contratación de servicios para la ejecución de obras de diseño para 
inversiones públicas (Boletín Oficial Nº 25-27/142 de 10 de febrero de 2006); 
 c) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 105 de 30 de enero de 2006 sobre la aprobación del 
Reglamento del procedimiento de preparaci ón y examen de la Lista de vendedores 
(contratistas) cuya participación en pro cedimientos de contratación pública está 
prohibida (Boletín Oficial Nº 21- 24/138 de 3 de febrero de 2006); 
 d) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 278 de 16 de marzo de 2006 sobre recursos especiales de 
contratación pública del Organismo de Reser vas Materiales, Contratación Pública y 
Ayuda Humanitaria (Boletín Oficial Nº  47-50/314 de 24 de marzo de 2006); 
 e) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 50 de 27 de en ero de 1999 sobre la contratación de bienes, 
obras y servicios para atender las n ecesidades del Estado para 1999 (Boletín 
Oficial Nº 10-11/91 de 4 de febrero de 1999); 
 f) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 595 de 25 de juni o de 1999 sobre la gestión y supervisión 
del procedimiento de contratación pública (Bol etín Oficial Nº 67-69/626 de 1º de julio 
de 1999); 
 g) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 1123 de 15 de septiembre de 2003 sobre la aprobación del 
Reglamento de contratación pública de  obras (Boletín Oficial Nº 204-207/1181 
de 26 de septiembre de 2003); 
 h) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 832 de 13 de agosto de 2001 sobr e la aprobación del 
Reglamento de contratación de bienes y ser vicios mediante convocatoria de licitación 
(Boletín Oficial Nº 104-105 de 24 de agosto de 2001); 
 i) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 782 de 30 de junio de 2003 sobre las medidas principales 
para lograr una contratación pública más ef icaz (Boletín Oficial Nº 135-137/819 
de 4 de julio de 2003); 
                                                      
1 Véase el anexo al presente documento.  La Ley entró en vigor a los tres meses de su publicación 
(artículo 76), esto es, el 27 de octubre de 2007.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   j) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 951 de 4 de  agosto de 2003 sobre la aprobación del 
Reglamento de contratación pública con un solo proveedor Boletín Oficial Nº 182-185 
de 19 de agosto de 2003); 
 k) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 98 de 31 de enero de 2005 sobre la aprobación del 
Reglamento de generación y uso de recurs os especiales de las instituciones públicas 
provenientes para la entrega del pliego de  condiciones (Boletín Oficial Nº 20-23/150 
de 4 de febrero de 2005); 
 l) Decisión del Gobierno Nº 1312 de 28 de diciembre de 2000 sobre valoración, 
homologación y adquisición de obras literari as, dramáticas y musi cales y obras de 
bellas artes para completar las coleccion es del Estado (Boletín Oficial Nº 1-4/11 
de 11 de enero de 2001); 
 m) Reglamento del grupo de trabajo para la contratación de bienes, obras y servicios, 
aprobado por el Organismo Nacional de Cont ratación Pública el 5 de marzo de 2003 
(Boletín Oficial Nº 62-66 de 4 de abril de 2003); 
 n) Reglamento relativo a los contratos de adquisición de bienes y servicios para 
organismos públicos beneficiarios (contra tos públicos), aprobado por el Organismo 
Nacional de Contratación Pública el 17 de noviembre de 999 (Boletín Oficial Nº 1-4 
de 6 de enero de 2000), etc. 
5. Dada la adopción de la nueva Ley de Contratación Pública Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007, 
en el plazo de seis meses contados desde su publicación deben armonizarse con sus disposiciones 
(artículo 76 de la Ley) los reglamentos del Gobierno  arriba mencionados.  Además, para asegurar el 
futuro desarrollo de la base jurídica en este campo, la Ley prevé la elaboración y aprobación de varios 
reglamentos, relativos a las siguientes cuestiones en particular: 
 a) procedimiento para la contra tación de poco valor (artículo 2); 
 b) lista de operadores económicos  calificados (artículo 17); 
 c) lista de operadores económic os prohibidos (artículo 18); 
 d) procedimiento de contratación b asado en un acuerdo marco (artículo 50); 
 e) procedimiento de contratación c on un solo proveedor (artículo 53); 
 f) procedimiento de contratación basado en convocatorias de licitación (artículo 54); 
 g) procedimiento de contratación basa do en un sistema dinámico (artículo 55); 
 h) procedimiento de contratación basado en la licitación electrónica (artículo 56); 
 i) procedimiento de contratación medi ante la Bolsa Universal de Productos 
(artículo 58); 
 j) estructura y contenido de las solicitud es de ofertas de servicios de consultoría 
(artículo 61); 
 k) etc. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  6. De manera similar a la anterior Ley de C ontratación Pública, la nueva Ley dispone la 
supremacía de los tratados internacionales sobre la legislación nacional.  Así, si el tratado 
internacional en el que es parte la República de Moldov a, en particular el ACP,  contiene disposiciones 
que se apartan de lo estipulado en la legislaci ón nacional sobre contratación pública, serán de 
aplicación las disposiciones internaci onales (artículo 7 de la Ley). 
III. ÁMBITO DE APLICACIÓN  
4. Sírvanse resumir cómo se organiza el gobierno en cada nivel en su país. 
5. Sírvanse presentar una lista de todas las en tidades del gobierno central (ministerios, 
departamentos, organismos, etc.) que contraten bienes, servicios y servicios de construcción. 
6. ¿Qué entidades a nivel subcentral del gobierno (estados, provincias, municipios, etc.) 
contratan bienes y servicios? 
7. ¿Qué empresas controladas por el gobierno, o de su propiedad, están sometidas a las 
reglas sobre contratación pública?  ¿Qué otras en tidades o categorías de entidades (entidades 
del Anexo 3) controladas por el gobierno, o de su  propiedad, contratan?  Sírvanse especificarlas. 
8. ¿Aplican las entidades indicadas en las respuest as a las preguntas 5, 6 y 7 en su proceso 
de contratación la ley general (en caso de que  exista) u otra legislación establecida a nivel 
central o federal, o son autónomos del gobierno cen tral o federal en sus normas y prácticas de 
contratación?  En caso de que no estén sujeta s a la ley general sobre contratación, sírvanse 
presentar una lista de esas entidades e indicar a qué leyes, reglamentos, etc., están sujetas.  
¿Cómo se asegurará su gobierno de que las entidad es de esa naturaleza a nivel inferior al nivel 
central o federal de gobierno aplican el Acuerdo? 
9. ¿Existe alguna excepción general con respecto al ámbito de aplicación de las normas 
nacionales de contratación, por ejemplo por razones de seguridad o defensa nacional?  Sírvanse dar una respuesta detallada. 
10. Sírvanse presentar las estadísticas disponib les sobre contratación realizada por las 
entidades gubernamentales de su país en los últi mos dos años, incluyendo, en la medida de lo 
posible, un desglose por entidades y po r categorías de productos y servicios. 
7. La administración del territorio de la República de Moldova está organizada en dos niveles:  
el primero está formado por las aldeas, las comun as, las ciudades y los municipios, y el segundo, por 
los "rayons" (Ley Nº 123-XV de 18 de marzo de  2003 sobre la Administración Pública).  La 
administración pública del municipio de Chisinau y de  la unidad territorial autónoma de Gagauzia se 
rigen por leyes especiales.  El estatuto jurídico de la  región de Transnistria, en la que las autoridades 
moldovas no ejercen actualmente su poder, se definirá en el marco de las negociaciones que están 
teniendo lugar entre la República de Moldova y Transn istria bajo los auspicios de la  OSCE, con la 
mediación de Ucrania y de la Federación Rusa y la participación de los Estados Unidos y la UE (el 
denominado "formato 5+2"), de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Ley de la República de 
Moldova Nº 173-XVI de 22 de julio de 2005 sobre las disposiciones básicas del estatuto jurídico 
especial de los asentamientos en la margen izquierda del Río Nistru (Transnistria). 
8. La autoridad pública central generalmente encargada  de la supervisión y la coordinación en el 
ámbito de la contratación pública es el Organism o de Reservas Materiales, Contratación Pública y 
Ayuda Humanitaria (AMRPPHA), entidad autónoma que  depende del Gobierno de la República de 
Moldova.  Las actividades y la gestión del Organism o se rigen por el Reglamento aprobado mediante 
Decisión del Gobierno Nº 912 de 26 de  agosto de 2005.  De conformida d con lo dispuesto en la nueva  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Ley de Contratación Pública, el Organismo ejerce sus facultades a través de sus subdivisiones locales, 
que se crearán este año (artículos 8 y 9 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007) a condición de 
que se disponga de fondos suficientes. 
9. Todos los contratos de adquisici ón en los que participe una " autoridad contratante " se regirán 
por la Ley de Contratación Pública.  A los efec tos del artículo 12 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI, se otorga 
capacidad de " autoridad contratante " a las " autoridades públicas ", según la definición de la 
legislación de la República de Moldova, a las " personas de interés público " y a las " asociaciones de 
tales autoridades o personas ".  De conformidad con el párrafo  2 del artículo 12 de la Ley, por 
"persona jurídica de interés público " se entiende cualquier entidad que disfrute de personalidad 
jurídica y se haya creado para satisfacer un interés púb lico, y no con fines de lucro.  Al mismo tiempo, 
se exige que la actividad de la entidad se financie  principalmente con cargo a fondos públicos, que sus 
resultados sean supervisados por autoridades públicas,  o que su consejo de administración, ejecutivo o 
de supervisión esté compuesto en más del 50 por ciento por representantes del Estado. 
10. Conviene indicar que el Gobierno podría decidir la aplicación de la Ley de Contratación 
Pública a personas jurídicas que actúen en mer cados donde por reglam ento o disposición 
administrativa, o porque exista un monopolio, esté excl uida la competencia (párrafo 4 del artículo 12 
de la Ley Nº 96-XVI).  A este respecto, cabría c itar, en primer lugar, a algunas empresas que son 
estatales o cuyo principal accionista es el Estado.  Este aspecto no ha sido contemplado por la Ley Nº 1166-XIII de 30 de abril de 1997 sobre la contratación de bienes, obras y servicios para 
atender las necesidades del Estado.  La lista de  estas empresas será aprobada por el Gobierno. 
11. Con respecto a la administración central y a la administración pública local de segundo nivel, 
las siguientes autoridades estatal es principales actúan como " autoridad contratante " en la adquisición 
de bienes, obras y servicios: 
A. Autoridades públicas centrales: 
 
 1) Oficina del Presidente de la República de  Moldova e instituciones subordinadas a ella 
o bajo su supervisión; 
 2) Oficina del Parlamento e instituciones s ubordinadas a ella o bajo su supervisión; 
 3) Oficina del Gobierno de la República de  Moldova e instituciones subordinadas a ella 
o bajo su supervisión; 
 4) Ministerio de Economía y Comercio e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 5) Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 6) Ministerio del Interior e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 7) Ministerio de Agricultura y de la Indus tria Alimentaria e instituciones subordinadas a 
él o bajo su supervisión; 
 8) Ministerio de Defensa e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   9) Ministerio de Transporte e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión
2; 
 10) Ministerio de Cultura y Turismo e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 11) Ministerio de Ecología y Recursos Natu rales e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo 
su supervisión; 
 12) Ministerio de Hacienda e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 13) Ministerio de Educación e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión;  14) Ministerio de Justicia e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 15) Ministerio de Protección Social e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 16) Ministerio de Sanidad e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 17) Ministerio de Cultura e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 18) Ministerio de Desarrollo de la Informac ión e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 19) Ministerio de Reintegración e institucion es subordinadas a él o bajo su supervisión; 
 20) Ministerio de la Administración Pública Local e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo 
su supervisión; 
 21) Servicio de Aduanas;  22) Oficina de Relaciones Interétnicas;  23) Oficina Nacional de Estadística; 
 24) Servicios de Frontera; 
 25) Organismo de Construcción y Ordenación Territorial;  26) Organismo Forestal "Moldsilva";  27) Organismo Agroindustrial "Moldova-Vin";  28) Organismo de Reservas Materiales, C ontratación Pública y Ayuda Humanitaria; 
 29) Organismo del Catastro y de Relaciones Territoriales; 
                                                     
 
2 Se eliminó mediante Decisión del Gobierno y modifi caciones a la Ley por la que se rige el Ministerio 
de Transporte.  Este Ministerio funcionó hasta noviembre de 2008.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   30) Centro de Represión de los De litos Económicos y la Corrupción;  
 31) Cámara Estatal de Licencias;  32) Organismo del Deporte, etc. 
B. Autoridades públicas locales: 
  1) Consejo del municipio de Chisinau e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 2) Consejo del municipio de Balti e instituciones subordinadas a él o bajo su 
supervisión; 
 3) Consejo de la unidad territorial autónom a de Gagauzia e instituciones subordinadas a 
él o bajo su supervisión; 
 4) 37 consejos de los "rayons" e institucion es subordinadas a ellos o bajo su supervisión. 
CUADRO 1:  CONTRATACIONES PÚBLICAS REGISTRADAS POR EL AMRPPHA EN 2006 
 
Procedimiento de contrataci ón Nº de contratos En % Cuantía en 
MDL En % 
Licitación 8.990 30,2 3.674.804.652,64 69,87 
Convocatoria de licitación 18.504 62,17 1.204.788.032,58 22,90 
Con un solo proveedor 2.270 7,63 380.224.203,28 7,23 
Total: 29.764 100 5.259.816.888,50 100 
Fuente :  AMRPPHA. 
 
12. La ratione materiae  de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abr il de 2007 sobre Contratación Pública 
se define sobre la base de dos criterios centrales: 
 a) un umbral mínimo para el valor estimado de 20.000 lei moldovos 
(1.600 dólares EE.UU.) en la contratación pública de bienes y de 25.000 lei moldovos 
(2.000 dólares EE.UU.) en la de obras y servicios;  en el valor estimado del contrato 
de adquisición no estará incluido el IVA; 
 b) el contrato de adquisición pública no está excluido del ámbito de aplicación de la Ley 
de Contratación Pública. 
13. Los contratos de adquisición pública cuyo valo r estimado, excluido el IVA, no supere el 
umbral antes mencionado se regirán por el proced imiento previsto en el Reglamento sobre la 
contratación pública de poco valor.  Tienen condi ción especial los contratos de adquisiciones públicas 
que superen los 2,5 millones de lei moldovos (200. 000 dólares EE.UU.), en el caso de los bienes y 
servicios, y los 99 millones de lei moldovos (8,25 millones de dólares EE.UU.) en el de las obras.   
14. En la actualidad están excluidos del ámbito de  aplicación de la Ley 12 tipos de contratos, 
algunos de los cuales son contratos para la con cesión de obras públicas y servicios y contratos cuyo 
objetivo es la contratación pública de bienes para su  reventa (párrafos g) e i) del artículo 4 de la 
Ley Nº 96-XVI). 
15. También se excluyen de su ámbito de aplicaci ón:  los contratos de acceso restringido por 
razones de seguridad si su ejecución conlleva me didas de seguridad establecidas en disposiciones 
legislativas, y los contratos de adquisición de bienes, obras y servi cios relacionados con la producción GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  y el comercio de armas de fuego, municiones  y sistemas de armamento (párrafos j) y k) del artículo 4 
de la Ley Nº 96-XVI).  En los demás contratos de  adquisición, las autoridades responsables de la 
seguridad nacional y el orden público están obligadas a aplicar las disposiciones de la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
de 13 de abril de 2007. 
CUADRO 2:  CONTRATACIONES PÚBLICAS REALIZADAS POR 
AUTORIDADES PÚBLICAS LOCALES EN 2006 
 
Convocatorias de licitación 
Bienes y servicios Obras Total Distrito 
(rayon) Nº de 
contratos Cuantía 
en MDL Nº de 
contratos Cuantía 
en MDL Nº de 
contratos Cuantía 
en MDL 
Anenii Noi 457 10.124.689 55 3.220.365 512 13.345.054 
Basarabeasca 109 3.469.564 15 1.020.147 124 4.489.711 
Briceni 212 8.933.994 64 3.554.805 276 12.488.799 
Cahul 915 12.732.169 46 1.901.711 961 14.633.880 
Cantemir 165 5.501.825 6 292.924 171 5.794.749 
Calaraşi 190 6.471.300 39 3.181.000 229 9.652.300 
Căuşeni 438 15.496.500 29 1.827.900 457 17.324.400 
Cimişlia 159 4.403.000 21 2.510.000 180 6.913.000 
Criuleni 452 27.481.528 106 28.512.447 558 55.993.975 
Donduşeni 182 5.719.440,16 22 1.376.802,29 204 7.096.242,45 
Drochia 367 12.566.367,23 45 3.549.922,54 412 16.116.289,77 
Dubăsari 264 7.201.064,90 16 2.001.028,90 280 9.202.093,80 
Edineţ 268 10.322.230 22 1.282.755 290 11.604.985 
Făleşti 200 9.470.711 25 2.242.371 225 11.713.082 
Floreşti 119 4.613.795 101 16.189.429 220 20.803.224 
Glodeni 132 7.572.500 6 386.300 138 7.958.800 
Hănceşti 974 21.936.186 97 18.245.804 1.071 40.181.990 
Ialoveni 339 12.786.855,89 50 6.169.488,08 389 18.956.343,97 
Leova 386 8.333.600 14 801.300 400 9.134.900 
Nisporeni 227 11.684.000 57 12.663.000 284 24.347.000 
Ocniţa 159 7.611.920 48 3.100.672 207 10.712.592 
Orhei 408 17.059.926 55 2.871.367 463 19.931.293 
Rezina 231 8.625.800 37 2.476.100 268 11.101.900 
Rîşcani 293 10.413.046 51 2.549.526 344 12.962.572 
Săngerei 258 9.668.542 37 6.942.796 295 16.611.338 
Soroca 338 15.781.196,14 31 3.584.927,65 369 19.366.123,79 
Străşeni 368 12.559.102,81 33 1.807.325,44 401 14.366.428,25 
Şoldăneşti 85 2.843.091 7 468.404 92 3.311.495 
Ştefan Vod ă 216 4.758.088 51 2.372.386 267 7.130.474 
Taraclia 277 12.693.642,31 25 3.392.779 302 16.086.421,31 
Teleneşti 153 5.552.000 20 1.179.600 173 6.731.600 
Ungheni 303 11.182.165,39 37 2.073.288,53 340 13.255.453,92 
Chişinău 1.506 62.297.893,61 348 19.995.383 1.854 82.293.276,61  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Bălţi 124 5.468.000 14 1.445.200 138 6.913.200 
UTA Gagauzia 631 24.251.600 116 7.626.200 747 31.877.800 
TOTAL 11.905 417.587.332,44 1.746 172.815.454,43 13.651 590.402.786,87 
Fuente :  AMRPPHA. 
 
IV. TRATO NACIONAL Y NO DISCRIMINACIÓN 
11. Sírvanse indicar las disposiciones específicas de  su legislación en las que se reflejen los 
compromisos en materia de trato nacional y no  discriminación del artículo III del Acuerdo. 
12. Sírvanse facilitar detalles sobre cualquier disp osición de la legislación nacional que 
conceda a los suministros y proveedores nacionales un trato más favorable que el concedido a los suministros y proveedores extranjeros;  o qu e conceda a los suministros o proveedores de un 
determinado país un trato más favor able que a los de otro país. 
13. Sírvanse facilitar detalles de cualquier disposic ión de la legislación nacional que conceda 
a un proveedor establecido en el país un trato me nos favorable que a otro proveedor establecido 
en él por razón de su condición de filial de una  empresa extranjera o por ser propiedad de ella;  
o que discrimine a los proveedores establecidos en el  país en función del país de producción del 
bien o servicio que ha de suministrarse o prestarse. 
14. Sírvanse especificar en qué medida se conced e, en su caso, un trato más favorable a 
algún sector de la economía, alguna región o alguna categoría específica de suministros o 
proveedores. 
15. Sírvanse especificar las disposiciones, po r ejemplo prescripciones en materia de 
contenido nacional, cesión de tecnología mediante licencia, inversiones, comercio de compensación u otras similares, en la calificac ión o selección de los proveedores, productos o 
servicios, o en la evaluación de las ofertas y la  adjudicación de contratos, que, en su caso, 
requieran o permitan el uso de compensaciones o medidas de efectos similares. 
16. Todo operador económico que tenga la condi ción de empresa, sea o no residente moldovo 
(persona física o jurídica), tiene derecho a partic ipar en los procedimientos de adjudicación de 
contratos de adquisiciones públicas.  No obstante,  la autoridad contratante podrá decidir, de 
conformidad con la legislación, si limita los participantes sólo a l as entidades nacionales. 
17. Es obligatorio otorgar el trato naciona l a un operador económico que no sea residente 
moldovo cuando las contrataciones públicas superen los 2, 5 millones de lei moldovos en el caso de la 
contratación de bienes y servicios, y los 99 millones de  lei moldovos, en el caso de la contratación de 
obras (párrafo 3 del artículo 2 de la Ley Nº 96- XVI de 13 de abril de 2007), siempre que tengan 
derecho a ello en el marco de las leyes de su jurisdicción.  Además, la Ley garantiza que las 
condiciones relativas a las garantías financieras, la s calificaciones técnicas y la información necesaria 
para establecer la condición de bien financiero no serán menos favorables para los residentes no 
moldovos que para los residentes moldovos y que di chas condiciones no discriminarán de ningún otro 
modo a los residentes no moldovos (párrafo 5 del artículo 15 de la Ley 96-XVI de 13 de abril 
de 2007). 
18. De conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007, se tratará por 
igual a todos los bienes y servicios con independenc ia de la región.  Además, el Gobierno podrá 
reservar el derecho a participar en el procedimient o de adjudicación de los contratos de adquisiciones 
públicas, en una proporción que no su perará el 20 por ciento de la cuantía de las contrataciones, a la GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Sociedad de Ciegos y Discapacitados, el Taller de Producción del Hospital Psiquiátrico de la 
República, las instituciones penitenciarias y demá s personas desfavorecidas, o podrá establecer las 
condiciones de participación en estos procedimient os en el marco de programas de empleo con 
sujeción a lo que disponga la legislación (párrafo 2 del artículo 5 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril 
de 2007). 
19. Al evaluar y comparar las ofertas, la autoridad contratante aplicará medidas de protección en 
forma de margen preferencial favorable a las ofer tas de bienes nacionales y las ofertas de obras 
ejecutadas por residentes moldovos, que no superará el 15 por ciento del precio de la mejor oferta.  En 
el caso de las ofertas de bienes producidos por la Sociedad de Ciegos y Discapacitados, el Taller de 
Producción del Hospital Psiquiátrico de la República y las instituciones penitenciarias y de las ofertas 
de productos agrícolas ecológicos o en el período de  transición a la producción de productos agrícolas 
ecológicos, el margen preferencial no superará el 20 por ciento del precio de la  mejor oferta (párrafo 6 
del artículo 44 de la Ley Nº  96 de 13 de abril de 2007). 
20. En el campo de la contratación pública, la  legislación de la República de Moldova no 
especifica criterios ambientales o relacionados con la seguridad de los trabajadores, aunque éstos 
están comprendidos en gran medida en el ámbito de aplicación de la legislación ambiental y laboral.  
Por tanto, en el proceso de contratación las part es están obligadas a observar estas disposiciones del 
régimen normativo nacional. 
V. ELEMENTOS ESPECÍFICOS DEL PROCEDIMIENTO DE CONTRATACIÓN 
16. Sírvanse hacer una descripción general de sus procedimientos y métodos de 
contratación existentes, indicando los métodos de  contratación que se utilizan principalmente y 
haciendo una breve descripción de  cada uno de ellos.  Sírvanse también indicar, con respecto a 
cada uno de los niveles de gobierno, en qué me dida se utiliza la calificación de los proveedores y 
las licitaciones públicas, selectivas y restringidas. 
17. Sírvanse indicar qué disposición de la legislació n de su país exige la no discriminación en 
lo que respecta a la calificación de los proveedores en el sentido del artículo VIII y a la selección 
de los proveedores en el sentido del artículo X.   Indiquen, por favor, cualquier excepción a este 
requisito.  ¿Qué disposiciones aseguran el acc eso en condiciones no discriminatorias de nuevos 
proveedores a las listas de calificación existentes? 
18. En las situaciones en las que pueden utilizar se procedimientos de calificación y una 
licitación selectiva, ¿en qué medida permiten las entidades a los proveedores adquirir la 
condición de proveedores calificados durante el  proceso de contratación?  ¿En qué medida 
mantienen las entidades listas permanentes de proveedores? 
19. ¿Cuáles son las condiciones y circunstancia s en las que su legislación prevé la 
posibilidad de recursos a la licitación restringida co n arreglo al artículo XV del Acuerdo?  ¿Qué 
medidas existen para asegurar que este método  no se utilice con miras a evitar que la 
competencia sea la máxima posible;  o de mo do que constituya un medio de discriminación 
entre suministros/proveedores extranjeros, o en  favor de suministros/proveedores nacionales? 
20. El artículo XIV del Acuerdo prevé la cel ebración de negociaciones bajo ciertas 
condiciones.  ¿Se permite a las entidades celebrar negociaciones?  De ser así, ¿a qué categorías y 
en qué condiciones? 
21. El artículo XI estipula los plazos mínimos de licitación y entrega.  ¿Cuáles son las 
normas y prácticas relativas a los plazos de su legislación?  ¿Se recogen en esa legislación los  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  diversos plazos mínimos, establecidos en el Acue rdo?  Si la respuesta es negativa, sírvanse dar 
información sobre cualquier plazo distinto establecido en su legislación nacional. 
22. Sírvanse describir brevemente los procedimientos de presentación, recepción y apertura 
de ofertas y de adjudicación de contratos, en particular los procedimientos y condiciones que garantizan la regularidad de la apertura y su compatibilidad con las disposiciones sobre no 
discriminación del Acuerdo.  ¿Cómo mantie nen las entidades la información de los 
procedimientos relacionados con la recepción, apertura y evaluación de las ofertas? 
23. Sírvanse identificar las disposiciones de su le gislación que estipulan los parámetros para 
el establecimiento de especificaciones técnicas po r las entidades como parte de los criterios de 
evaluación. 
24. Sírvanse identificar las medidas establecidas po r su legislación nacional para asegurarse 
de que las adjudicaciones se realicen de conf ormidad con los criterios de evaluación y los 
requisitos esenciales especificados en el pliego de condiciones. 
21. El procedimiento básico de adjudicación de un contrato de adquisición pública es el de la 
licitación pública.  Además, los contratos de a dquisiciones públicas pueden adjudicarse utilizando los 
siguientes procedimientos: 
 a) licitación restringida;  b) acuerdo marco;  c) diálogo competitivo;  d) procedimientos negociados;  e) contratación con un solo proveedor; 
 f) convocatoria de licitación; 
 g) sistemas de contratación dinámicos;  h) licitación electrónica;  i) contratación en caso de planes de vivienda social;  j) contratación a través de la Bolsa Universal de Productos; 
 k) contratación de servicios de consultoría. 
22. La manera de realizar los tipos específicos de contratación se regirá por reglamentos 
especiales promulgados por el Gobierno. 
23. Por " licitación pública " se entiende un procedimiento que co mprende las ofertas de todos los 
operadores económicos que quieran participar en la lic itación.  Previamente, la autoridad contratante 
publicará, siguiendo las prescripciones legales, la de bida convocatoria de lic itación y facilitará el 
acceso de los operadores económicos al pliego de  condiciones (artículo 35 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
de 13 de abril de 2007).  La estructura y el cont enido del pliego de condiciones están determinados 
por la documentación tipo aprobada por el Gobierno.   La tasa que la autoridad contratante pueda 
percibir por el pliego de condiciones comprende úni camente los gastos relacionados con su impresión GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  y su entrega al operador económico (artículos 36-37 de  la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007).  En 
la actualidad, la tarifa del conjunto de los doc umentos que componen el pliego de condiciones (el 
alcance de los trabajos) está fijada en 200 lei moldovos (16 dólares EE.UU.).
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24. La oferta del operador económico es válida hasta la  fecha límite especificada en el pliego de 
condiciones.  A menos que en éste se contemple otra cosa, el licitador podrá modificar su oferta o 
retirarla antes de que expire el plazo de su presen tación, sin que pierda la cantidad depositada al 
presentar la oferta.  Esta cantidad no superará el 3 por ciento del valor estimado del contrato de 
adquisición pública.   
25. En la adquisición de bienes y de obras, la au toridad contratante solicitará que el licitador 
presente, en el momento de la celebración del contra to, una garantía de su ejecución.  El monto de 
esta garantía no será superior al 15 por ciento del valor estimado del contrato de adquisición pública.  
En la adquisición de bienes por valor inferior a 200.000 lei moldovos y de obras por valor inferior 
a 1 millón de lei moldovos, la autoridad contra tante está facultada para  no solicitar al operador 
económico un depósito por la oferta o una garantía por su ejecución. 
26. La autoridad contratante adjudicará la " oferta económicamente más ventajosa ", tomando en 
consideración los márgenes preferenciales del 15 por ciento y el 20 por ciento previstos en el 
párrafo 6 del artículo 44 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de  13 de abril de 2007.  De conformidad con el 
artículo 45, para decidir cuál es la " oferta económicamente más ventajosa " se aplicarán los criterios 
siguientes: 
 a) en el caso de la contratación pública de  bienes, el precio, los plazos de entrega, las 
condiciones de pago, la rentabilidad, la ca lidad, la estética, las características 
funcionales y técnicas, las posibilidades y los costos de prestación de servicios 
técnicos y apoyo técnico; 
 b) en el caso de la contratación pública de obras, la calidad ofrecida, el costo de un 
operador del producto del licitador  al final de las obras, el precio total, la experiencia 
del licitador, etc.;  la proporción de la im portancia concedida al precio en la 
evaluación total de las ofertas no será inferior al 80 por ciento; 
 c) en el caso de la contratación pública de ser vicios, la calidad ofrecida, el costo de un 
operador del producto del licitador , el precio total, la experiencia del licitador, etc.;  la 
proporción de la importancia concedida al precio en la evaluación total de las ofertas no será inferior al 40 por ciento. 
27. Al adjudicar un contrato se dará prioridad al  operador económico que, de manera directa o 
indirecta, fomente el perfeccionamiento profesional, el empleo de personas discapacitadas o con 
necesidades especiales, la lucha contra el desempleo y la seguridad ambiental, inclusive durante la 
ejecución del contrato, el empleo de desempleados  o la aplicación de medidas de perfeccionamiento 
profesional para los desempleados o los jóvenes, la mejora de las condiciones laborales y de la 
seguridad en el trabajo, el desarrollo rural y el d esarrollo de la agricultura profesional, la protección y 
el apoyo a las pequeñas y medianas empresas, inclui das las que participan en la subcontratación.  
Tales preferencias se especificarán siempre en la invitación a participar (artículo 66 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
                                                     
 
3 Párrafo 4 del Reglamento sobre generación y uso de recursos especiales de las instituciones públicas 
para la entrega del pliego de condiciones (Decisión del Gobierno Nº 98 de 31 de enero de 2005).  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  28. Los contratos cuya celebración se base en las of ertas ganadoras entrarán en vigor en el 
momento de su registro en el AMRPPHA y en una de las agencias de la Hacienda Estatal.  Los 
contratos no registrados carecen de  fuerza legal (párrafo 4 del artíc ulo 47 y párrafo 8 del artículo 67 
de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
29. Por " licitación restringida " se entiende el procedimiento utilizado en la contratación de 
bienes, obras y servicios que tienen un carácter comp lejo o en los que son muchos los operadores 
económicos activos en el mercado.  La licitación restringida se rige por las mismas normas que la 
licitación pública y está sujeta a procedimientos de  preselección basados en las calificaciones de los 
operadores económicos mencionadas en el artículo 16 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007, en 
particular:  competencia en materia de gestión, experiencia, buena reputación, personal cualificado, 
situación financiera, base técnica, otras compet encias que son necesarias para la calidad de la 
ejecución del contrato durante todo el período de validez de éste etc.  No es obligatorio inscribirse 
previamente en la Lista de operadores económicos calificados que administra el Organismo de 
conformidad con el reglamento aprobado por el Gobierno (párrafos 2 y 3 del artículo 17 de la 
Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
30. Además, al evaluar las calificaciones de cad a operador económico que haya presentado una 
solicitud de preselección, sólo se aplicarán los criterios de preselección especificados en los 
documentos correspondientes.  Por otro lado, a los efec tos de lo dispuesto en los artículos VIII y X del 
Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública de la OMC, el párrafo 5 del artículo 15 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
garantiza la no discriminación en tales calificaciones. 
31. Por " licitación basada en un acuerdo marco " se entiende el procedimiento realizado mediante 
la celebración de un acuerdo por una o más auto ridades contratantes y uno o varios operadores 
económicos en el que se convienen las condicion es de los contratos que se adjudicarán durante 
determinado período de tiempo, partic ularmente en lo que respecta a lo s precios y, si procede, a las 
cantidades previstas (artículo 50). 
32. Por " licitación basada en un diálogo competitivo " se entiende un procedimiento de licitación 
pública realizado en dos etapas, aplicable en cas o de contratos de adquisición "especialmente 
complejos" (párrafo 2 del artículo 51) en el que cualquier persona con una actividad económica puede 
solicitar la participación y en el que la autorida d contratante entabla un diálogo con los candidatos 
admitidos a la licitación, con el fin de encontrar una o más soluciones que satisfagan los requisitos, 
sobre cuya base se invitará a los candidatos seleccionados a presentar ofertas (artículo 51).  
33. Por " licitación basada en procedimientos negociados " se entiende un procedimiento de 
licitación en el que las autoridades contratantes negocian con los licitadores las ofertas presentadas 
con el fin de adaptarlas a las nece sidades manifestadas en el anuncio  de participación, el alcance de 
los trabajos y otros documentos, en su caso, y de de terminar cuál es la oferta más ventajosa.  Los 
casos de utilización de la licitación basada en pro cedimientos negociados se contemplan en el 
párrafo 1 del artículo 52 de la Ley Nº  96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007.  
34. Por " contratación con un solo proveedor " se entiende un procedimiento de contratación 
utilizado en los casos especiales que determine la legislación aplicable, particularmente en caso de 
"urgencia máxima " debida a acontecimientos imprevisibles que hacen imposible el cumplimiento de 
los plazos especificados para los procedimientos  abiertos o negociados , publicando un anuncio de 
participación.  Las situaciones invocadas para justificar una " urgencia máxima " no deben ser 
atribuibles a las partes contratantes (artículo 53).  El modo de realizar la contratación con un solo 
proveedor se establece en el Reglamento aprobado  mediante Decisión del Gobierno Nº 951 de 4 de 
agosto de 2003. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  35. Por " contratación basada en un c onvocatoria de licitación " se entiende el procedimiento de 
contratación en el que cada operador económico puede  presentar una sola oferta, sin tener derecho a 
modificarla.  Entre la autoridad contratante y el  licitador no podrá mediar ninguna negociación sobre 
las condiciones de la oferta.  Este procedimiento puede utilizarse para los contratos de adquisición de 
bienes, obras y servicios que tengan una especificaci ón definida, a condición de que el valor estimado 
de la contratación no supere los 200.000 lei moldovos en el caso de los bienes y los servicios ni el 
millón de lei moldovos en el de las obras.  La ma nera de realizar la contratación a través de la 
convocatoria de licitación se establece en el Reglamento aprobado mediante Decisión del Gobierno Nº 832 de 13 de agosto de 2001. 
36. Por " licitación basada en el sistema de contratación dinámico " se entiende un procedimiento 
de uso corriente totalmente electrónico cuyas caract erísticas, generalmente disponibles en el mercado, 
satisfacen las necesidades de la autoridad contratante;  su duración es limitada en el tiempo y está abierto durante todo el período a cualquier operador económico que re úna los criterios de selección y 
que presente una oferta estimada conforme a las nec esidades solicitadas.  La licitación basada en el 
sistema de contratación dinámico se realiza atendi endo a los requisitos exigidos para las licitaciones 
públicas en todas sus etapas hasta la adjudicación del cont rato en el marco de dicho sistema.  Se invita 
a participar y se admite en el sistema a todos los licitadores que reúnan los criterios de selección y que 
hayan presentado una oferta estimada compatible con el  alcance de los trabajos y, en su caso, los 
documentos adicionales;  las ofertas pueden ser mejo radas en cualquier momento, a condición de que 
sigan siendo compatibles con el alcance de los trabajos. 
37. Por " licitación electrónica " se entiende el procedimiento de contratación en el que media un 
dispositivo electrónico que muestra en orden descende nte nuevos precios o nuevos valores en relación 
con determinados elementos de la  oferta, que se hacen tras una prim era evaluación completa de las 
ofertas, lo que permite clasificarlas utilizando méto dos automatizados de evaluación.  No podrán ser 
objeto de licitaciones electrónicas determinados contra tos de servicios y determinados contratos de 
obras que tienen que ver con actividades intelectuales,  como obras de diseño.  La manera de realizar 
la contratación mediante licitación electrónica se establece en un Reglamento aprobado por el 
Gobierno. 
38. Por " contratación en caso de planes de vivienda social " se entiende un procedimiento 
especial de adjudicación utilizado en las contrataci ones públicas para el diseño y el desarrollo de un 
servicio de viviendas sociales cuyo fin es identificar a los miembros del equipo encargado de realizar los trabajos (artículo 57). 
39. Por "procedimiento de contratación a través de la Bolsa Universal de Productos " se entiende 
un procedimiento de contratación de  determinados tipos de bienes de  importancia estratégica.  La 
manera de realizar estos tipos de contrataci ón se establece en un Reglamento aprobado por el 
Gobierno (artículo 58). 
40. Por " procedimiento de contratación de servicios de consultoría " se entiende el procedimiento 
contemplado en el capítulo VII (a rtículos 60-64) de la Ley Nº 96- XVI de 13 de abril de 2007.  En 
general, la contratación de servicios  de consultoría tiene lugar a través de anuncios, publicados en el 
Boletín de Contratación Pública y en medios de difusión de alcance internacional, de ofertas de 
servicios o de convocatorias de preselección.  En los casos en que sea dudoso si el objeto de la contratación es un bien o un servicio, la contrataci ón recibirá el trato de contratación de bienes.  
41. En general, el plazo para presentar y recibi r solicitudes y ofertas de participación será 
suficiente para que los operador es económicos, tanto moldovos como extranjeros, puedan preparar y 
presentar ofertas antes de que termine el procedimient o de licitación (artículo 26 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
de 13 de abril de 2007).  En la  determinación de ese plazo, las autoridades contratantes tendrán en  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  cuenta la complejidad de las contrataciones previst as, el ámbito previsto de la subcontratación y el 
tiempo que exige habitualmente el envío por correo, desde el país y el extranjero, de las ofertas. 
42. Además, en caso de licitaciones públicas o restringidas, el plazo para la presentación y la 
recepción de solicitudes y ofertas de participación,  contado desde la public ación del anuncio de 
participación, será de al menos 15 días naturales, y en caso de contrataciones públicas directamente 
subvencionadas en más de un 50 por ciento por las autoridades contratantes (párrafo 3 del artículo 2 
de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007), de al menos 40 días naturales.  En los casos de 
repetición de contrato y de urge ncia, el plazo para la presentación de ofertas podrá reducirse a un 
período no inferior a 10 días naturales. 
43. En caso de procedimientos mediante convocatoria  de licitación, el plazo para la presentación 
y recepción de las ofertas, contado desde la fecha de  publicación de la invitación a participar, será de 
al menos 10 días naturales para las obras y los servici os y de tres días naturales para los bienes, y en 
caso de contrataciones públicas directamente subve ncionadas en más de un 50 por ciento por las 
autoridades contratantes (párrafo 3 del artículo 2 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007), de al 
menos 25 días naturales.  En los casos de contra taciones secundarias y repetición de contrato y de 
urgencia, justificada por la autoridad contratante, el plazo de presentación de ofertas podrá reducirse a 
un período no inferior a cinco días naturales, si se tr ata de obras o servicios, y de dos días naturales, si 
se trata de bienes. 
44. Las ofertas se abrirán en la fecha que en el  pliego de condiciones se especifique como fecha 
límite para la presentación de ofertas o en la que se especifique como fecha límite del período de prórroga, y en el lugar y de c onformidad con el procedimiento que se establezcan en el pliego de 
condiciones.  En la apertura de las ofertas tienen derecho a participar los licitadores o sus 
representantes (párrafo 2 del artículo 43 de la  Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
45. El nombre y la información de contacto de cada lic itador cuya oferta se abra y el costo de la 
oferta se comunicarán a los presentes en el acto de  la apertura así como a los no presentes o no 
representados en dicho acto que lo soliciten, y se ha rán constar en el informe del procedimiento de 
contratación (párrafo 3 del artículo 43 de la  Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
VI. INFORMACIÓN (TRANSPARENCIA DE LA CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA) 
25. El párrafo 1 del artículo XIX del Acuerdo prevé la publicación de todas las leyes, 
reglamentos, decisiones judiciales y resoluciones administrativas de aplicación general y los 
procedimientos relativos a los contratos públic os.  Sírvanse facilitar el nombre de las 
publicaciones pertinentes e indicar los medios de comunicación utilizados para este fin.  
Sírvanse también facilitar, si es posible, la dirección de la página de Internet en la que pueda ser 
consultada la legislación a la que hacen referencia las preguntas 1 y 2. 
26. El párrafo 1 del artículo IX del Acuerdo prevé que las entidades publicarán una 
invitación a participar en todos los casos en que prevean concertar un contrato.  Sírvanse 
facilitar el nombre de las publicaciones pertinente s e indicar el medio de comunicación utilizado 
para este fin.  Sírvanse también facilitar, si es posi ble, la dirección de la página de Internet en 
las que se hagan públicas dichas invitaciones. 
27. Sírvanse especificar qué tipo de información exige su legislación que se incluya en las 
invitaciones a licitar o en los pliegos de condicion es, e indicar las disposiciones pertinentes de su 
legislación. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  28. El párrafo 1 del artículo IX del Acuerdo prevé la publicación de listas permanentes de 
proveedores calificados por las enti dades que mantengan ese tipo de listas.  Sírvanse facilitar el 
nombre de la publicación o publicaciones pertinentes e indicar los medios utilizados para este fin.  Sírvanse también facilitar, si es posible, la  dirección de la página de Internet en que se 
publican dichas listas. 
29. El párrafo 1 del artículo XVIII del Acuerdo p revé la publicación por las entidades de los 
detalles de los anuncios de adjudicación de co ntratos.  Sírvanse facilitar el nombre de la 
publicación o publicaciones pertinentes e indicar qué medios se utilizan para este fin.  Sírvanse 
también facilitar, si es posible, la dirección de la  página de Internet en que se publican dichos 
anuncios. 
30. Sírvanse especificar los tipos de informació n que deben figurar en los anuncios de 
adjudicación de contratos en su país e identifica r las disposiciones pertinentes de su legislación. 
31. Sírvanse especificar las disposiciones pertinen tes de su legislación que hacen posible, 
conforme a lo previsto por el párrafo 2 del ar tículo XVIII, facilitar a las demás Partes y a los 
licitadores cuya oferta no haya sido elegida informac ión acerca de las razones por las que no fue 
elegida una oferta. 
46. Todas las leyes, decretos, decisiones del Gobierno y demás documentos normativos de la 
República de Moldova se publicarán, de conformidad con la Ley Nº 173-XIII de 6 de julio de 1994 
sobre el modo de publicación y la entrada en vigor de documentos oficiales, en el Boletín Oficial de la 
República de Moldova  y también en el sitio Web oficial del Parlamento, el Gobierno y los ministerios 
y departamentos competentes.  La publicación se realiza en el idioma oficial, acompañada de una 
traducción al ruso.  El Gobierno proporciona acceso gr atuito e ilimitado por Internet a todas las leyes 
y reglamentos debidamente publicados, así como acceso a las actualizaciones en caso de que sean 
objeto de enmiendas, cuando éstas se producen (párra fo 1 del artículo 10 de la Nº 173-XIII).  Los 
documentos oficiales, con la salvedad de los que constituyen secreto de Estado, no podrán entrar en 
vigor sin ser oficialmente publicados (párrafo 5 de l artículo 1 de la Ley Nº 173-XIII).  Las leyes y 
reglamentos que modifiquen las condiciones de importación o de exportación no podrán entrar en 
vigor antes de que pasen 30 días contados desde la fecha de su adopción. 
47. La autoridad contratante está obligada a publi car todos los anuncios de la intención de 
contrataciones públicas previstas así como todas las i nvitaciones a presentar ofertas tanto en el Boletín 
de Contratación Pública como en el sitio Web del Organismo (artículos 19-20 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
de 13 de abril de 2007).  Una vez publicados en el  Boletín de Contratación Pública, también podrán 
publicarse en otros medios de difusión, tanto nacion ales como internacionales.  Si entre la fecha de 
publicación de la convocatoria de licitación y la fecha lí mite fijada para la aper tura o la recepción de 
ofertas fuera necesario corregir o volver a publicar  la convocatoria, la convocatoria corregida se 
publicará en los mismos medios de difusión y tend rá el mismo valor que la convocatoria original. 
48. Los anuncios de la intención de organizar una  licitación deben publicarse por separado para 
los bienes, las obras y los servicios en un plazo máxi mo de 30 días naturales contados desde la fecha 
de aprobación del propio presupuesto de la autorida d contratante competente.  En el anuncio de la 
intención se incluirán todos los contratos de a dquisiciones públicas que se espera adjudicar antes de 
que finalice el ejercicio presupuestario.  En el caso  de los contratos públicos cuyo valor se estime en 
menos de 200.000 lei moldovos, si se trata de bien es y servicios, y en menos de 1 millón de lei 
moldovos, si se trata de obras, no es obligatorio publi car el anuncio (párrafo 3 del artículo 19 de la 
Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2006).  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  49. En el alcance de los trabajos, la autorida d contratante podrá especificar la entidad o las 
entidades de las que los candidatos o los licitadores podr án obtener la información pertinente sobre las 
obligaciones en materia de impuestos, protección del medio ambiente y condiciones laborales en la República de Moldova que se observarán en el lugar de las obras o en la prestación de los servicios 
durante el período de ejecución del contrato. 
50. Los anuncios de adjudicación de contratos de  adquisiciones públicas se publicarán en un 
plazo de 30 días naturales contados desde la fech a de la celebración del contrato de adquisición 
pública (artículo 21 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
51. La autoridad contratante informará a los licitadores que participen en el procedimiento de 
contratación y que lo soliciten de todas las d ecisiones relativas a la adjudicación del contrato.  
Además, a petición de los candidatos y los licitadores, la autoridad contratante está obligada a explicar 
el procedimiento de contratación aplicado, las razones del rechazo de ofertas no seleccionadas y las características y ventajas relativas de la oferta adjudicada así como el nombre completo de la empresa licitadora adjudicataria (artículo 22 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
VII. PROCEDIMIENTOS DE IMPUGNACIÓN DE LA LICITACIÓN 
32. Sírvanse facilitar información sobre los pr ocedimientos de impugnación existentes. 
33. ¿Existen disposiciones específicas que permit an el acceso de los proveedores extranjeros 
al procedimiento de impugnación? 
34. Si esa información no responde plenamente a los siguientes puntos, sírvanse facilitar la 
información adicional necesaria a tal efecto: 
 i) El plazo para presentar la reclamación prevista en el Acuerdo "en ningún caso 
será inferior a 10 días" desde el momento en que se conocieran, o debieran 
haberse razonablemente cono cido los hechos que den lugar a la reclamación.  
¿Cuáles son los plazos establecidos en la legislación nacional? 
 
 ii) ¿Cuál es el órgano responsable del procedimiento de impugnación?  ¿Es un 
"tribunal" o un "órgano de examen imparcial e independiente"?  En este último 
caso: 
 
  - ¿Cómo se selecciona a sus miembros? 
 
  - ¿Están sus decisiones sujetas a revisión judicial? 
 
  - De no ser así, ¿cómo se tienen en  cuenta las prescripciones del párrafo 6 
del artículo XX? 
 
 iii) ¿Cuál es la legislación aplicable con referencia a la cual el órgano de 
impugnación examinará las reclamaciones? 
 
 iv) ¿Qué medidas provisionales rápida s están previstas para corregir las 
infracciones del Acuerdo y preservar las oportunidades comerciales? 
 
  - ¿Está incluida entre esas medidas la  posibilidad de suspender el proceso 
de contratación?  ¿En qué condiciones? GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   v) ¿Cómo corrige el procedimiento de impugnación las infracciones del Acuerdo?  
¿Qué tipos de compensación por los daño s o perjuicios sufridos puede establecer 
el órgano de impugnación? 
  vi) Sírvanse facilitar la información disp onible sobre los plazos de las distintas 
etapas del proceso de impugnación, incluida la obtención de medidas 
provisionales y de una decisión definitiva. 
 vii) ¿Cuáles son habitualmente los cost es de un procedimiento de impugnación?  
¿Está prevista la posibilidad de que tales procedimientos sean gratuitos? 
 52. El procedimiento de contratación puede ser su spendido por las autoridades contratantes o a 
petición del Organismo tras una auditoría.  Puede procederse a la anulación antes de la fecha de 
publicación de la comunicación relativa a los resu ltados de la aplicación del procedimiento de 
contratación pública y, en todo caso, antes de la fecha de celebración del contrato, por los motivos 
especificados en el párrafo 1 del artículo 59 de la Ley. 
53. Además, todo operador económic o que alegue que en el marco del procedimiento de 
contratación la autoridad contratante, en virtud de su decisión o del procedimiento aplicado, ha 
infringido la ley o un derecho reconocido por ésta al operador económico, ocasionándole o pudiendo 
ocasionarle una pérdida, podrá impugnar ante el AMRPPHA la decisión o el procedimiento aplicado por la autoridad contratante, en la manera prevista en la Ley Nº 96 de 13 de abril de 2007.  La Ley de 
Contratación Pública no prescribe el pago de derec hos de timbre por iniciar el procedimiento de 
impugnación. 
54. La Ley prevé el reembolso de la pérdida causada por las actuaciones ilegales de las 
autoridades contratantes, con excepci ón de la pérdida de beneficios o de la posibilidad de obtenerlos.  
La compensación de daños y perjuicios se basará única mente en el fallo judicial definitivo (párrafo 7 
del artículo 72 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). 
55. No podrá ser objeto de impugnación: 
 a) la elección del procedimiento de selección de ofertas de servicios de consultoría;  b) la limitación de la participación en el procedimiento de contratación, resuelta de 
conformidad con la legislación aplicable (p árrafo 1 del artículo 15 de la Ley Nº 96 
de 13 de abril de 2007); 
 c) la decisión de rechazar todas las ofertas; 
 d) la omisión de la referencia a est a Ley o a otros documentos normativos sobre 
contratación pública, así como la falta  de información sobre el derecho de 
impugnación. 
56. En general, el plazo para la presentación de impugnaciones es de hasta 10 días naturales 
contados desde la fecha en que el operador económic o tuvo conocimiento de las circunstancias en que 
se fundamente su impugnación de la decisión del proced imiento aplicado por la autoridad contratante.  
Las impugnaciones de invitaciones a participar en licitaciones o de los pliegos de condiciones se 
podrán presentar antes de que la autoridad contrata nte proceda a la apertura de las propuestas de 
ofertas.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  57. Tras un primer examen de la impugnación, el  Organismo podrá decidir (párrafo 4 del 
artículo 72 de la Ley Nº 96 de 13 de abril de 2007) lo siguiente: 
 a) iniciar el procedimiento de solución amigable de la reclamación;  b) estimar total o parcialmente la reclamación;  c) desestimar total o parcialmente la reclamación; 
 d) solicitar que vuelvan a ser evaluadas las ofertas; 
 e) tomar otras medidas resolutorias de conformidad con la legislación aplicable. 58. En general, la legislación aplicable al fondo de la impugnación será la Ley Nº 96-XVI 
de 13 de abril de 2007, así como los demás doc umentos normativos oficiales aplicables en este 
ámbito.  De ser necesario, el Organismo y el tribunal administrativo podrán aplicar además las normas 
del derecho privado internacional en  materia de conflicto de legislaciones que figuran en el Código 
Civil de la República de Moldova. 
59. En un plazo de 20 días laborables contados desde la presentación de la impugnación, el 
Organismo la examinará y en el mismo plazo de tiempo publicará su decisión sobre la base de los documentos presentados o tras el examen de la impug nación en sesión abierta, invitando por escrito, y 
con la participación de al menos el representante de l Organismo, a la parte impugnadora, la autoridad 
competente y el adjudicatario de la licitación, de  haberlo.  En el proceso de examen de la 
impugnación, el Organismo podrá invitar a expertos en la materia, que en las audiencias de las 
impugnaciones presentarían informes escritos y/o verbales (párrafo 6 del artículo 73 de la Ley Nº 96 
de 13 de abril de 2007). 
60. El Organismo podrá, de oficio o a petición del operador económico in teresado, ordenar la 
suspensión de la celebración/ejecución del contra to de adquisición pública si la impugnación es 
procedente y contiene la declar ación probada confirmatoria de que: 
 a) sin dicha suspensión el operador económico registrará pérdidas;  b) existe la posibilidad de que se satisfaga la impugnación; 
 c) la suspensión no perjudicará a las partes que intervienen en el procedimiento de 
contratación. 
61. A propuesta del Organismo y/o el operador económ ico participante en el procedimiento de 
impugnación de la contratación, las impugnaciones podr án resolverse amigablemente (párrafo 5 del 
artículo 72 de la Ley Nº 96 de 13 de agosto de 2007). 
62. En caso de que el Organismo no emita su decisión en el plazo especificado o de que esté 
disconforme con la decisión del Organismo, el ope rador económico podrá iniciar actuaciones ante el 
tribunal administrativo competente.  Una vez inicia da tal actuación, el Organismo dejará de ser 
competente para resolver la impugnación (párrafo 10 del artículo 73 de la Ley Nº 96 de 13 de abril 
de 2007). 
63. La autoridad contratante está obligada a preparar  y mantener el expediente de contratación 
pública durante los cinco años siguientes a la inici ación del procedimiento de contratación (párrafo 1 
del artículo 32 de la Ley Nº 96-XVI de 13 de abril de 2007). GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  VIII.  OTROS ASUNTOS 
35. ¿En qué medida se utiliza la tecnología de la información en el proceso de contratación 
pública?  ¿Se publican los anuncios de invitación a la licitación y/o los anuncios de adjudicación 
de contratos en formato electrónico?  Sírvanse facilitar la dirección de dichas publicaciones 
electrónicas. 
36. ¿Existe en su país un servicio de info rmación que responda a las preguntas de los 
proveedores, de otros gobiernos y del público en general sobre las leyes, reglamentos y 
procedimientos y prácticas relativos a la contra tación pública a nivel central y/o subcentral?  
Sírvanse facilitar la dirección. 
64. Moldova utiliza ampliamente la tecnología de la información en el ámbito de la contratación 
pública.  Para más información sobre la actividad del Organismo de Reservas Materiales, 
Contratación Pública y Ayuda Humanitaria en el  campo de la contratación pública, véase:  
www.tender.gov.md
.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  ANNEX* 
 
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
 
LAW 
ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS 
No. 96-XVI of 13.04.2007  
 
Official Gazette “Monitorul Oficia l” no. 107-111/470 of 27.07.2007 
 
* * * 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
Chapter I 
GENERAL 
 
Article 1.  Principal terms 
Article 2.  The scope of the law 
Article 3.  Calculation of the estimated value of public procurement contracts and 
planning of such contracts 
Article 4.  The exceptions 
Article 5.  The special regime 
Article 6.  The principles regulating the public procurement relationships 
Article 7.  The legal framework 
 
Chapter II 
STATE REGULATION OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS 
 
Article 8.  The Agency for Provisioning of Tangibl e Resources, Public Procurements and 
Humanitarian Aid 
Article 9.  The Agency's principal functions in  the sphere of public procurements 
Article 10.  The Agency's operation and administration 
Article 11.  The Agency's budget 
 
Chapter III 
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Section 1 
The Contracting Authorities 
 
Article 12.  The status of the Contracting Authority 
Article 13.  The functions of the Contracting Authorities in the sphere of public 
procurements 
Article 14.  Performing of the Contracting Authority’s functions 
 
                                                      
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  Section 2 
The Supplier 
 
Article 15.  The Suppliers’ participation in the public procurement procedures 
Article 16.  The Supplier’s qualifications 
Article 17.  The list of qualified suppliers 
Article 18.  The list of prohibited suppliers 
 
Chapter IV 
PUBLICITY AND TRANSPARENCY 
 
Article 19.  The announcement of intent 
Article 20.  General rules regarding the developm ent and publication of a request for 
proposals 
Article 21.  The announcement regarding the award of the public procurement contract 
Article 22.  Notices to the bidders 
 
Chapter V 
THE PRINCIPAL REQUIREMENTS TO  THE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Article 23.  The rules regarding notices 
Article 24.  Communication forms 
Article 25.  The requirement to confirm the documents 
Article 26.  The timing for the submission and receipt of the applications for participation 
and bids 
Article 27.  The rules for the description of the goods, works and services 
Article 28.  The language of the standardized documentation 
Article 29.  The rejection of all bids 
Article 30.  Acts of corruption on the part of suppliers 
Article 31.  The conditions regarding taxes, e nvironmental issues and labor safety 
Article 32.  The public procurements file 
 
Chapter VI 
THE PUBLIC PROCUREM ENT PROCEDURES 
 
Section 1 
The types of the public procurement procedures 
 
Article 33.  Public procurement procedures 
 
Section 2 
The open tender 
 
Article 34.  The initiation of an open tender 
Article 35.  The invitation to participate in the open tender 
Article 36.  The conditions regarding the offer of tender documents 
Article 37.  The tender documents 
Article 38.  The explanations regarding the tende r documents and their modifications  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Article 39.  The bid submission terms and conditions 
Article 40.  The bid validity term, amendments and withdrawal 
Article 41.  Alternative bids 
Article 42.  The guarantee to secure the bid and the execution of the contract 
Article 43.  Opening of the bids 
Article 44.  Examination, evaluation and comparison of the bids 
Article 45.  The bid most advantageous in the economic terms 
Article 46.  A bid with an abnormally low price 
Article 47.  Bid acceptance, awards and conclu sion of the procurement contract 
 
Section 3 
The closed tender 
 
Article 48.  The conditions for holding a closed tender 
Article 49.  Pre selection (short-listing) procedure 
 
Section 4 
Other public procurement procedures 
 
Article 50.  The framework agreement 
Article 51.  The competitive dialogue 
Article 52.  The negotiation procedure 
Article 53.  Procurements from a single source 
Article 54.  The request for price quotations 
Article 55.  The dynamic procurements system 
Article 56.  An electronic auction 
Article 57.  Procurements in the case of the social housing construction schemes 
Article 58.  Procurements via Universal Commodity Exchange 
Article 59. Cancellation  of the results of procurement procedures 
 
Chapter VII 
THE SPECIFICS OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES 
 
Article 60.  The attraction of bids for advisory services 
Article 61.  The RFP for the advisory services 
Article 62.  The evaluation criteria for th e bids for advisory services 
Article 63.  The procedure for the selection of the advisory service bids 
Article 64.  Confidentiality 
 
Chapter VIII 
THE PUBLIC PROCUR EMENTS CONTRACT 
PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE REPORTS 
 
Article 65.  The principles of awarding a public procurements contract 
Article 66.  Preferences in the awards of public procurement contracts 
Article 67.  The public procurements contract 
Article 68.  Subcontracts GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Article 69.  The ban on the procurements fragmentation or increase 
Article 70.  The report on the procurements procedure 
 
Chapter IX 
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY 
 
Section 1 
Settlement of disputes 
 
Article 71.  The right of appeal 
Article 72.  Submission and examination of appeals 
Article 73.  Claim examination procedures 
Article 74.  Suspension of the procurements procedure 
 
Section 2 
Responsibility for the infringement of the public procurement law 
 
Article 75.  The forms of responsibility 
 
Chapter X 
THE CONCLUDING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
 
Article 76.  Coming into effect. Terminations . The Government's obligations 
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   The Parliament hereby adopts this organic law. 
 
CHAPTER I:  GENERAL 
 
Article 1. Principal Terms 
 
For the purposes of this law, the following prin cipal terms shall be used in the following 
meaning:  
Public procurements:  Acquisition of goods, works perform ed or services provided for the 
needs of one or more Contracting Authorities; 
 
The Agency for the Provisioning of Tangib le Resources, Public Procurements and 
Humanitarian Aid:  The central administrative authority with  the functions of government regulation, 
supervision, control and inter-industry coordina tion in the sphere of public procurements; 
 
The contracting authority: Public administration authorities, legal entities under public law 
as well as associations of such authorities or entities;  
Public funds:  The funds from the state budge, local budge ts of administrative territorial units, 
the public social insurance budget, specialized  foundations, specialized provisions of public 
institutions, the Statutory Medical Insurance Fund,  external loans accounted for as direct or 
guaranteed state debt; 
 
 Public procurement contract:  A remunerative contract concluded in writing between one or 
several suppliers and one or more Contracting Authorities and having as its subject matter the 
acquisition of goods, works performed or services provided within the meaning of this law; 
 
Standardized documentation:  The documents which comprise all information regarding the 
subject matter of the public procurements contr act and the procedures for its awards, including the 
terms of reference or description, as the case may be;  
Bid guarantee:  An amount of money or a guarantee to provide such amount, which is 
presented by the Bidder to the Contracting Authorit y together with the bid and which secures the 
validity of such bid;  
Contract execution guarantee:  The guarantee securing the execution of the contractual 
obligations provided for in the public procuremen ts contract concluded between the Contracting 
Authority or authorities and the bidder awarded the contract;  
The procurements workgroup:  The group of professionals within the Contracting 
Authority, which implements th e public procurement procedures; 
 
Open Tender: The public procedure, under which any interested supplier may submit a bid; 
 
Closed Tender:  The public procedure, under which any interested supplier may apply for the 
participation and under which only the suppliers short-listed (pre -selected) by the Contracting 
Authority may submit their bids; 
 
Electronic means: The means which uses electronic data procession equipment, including 
digital compression and storage of data, which can be diffused, transmitted and received via cable, radio, optical devices or other electromagnetic devices; GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  The bid most advantageous in economic terms:  The bid selected as the winning bid 
according to the criteria laid down in this law and in the procedure of awarding a public procurements 
contract;  
A bidder: The supplier who has submitted a bid accord ing to the procedure of awarding a 
public procurements contract; 
 
A supplier:  Supplier of goods, works and/or services , who can be an individual or an entity, 
or a public law entity, or an association of such  persons and/or entities which supply goods, works 
and/or services at the market. 
 
Article 2. The scope of the law 
 
(1) This law shall apply to public procur ement contracts, which are not covered in 
Article 4 and which have an estimated value without value-added tax (VAT) no less than the 
threshold levels below: 
   (a) for public procurement contracts to procure goods: MDL 20,000; 
 
  (b) for public procurement contracts to procure  
   works and services:     MDL 25,000. 
 
(2) This law shall apply also to public proc urement contracts directly subsidized by the 
Contracting Authority by more than 50%, where they  are not covered by the exceptions specified in 
Article 4.  
(3) This law shall provide also for the speci fic details regarding the public procurement 
contracts, which are not covered in Article 4 and which have an estimated value without value-added 
tax (VAT) no less than the threshold levels below:  
  (a) for public procurement contracts to procure    goods and services:     MDL 2,500,000; 
 
  (b) for public procurement contracts to procure works: MDL 99,000,000. 
 
(4) The public procurement contracts which have an estimated value without VAT less 
than the threshold levels specified in Paragraph (1) shall be dealt with in conformity with the 
Government-approved Regulation on low value public procurements. 
 
Article 3. Calculation of the estimated value of pu blic procurement contracts and planning of such 
contracts 
 
(1) The estimated value of a public procurem ent contract shall be calculated based on the 
total amount payable, without VAT, as assessed by the Contracting Authority. The structure of the 
total amount payable shall include all types of remuneration, including eventual bonuses, fees, 
commissions, obtained income and/or premiums or payments to the benefit of the bidders, with account at all times of possible options and eventual contract extensions.  
(2) The exact methods for calculation of the estimated value of public procurement 
contracts and their planning shall be laid down in a separate regulation approved by the Government.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Article 4. The exceptions 
 
 The provisions of this law shall not apply to:  
(a) R&D service contracts, under which the Cont racting Authority is the sole beneficiary, 
where the deliverables are u sed for in-house purposes and to exercise its functions, 
provided the supplied services are paid solely  by the Contracting Authority and the 
prices for the provided services do not exceed or are within the range of the market prices for similar services; 
 
(b) public procurement contracts which have arbitration and/or reconciliation services as 
their subject matter; 
 
(c) public procurement contracts in respect of the issue, purchase, sale or transfer of titles 
or other financial instruments, and in pa rticular in respect of the operations to 
accumulate the Contracting Authorities’ funds or capital; 
 
(d) the services provided by the National Bank of Moldova; 
 
(e) public procurement contracts declared secret under the applicable legislation, where 
their execution necessitates special secu rity measures required by the law; 
 
(f) public procurement contracts which have employment contracts as subject matter; 
 
(g) concession contracts for public services and works; 
 
(h) public procurement contracts awarded by  a Contracting Authority to any other 
Contracting Authority or an association of Contracting Authorities based on the 
exclusive rights they are holding according to the law; 
 
(i) public procurement contracts which have  as their subject matter the acquisition of 
goods for subsequent resale; 
 
(j) contracts for the procurement of goods by the Contracting Authority from the state 
provisions of tangible resour ces and emergency provisions; 
 
(k) contracts for the procurement of goo ds, works and services connected with the 
manufacture of or trade in armaments, ammunition and armament systems; 
 
(l) public procurement contracts regulated  by different norms and procedures and 
awarded according to: 
 
  the international agreements concluded by  Moldova and one or more third countries 
in respect of the goods or services required for joint implementation or operation of a 
certain venture by the signatory states, or regarding the services necessary for the 
joint implementation or operation of a certain project by the signatory states; 
 
  the international agreements regarding th e deployment of troops and connected with 
the engagements of Moldova or a third country; 
 
  the specific procedures of an international organization. 
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  Article 5. The special regime 
 
(1) The Contracting Authorities operating in th e sphere of the national defense, public 
order and national security shall be obliged to ap ply the provisions of this law, excepting the 
situations covered in Article 4. 
 
(2) The right to participate in the procedur es to award public procurement contracts may 
be reserved by the Government - to the extent  not to exceed 20% of the total volume of the 
procurements - for the Association of the Blind; the Association of the Handicapped; the Association 
of the Deaf; the production facility of the Nationa l Psychiatric Hospital; penitentiary system 
institutions and other disadvantaged parties; altern atively such parties may enjoy preferential terms 
and conditions for the participation in such pr ocedures within the framework of employment 
programs, as provided for in the legislation.  
Article 6. The principles regulating th e public procurement relationships 
 
The relations arising in connection with the public procurements shall be regulated on the 
basis of the following principles:  
(a) the efficient use of public funds and mi nimization of the risks for the Contracting 
Authorities; 
 
(b) transparency of the public procurements; 
 
(c) ensuring of the competition and prevention of unfair competition in the sphere of 
public procurements; 
 
(d) environment protection and promotion of the sustainable development principles via 
public procurements; 
 
(e) maintenance of the public order, morale and security; protection of human health and 
human life, flora and fauna; 
 
(f) liberalization and expansio n of international trade; 
 
(g) free circulation of goods, liberty to establish and provide services; 
 
(h) equal treatment, impartiality and non-di scrimination for all bidders and suppliers; 
 
(i) support for the suppliers resident in Mol dova - to the extent which does not come in 
conflict with the international laws  to which Moldova is a party; 
 
(j) responsibility within the framework of the public procurement procedures. 
 
Article 7. The legal framework 
 
(1) The relations arising in connection with the public procurement are regulated by this 
law and other laws and Govern ment resolutions adopted in conformity with this law. 
 
(2) Should an international agreement or treat y to which Moldova is a party establish the 
norms different from those provided for in this law,  the provisions of the international treaty shall 
prevail.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  CHAPTER II 
STATE REGULATION OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS 
 
Article 8. The Agency for Provisioning of Tangible Resources, Public Procurements and 
Humanitarian Aid 
 
(1) The Agency for Provisioning of Tangibl e Resources, Public Procurements and 
Humanitarian Aid, further “ the Agency ”, is a public authority with the legal status of an independent 
legal entity established as a central administrative aut hority with the status of a legal entity, which is 
subordinated to the Government and established w ith the objective to exercise state regulation, 
supervision, control and inter-secto r coordination in the sphere of pub lic procurements. The Agency is 
an independent functional unit.  
(2) The Agency shall have its own balance sheet, bank account(s), the stamp bearing the 
State Ensign of Moldova and the name of the Agency in the state language. 
 
Article 9. The Agency’s principal functions  in the sphere of public procurements 
 
(1) The Agency shall perform the following principal functions: 
 
(a) develop and submit to the Government  for approval the draft regulations 
necessary to exercise this law; devel op suggestions regarding the introduction 
of modifications and amendments to the public procurements legislation; 
(b) coordinate, monitor, assess and control compliance of the Contracting 
Authorities with the public procuremen t procedures and procedures for the 
awarding of public procurement contracts; 
(c) produce, update and maintain the list of qualified supplies and supplier 
disqualification lists; 
(d) develop and implement standard ized documentation for the public 
procurement procedures; 
(e) examine and register the tender doc umentation submitted by the Contracting 
Authorities; 
(f) examine reports on the public procurement procedures; 
(g) examine and register public procur ement contracts concluded as result of 
implementing the procurement procedures,  excepting the contracts concluded 
as result of implementing the request for price quotations procedure; 
(h) request re-examination or cancellation,  as the case may be, of the results of 
public procurement procedures; 
(i) maintain the automated public procurements register; (j) examine and settle disputes between th e parties participating in the public 
procurement procedures; 
(k) provide methodology assistance and advice regarding the public 
procurements to the Contracting Aut horities, initiate and support training 
efforts for the Contracting Authority staff involved in the preparation and 
implementation of the public procur ement procedures and awarding of the 
public procurement contracts; GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  (l) issue the public procurements bulletin ; develop and place in the Internet the 
web page “Moldova’s Public Procuremen ts”, which is the formal venue for 
publication of invitations to tender, requests for proposals and information on 
the public procurements and awards of public procurement contracts; 
(m) submit to the Government quarterly an d annual reports and statistical analysis 
on public procurements; 
(n) request and obtain from the relevant authorities the information on the 
suppliers participating in the public procurement procedures as well as any 
other information required by the Agency to perform its functions; 
(o) collaborate with international agenci es and similar foreign entities operating 
in the sphere of public procurements; 
(p) coordinate the use of foreign technical assistance in the sphere of public 
procurement; 
(q) perform other functions provided for in  this law and other applicable laws 
and regulations. 
(2) The Agency shall perform its functions at the level of deve loping regions via its 
territorial offices.  
Article 10. The Agency's operation and administration 
 
The Agency's operation and administration shall follow the Regulations approved by the 
Government. 
 
Article 11. The Agency's budget 
 
(1) The Agency's budget shall be comprised of: 
 
  (a) own income resulting from activities which are not contrary to this law; 
 
  (b) allocations from the state budget; 
 
  (c) other additional lawful sources. 
 
(2) The Agency’s budget shall be develope d, examined, approved and reported in 
compliance with the law.  
CHAPTER III 
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
SECTION 1.  THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
 
Article 12. The status of the Contracting Authority 
 
(1) The Contracting Authority may be any public authority within the meaning of the 
term defined in the legislation of Moldova, includi ng legal entities under the public law, associations 
of such authorities or persons.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  (2) A legal entity under the public  law shall mean any entity: 
   (a) established exclusively to satisfy public needs, without any profit targets 
 (industrial or commercial); 
 
  (b) with a separate legal identity; 
   (c) whose operations are secured to a ma jor extent with public funds, or whose 
 management is subject to the contro ls exercised by a public authority or 
 another legal entity under the public law, or whose Administrative, 
 Management or Supervision Board has more than 50% of the members 
 appointed by the above entities. 
 
(3) Furthermore, the Contracting Authority ma y be an association of several Contracting 
Authorities, whose members appoint a legal entity from their midst by a civil law act to represent 
them as a single buyer in the relationships with an y Supplier, contractor to perform works or service 
provider.  
(4) Other legal entities with an obligation to perform public procurements may be 
qualified as the Contracting Authorities by a Governme nt decision according to this law, where they 
operate at the markets in which the competition is excluded on the force of a regulation or an 
administrative ruling or due to the existence of a monopoly. 
 
(5) Any other entity, which does not satisfy the aggregate of the requirements specified 
in Paragraph (2) hereof, may be qualified upon request or decision of a competent governance body as 
a Contracting Authority subject to the performance of  the procurements in strict compliance with this 
law. 
 
(6) A Contracting Authority may be a public authority appointed by the Government to 
organize and perform in a centralized way the publ ic procurement procedures with the objective to 
satisfy certain needs in the respective goods, works or services for some other Contracting 
Authorities. 
 
Article 13. The functions of the Contracting Au thorities in the sphere of public procurements 
 
 (1) The Contracting authorities shall perform  the following actions in the sphere of 
public procurement: 
 
  (a) establish work groups in charge of implementing the public procurements 
 within the Contracting Authority; 
   (b) develop annual and quarterly public procurement plans;  
  (c) issue requests for proposals / invita tions to tender within the framework of 
 the public procurement procedures; 
   (d) develop tender documentation p ackages and other documents applicable 
 within the framework of the procurement procedures; 
 
  (e) initiate and perform the public procurement procedures; 
   (f) ensure the extensive participation of Suppliers in the public procurement 
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    (g) examine, assess and compare the bids submitted by Supp liers within the 
 framework of the public procurement procedures; 
   (h) conclude public procurem ent contracts with Suppliers; 
 
  (i) produce reports on the results of the public procurement procedures and 
 submit them to the Agency; 
   (j) execute and manage public procurement contracts according to their terms 
 and conditions; 
 
  (k) keep records of all documents produ ced and applied within the framework of 
 the public procurement procedures. 
 
(2) The Contracting Authority shall: 
 
  (a) ensure the efficiency of the public procurements;    (b) ensure the objectivity and impar tiality within the framework of the public 
 procurement procedures; 
 
  (c) ensure the transparency and publicity of the public procurement procedures; 
   (d) submit upon the Agency’s request an y information regarding the conclusion 
 and execution of the public procurement contracts. 
 Article 14. Performing of the Co ntracting Authority’s functions 
 
(1) The Contracting Authority shall exercise its functions through the procurements work 
group, established for that purpose of the Contra cting Authority’s officers and experts with the 
relevant professional experience and expertise in the sphere of public procurements, which are 
selected from among the listed staff. Depending on th e subject of the procurements, the Contracting 
Authority may establish one or more procurements work groups. 
 
(2) The Contracting Authority may invite, if necessary, professionals and experts in the 
sphere of particular procurements to act as advisors  in the procurements work group. In special cases 
provided for in the law, such professionals and ex perts may be granted a voting right in the work 
group. 
  (3) A member of the work group must sign (at his/her personal responsibility) a 
declaration in writing regarding the confidentiality and impartiality, in which he/she undertakes to 
observe unconditionally the provisions of this law and pr esents furthermore that he/she: 
 
  (a) is not a spouse, relative or in-law (t o the third degree inclusive) of any of the 
 bidders; 
   (b) has not been within the last 3 years a party to an employment contract or a 
 cooperation contract concluded with an y of the bidders, as shown in the labor 
 record book, or has not been a member  of the bidder’s administrative board 
 or any other of the bidder’s governance or management bodies; 
   (c) does not hold a stake or shares in the authorized and subscribed capital of any 
 of the bidders.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (4) Should a work group member present prior to the bid opening meeting to fall into one 
or several of the categories listed in Paragraph (3),  he/she must request promptly his/her immediate 
removal from the work group and replacement with another person.   (5) The Agency may cancel the procuremen t process in the case of non-compliance with 
the provisions of the Paragraphs (3) and (4) above. 
  (6) The procurements work group shall be guided in its activities by this law and the 
Regulations approved by the Government.  
SECTION 2.  THE SUPPLIER 
 
Article 15. The Suppliers’ participation in the public procurement procedures 
 
 (1) Any Supplier with the status of a resident or non-resident business company 
(including individuals as well as legal entities) may par ticipate according to this  law in the procedures 
of awarding the public procurement contract, excepting the cases where the Contracting Authority, acting in conformity with the legislation, deci des to procure domestic goods and services. The report 
on the procurement procedure shall indi cate the reasons for such decision. 
  (2) Non-resident suppliers shall enjoy the ri ghts and remedies similar to those granted to 
resident suppliers under this law solely in the case of the public  procurements provided for in 
Article 2 Paragraph (3) subject to compliance w ith the requirements of Paragraph (3) hereof. 
  (3) A foreign supplier shall enjoy in Moldova the rights in respect of the participation in 
the procedures of awarding public procurement c ontracts similar to the rights enjoyed by the 
Moldovan suppliers in the foreign supplier’s home country. 
  (4) Suppliers may form associations for the purposes of submitting their bids and/or act as joint bidders. An association (a group of suppliers) might be obliged to obtain a certain legal status 
- where such transformation is necessary fo r the proper execution of the contract. 
 
 (5) The participation terms and conditions set for the suppliers (which may include 
financial guarantees, technical qualifications a nd the information necessary to assess the supplier’s 
financial, commercial and technical capacity an d to check his qualifications) may not be less 
favorable for non-resident suppliers that those required from resident s uppliers or otherwise 
discriminatory for the non-resident supplier. 
 
Article 16. The supplier’s qualifications 
 
 (1) To confirm the supplier’s qualifications for the purposes of the public procurement procedures, the supplier must submit the documents issued by the competent authorities indicated by 
the Contracting Authority for th e purposes of the public procurem ent procedures and evidencing: 
 
  (a) the Supplier’s managerial competen cies, experience, good repute, availability 
 of the skilled staff and equipment, financial capacity and other capacities 
 necessary for adequate execution of the public procurements contract 
 throughout the lifetime of such contract; 
 
  (b) authority to conclude the public procurements contract;  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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    (c) good standing, implying the availability of certificates confirming that the 
 supplier is not in the process of liquidation or bankruptcy, its assets are not  under sequestration and its business operations are not suspended; 
   (d) payment of taxes and other statutor y charges in compliance with the laws of 
 the supplier’s home country; 
   (e) non-application during the last 3 years of any disciplinary, administrative or 
 penal sanctions to the supplier’s managers in connection with their 
 professional activities or submission of erroneous data for the purposes of 
 concluding a public procurements contract; 
   (f) the list of founders/shareholders  and affiliates (affiliated persons). 
  (2) The Contracting Authority shall take into account the Supplier’s rights connected 
with the protection of its intellect ual property and commercial secrets. 
  (3) The Contracting Authority shall assess th e Supplier’s qualifications, using the criteria 
and procedures described in the request  for proposals/invitation to tender. 
  (4) The Contracting Authority may disqualify the bidder at any stage of the procurement 
process in case it is found that the information subm itted by the supplier for the qualification purposes 
is untrue or incomplete, or in other cases provided for in this law and other applicable laws and 
regulations.   (5) The Bidder may be disqualified if he does not present the supplementary information 
requested by the Contracting Authority within the requested term. 
  (6) The bidder may not be disqualified due to  the fact that the qualification information 
presented by him is inaccurate or incomplete to an immaterial degree.   (7) The Contracting Authority may request  the bidders to present the documentary 
evidence, if necessary, and should it have any doub ts regarding the bidder’s and supplier’s personal 
situation, it may request cooperation and the n ecessary information from the competent authorities, 
including foreign ones.   (8) The competent authorities and the authorities protecting and enforcing the law and 
order should present upon request of the Contracting Authority and free of charge within 10 calendar 
days the systematized information or any other information regarding the supplier’s legal status, 
involvement/non-involvement in criminal associations  or groups as well as other information about 
the respective bidder and supplier, specified in this  law. In the case of non-resident suppliers such 
information may be sought from the competent foreign authorities according to the accepted 
international practices. 
 
Article 17. The list of qualified suppliers 
 
 (1) The list of qualified suppliers is a form al list maintained to ensure the suppliers’ 
accessibility during the public procurement procedures. 
 
 (2) The inclusion in the List of qualified suppliers may not be an obligatory requirement; it is performed upon the supplier’s request with th e issuance of the confirming certificate upon such 
inclusion.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (3) The List of qualified suppliers shall be  developed, maintained and updated by the 
Agency according to the Regulations approved by the Government.  
Article 18. The list of prohibited suppliers 
  (1) The list of prohibited suppliers is a formal list developed and maintained by the 
Agency for the purpose to restrict for 3 years the participation of prohibite d suppliers in the public 
procurement procedures covered by this law.   (2) The list of prohibited suppliers shall be  developed, maintained  and updated by the 
Agency according to the Regulations approved by the Government. 
 
CHAPTER IV 
PUBLICITY AND TRANSPARENCY 
 
Article 19. The announcement of intent 
 
(1) The Contracting Authority must publish an announcement of intent in the Public 
Procurements Bulletin regarding the scheduled pu blic procurements. In the case of the public 
procurements covered by Article 2 Paragraph (3), the announcement of  intent shall be published also 
in “The Official Journal of the European Community”. 
 
(2) The announcement of intent shall be p ublished separately for the goods, works and 
services within 30 days upon approval of the respective Contracting Authority’s budget. 
 
(3) The announcement of intent shall cover all public procurement contracts scheduled to 
be awarded prior to the end of the budgetary y ear. It shall not be necessary to publish an 
announcement of intent in respect of the procur ement contracts for goods and services with the 
estimated value of up to MDL 200,000 and for works - up to MDL 1,000,000.  
(4) The publication of the announcement of intent shall not create an obligation for the 
Contracting Authority to perform the respective public procurements. 
 
Article 20. General rules regarding the developm ent and publication of a request for proposals 
 
(1) The Contracting Authority must publish a request for proposals (further “RFP”) in the 
Public Procurement Bulletin and on the Agency’s we b page in all cases provided for by this law in 
accordance with the applied procurement procedures.  In the case of the public procurements covered 
by Article 2 Paragraph (3), the RFP shall be publishe d also in “The Official Journal of the European 
Community”.  
(2) The RFP shall be published in the state language and, if necessary, in one of the 
internationally used languages. 
 
(3) Standardized formats approved for the purpo se shall be used to develop and adjust the 
RFP, making it possible to publicize the public procurements.  
(4) To ensure the maximum transparency, the Contracting Authority may publish the 
RFP in other national or international mass media; however, it may be done solely upon publication of 
the respective RFP in the Public Procurements Bulletin and on the Agency’s web page. The RFP 
published in the other local, national or internationa l mass media should make reference to the issue 
number and date of the Public Procurements Bulleti n where the RFP has been first published, and it 
may not contain any information additional to that published in the Public Procurements Bulletin. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  (5) The RFP shall be published well in advan ce to provide a realistic possibility for any 
interested supplier to participate without discrim ination in the procedures of awarding the public 
procurements contract.   (6) Should it become necessary to adjust or publish anew the RFP after its initial 
publication, but prior to the deadlin e specified for the opening or subm ission of the bids, the adjusted 
RFP must be published in the same media and indicate the same value as the initial RFP.  
Article 21. The announcement regarding the aw ard of the public procurement contract 
 
(1) The Contracting Authority must publish the announcement regarding the award of the 
public procurements contract in the Public Proc urements Bulletin and on the Agency’s web page 
within 30 calendar days after the conclusion of such contract.  
(2) The announcement regarding the award of the public procurements contract shall 
contain at least the following information: 
   (a) the nature and quan tity of the goods, works or services forming the subject 
 matter of the awarded contract; 
   (b) the name and address of the Contracting Authority which has awarded the 
 contract; 
   (c) the day of awarding the contract;    (d) the name and other information identifying the winning supplier; 
 
  (e) the value of the awarded contract;    (f) the legal grounds for the use of the respective contract award procedure;    (g) the used procedure. 
 
Article 22. Notices to the bidders 
 
 (1) Upon request of the bidders, the Contracting Authority must provide:  
  (a) explanations regarding th e applied procurement procedures; 
   (b) to the rejected bidders – the reasons for choosing a different bid as well as the 
 relative characteristics and advantages and full name of the winning bidder. 
  (2) The Contracting Authority shall notify th e bidders participating in the procurement 
procedures, upon their request, about all contract award decisions. 
  (3) Such information on the awarded contract  shall not be provided, the disclosure of 
which is contrary to the law or public interest.  
 (4) The rejected bidder may request the inform ation, which evidences the impartiality of 
the procurement process. For that purpose the Contracting Authority shall provide free of charge the 
information regarding the relative characteristi cs and advantages of the winning bidder and the 
contract price, excepting the cases where the discl osure of such information might prejudice the 
competition at future tenders.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  CHAPTER V 
THE PRINCIPAL REQUIREMENTS TO  THE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Article 23. The rules regarding notices 
  (1) The notices, amendments to the inform ation and their storage shall ensure the 
integrity of the data and the confidentiality of bi ds and applications for participation as well as the 
possibility of scrutiny and analysis in substance of the bids and applications for participation by the 
Contracting Authority solely after the deadline specified for their submission. 
 
(2) The tools used for electronic communications and their technical characteristics must 
be continuously available to the public and comp atible with the generally used information and 
communication technologies.  
(3) The use of devices for electronic transmission and reception of the bids as well as the 
devices for electronic reception of the applications  for participation should satisfy the following 
requirements:  
  (a) the information regarding the speci fications necessary for the submission of 
 bids and applications for participati on via electronic channels, including their 
 coding/encoding, must be available to the interested parties; 
 
  (b) the bids submitted electronically must  be confirmed with a digital signature. 
 
Article 24. Communication forms 
 
(1) All notices may be given and all excha nge of information may take place, upon the 
Contracting Authority’s choice, by mail, by fax,  electronically, by phone or using a combination 
thereof.  
(2) The chosen communication means should be generally accessible and they must not 
limit the suppliers’ access to the procedure of awarding the public procurements contract. 
 
Article 25. The requirement to confirm the documents 
 
 The Contracting Authority may request the bi dder to provide the evidence confirming the 
documents presented by him – according to the c onditions laid down for the relevant document 
category. 
 
Article 26. The timing for the submission and receipt of the applications for participation and bids 
 
 (1) The deadline for the submission and receipt  of the applications for participation and 
bids must be established sufficiently well in a dvance to enable the domestic as well as foreign 
suppliers to prepare and submit their bids prio r to the completion of the tender procedures. 
  (2) Establishing the deadline, the Contracting Authority must take into consideration the 
complexity of the scheduled procurements, the an ticipated subcontracted areas and the time normally 
required to receive the bids sent by the domestic and international mail. 
 
 (3) The Contracting Authority shall be responsible for the establishment of deadlines for the submission and receipt of appli cations for participation and bids. 
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   (4) In the case of an open or closed tenders, the term for the submission and receipt of the 
applications for participation and bids may be no less than 15 calendar days after the day on which the 
RFP is published, and in the case of the public proc urements covered by Artic le 2 Paragraph (3) – no 
less than 40 calendar days. In the case of repeated contracts and in emergency situations (which must be substantiated by the Contracting Authority) th e term for the submission of bids may be reduced, 
however, it may not be less than 10 calendar days. 
  (5) In the case of the procedures implying th e request to submit price quotations, the time 
for the submission and receipt of the bids may be no less than 3 calendar days for the goods and 10 
calendar days for the works and services after th e RFP is circulated. In the case of auxiliary 
procurements, repeated contracts and in the emergenc y situations (which must be substantiated by the 
Contracting Authority) the term for the submissi on of bids may be reduced, however, it may be no 
less than 2 calendar days for the goods and 5 calendar days for the works and services.  
Article 27. The rules for the descrip tion of the goods, works and services 
 
 (1) The characteristics of the goods, works and services requested by the Contracting Authority shall be an exact and complete descrip tion of the subject matter for the procurements, 
making it possible to comply with all requireme nts and criteria established by the Contracting 
Authority.  
 (2) The characteristics of the subject matte r for the procurements must correspond to the 
Contracting Authority’s requirements regarding the quality, efficiency, testing, security, dimensions, 
symbols, terminology, packaging, transportati on, marking, labeling, production processes and 
techniques as well as conformity assessment procedures, as specified in the tender documents.  
 (3) Upon adjustments to the technical ch aracteristics, projects, technical designs, 
drawings and descriptions requested  by the Contracting Authority: 
   (a) physical description of the requested goods, works and services shall be 
 provided on the basis of the objective and relevant technical specifications 
 and quality characteristics; 
 
  (b) the characteristics shall be provided in terms of the operational performance 
 of the goods and the efficiency of work s and services in cases where physical 
 description is impossible or where th e efficiency or performance is of  
 primary significance; 
 
  (c) the standardized characteristics, requirements, symbols and terms or the 
 international and national standards acc epted internationally and approved by 
 the Standardization and Metrology Serv ice shall be used for the purposes of 
 describing the requested goods, works and services. 
 
 (4) The technical characteristics shall make no reference to a certain trade mark, brand or 
company, patent, drawing or type of the goods, works and services; no specific place of origin, manufacturer or supplier shall be indicated. S hould it be impossible to detail the procurement 
requirements with sufficient exactness without such  references, the wording of the characteristics 
shall include the words “or their equivalent”. 
 
 (5) Technical specifications shall be based on the international or national standards, 
national technical regulations or c onstruction codes, if applicable. 
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  Article 28. The language of the standardized documentation 
 
 (1) The short-listing or tender documents a nd other public procurement documents shall 
be produced and published in the state language.  
 (2) The documents covered by Paragraph (1) may be produced furthermore in one of the 
internationally used languages where:    (a) the nature of the requested goods, works and services implies the 
 involvement of foreign suppliers, resources or technologies, provision of 
 foreign professional services or involvement of foreign competitors; 
   (b) the estimated price of the request ed goods, works and service is in excess of 
 the threshold levels specified in Article 2 Paragraph (3). 
 
 (3) The bids shall be submitted in the st ate language. Any supplie r may make reference 
to the tender documents and formulate requests in the language of the bid.  
Article 29. The rejection of all bids 
 
 (1) Contracting Authority may reject all bids  at any time prior to their receipt. Such 
action may be justified by the absence of effectiv e competition, the impossibility of funding or non-
compliance of the bids with the requireme nts specified in the tender documents. 
  (2) The notice regarding the rejection of all bids shall be given to all bidders within no 
more than 3 calendar days.  The Contracting Authority shall communicate the grounds for the 
rejection upon inquiry of any bidder. 
 
Article 30. Acts of corruption on the part of suppliers 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority shall reject the bid in the case the supplier submitting it offers or agrees to offer, directly or indirectly, a favor in any form or to extend an employment offer, 
or to provide any other service to any of the Contracting Authority’s former or current officers or 
employees as remuneration for certain actions, decisi ons or use of certain procurement procedures to 
his advantage.   (2) The rejection of the bid and the grounds for the rejection shall be indicated in the 
report on the procurement procedure and communi cated promptly to the relevant suppliers. 
  (3) The Agency shall report promptly each case of corruption or attempted corruption acts on the part of the supplier or a representative of the Contracting Authority to the competent 
authorities.  
 (4) The public procurement contracts awarde d as result of the corruptive acts confirmed 
by the definitive court decision sh all be considered null and void. 
 
Article 31. The conditions regarding taxes,  environmental issues and labor safety 
  (1) The Contracting Authority may indicate in  the terms of reference (TOR) an authority 
or authorities where the bidders can obtain pertinen t information regarding the obligations connected 
with taxes, environment protection, labor safety and labor legislation in Moldova, which would be 
applied to the works performed on site or the ser vices provided during the execution of the contract. 
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   (2) The Contracting Authority which provid es the information as per Paragraph (1) shall 
request the bidders to mention that they took in to account during the preparation of the bid the 
obligations ensuing from the applicable labor safet y norms and labor regulations effective in the 
location of the works or services.  Article 32. The public procurements file 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority must produce th e public procurements file and ensure its 
safekeeping for 5 years after the initiation of the procurement procedure.  
 (2) The documents which should be included in the public procurements file as well as 
those which should be transmitted to the Agency ar e specified in the Regulations approved by the 
Government.  
CHAPTER VI 
THE PUBLIC PROCUREM ENT PROCEDURES 
 
SECTION 1.  THE TYPES OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Article 33. The public procurement procedures 
  (1) The award of the public procurements c ontract may be performed using the following 
procedures:    (a) open (public) tender;  
  (b) closed tender; 
   (c) framework contract;    (d) competitive dialogue;  
  (e) negotiations; 
   (f) procurement from a single source;    (g) request for price quotations; 
 
  (h) dynamic procurement system;    (i) electronic auction/tender;    (j) procurements for the social housing construction schemes; 
 
  (k) procurements through th e Universal Commodity Exchange. 
  (2) The open tender shall be the basic proce dure for the awards of public procurement 
contracts.  Other procurement procedures may be used solely on conditions expressly provided for in 
this law. 
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  SECTION 2.  THE OPEN TENDER 
 
Article 34. The initiation of an open tender 
 
 (1) The open tender procedure involves the reception of bids from all suppliers who are 
willing to participate in the tender. 
  (2) The Contracting Authority shall publish according to the provisions of Article 26 a 
prior invitation to participate in the open tender in  order to notify the potential participants and to 
enable them to prepare their bids. 
 
Article 35. The invitation to participate in the open tender 
 
 The invitation to participate in the open tender shall indicate:  
 (a) the Contracting Authority’s name and address; 
  (b) the goods, their quantities and the address for their delivery; the works and their 
location; the services and the location for their provision; 
  (c) the term for the supply of the goods or completion of the works, the time schedule for 
the provision of the services; 
  (d) the suppliers’ qualification criteria and assessment procedures;   (e) the provision which cannot be amended at  a later stage, stating that: either the 
suppliers may participate in the procurement procedure irrespective of their country 
of residence, or the circle of partic ipants is limited according to Article 15 
Paragraph (1); 
  (f) the procedure and address fo r obtaining the tender documents; 
 
 (g) the fee payable for the tender documents, if applicable; 
  (h) the currency and procedures to pay the fee for the tender documents;   (i) the language(s) of the tender documents; 
 
 (j) the address and deadline for the submission of bids.  
Article 36. The conditions regarding  the offer of tender documents 
 
 The Contracting Authority shall offer the tende r documents to the suppliers on the terms and 
conditions specified in the invitation to participate in the tender (RFP).  The fee which the Contracting 
Authority might choose to request for the tender documents may include only the costs of their 
multiplication and delivery to the suppliers.  The tende r documents shall be offered free of charge to 
the Association of the Blind, the Association of the Handicapped, the Association of the Deaf, the 
production facility of the National Psychiatric Hospital,  the penitentiary system institutions and other 
disadvantaged parties. 
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  Article 37. The tender documents 
 
 The structure and contents of the tender docum ents shall be established in the standardized 
documents approved by the Government.  Article 38. The explanations regarding th e tender documents and their modifications 
 
 (1) Any supplier may request explanations  regarding the tender documents from the 
Contracting Authority.  The Contracting Authority shall provide an answer to any such request/inquiry, which is received prior to the deadlin e for the submission of the bids, within the term 
which gives the supplier the possibility to submit his bid on time.  Without indicating the source of the 
inquiry, the Contracting Authority shall provide the respective explanations to all suppliers who have 
obtained the tender documents.   (2) The Contracting Authority may modify th e tender documents prior to the deadline for 
the submission of the bids at its sole discreti on or as the reaction to the inquiry to provide 
explanations received from a supplier.  The info rmation on any such modifications shall be 
communicated without delay to all suppliers who have been offered the tender documents by the 
Contracting Authority, thus enabling them to take it into account during the preparation of the bids, 
and the Agency.  
 (3) In the case a meeting of the suppliers is convened, the Contr acting Authority shall 
produce the meeting minutes, including the inquiries and requests expressed at the meeting to provide 
explanations in connection with the tender documents and the answ ers to such requests, without 
indication of the source.  The Contracting Author ity shall distribute the meeting minutes without 
delay to all suppliers who have obtained the tender documents, t hus enabling them to take the 
document into account during the preparation of th e bids, and notify the Agency accordingly.  The 
meeting minutes shall form an integral part of the tender documents and due reference shall be made 
to their respective provisions where the Contracti ng Authority intends to introduce modifications or 
amendments.  
Article 39. The bid submission terms and conditions 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority shall sp ecify the venue and the deadline for the 
submission of bids, indicating the exact day and time.  This deadline shall be established in 
conformity with Article 26.  
 (2) Where the Contracting Authority provid es explanations or introduces amendments to 
the tender documents or where it convenes a meeting of  the suppliers, the dead line for the submission 
of the bids may be postponed, if necessary, to give  the suppliers sufficient time to take into account 
the relevant explanation, amendment or provisions of the meeting minutes.   (3) The Contracting Authority may extend the period for the preparation of the bids at its 
sole discretion prior to the deadlin e for the submission of the bids. 
  (4) The Contracting Authority shall give the notice regarding the extension of the preparation period without delay to  all suppliers who have obtain ed the tender documents and the 
Agency. 
 
 (5) The bids shall be submitted in writing, stamped, in a sealed envelope. The Contracting Authority must issue the supplier a r eceipt indicating the day and time of receiving the 
respective bid.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (6) The bids received by the Contracting Au thority after the deadline for the submission 
of the bids shall be returned to  the respective suppliers unopened. 
 
Article 40. The bid validity term , amendments and withdrawal 
  (1) The bid shall be valid for the te rm specified in the tender documents. 
  (2) Prior to the expiry of the bid the Contracting Authority may request the bidder to extend its validity term.  The Bidder may:  
  (a) refuse to comply with the request, retaining the right to withdraw the 
 guarantee deposited for his bid; 
   (b) accept the request, either extending  the validity term of the guarantee 
 deposited to secure the bid or providi ng a new bid guarantee to cover the 
 extended bid validity term. The bidde r which does not extend the validity 
 term of the guarantee deposited to se cure the bid or provide a new bid 
 guarantee shall be deemed to reject the request to extend the bid validity  term. 
  (3) Unless the tender documents provide othe rwise, the bidder may amend or withdraw 
the bid prior to the deadline for the submission of bids, without losing the right to withdraw the 
guarantee deposited for his bid. Such amendment or a notice regarding the withdrawal of the bid shall 
be valid provided it is received by the Contracting Authority prior to the d eadline for the submission 
of bids.  Article 41. Alternative bids 
 
 (1) The bidder may submit additionally other bids termed as “alternative bids” – solely 
provided the bid assessment criterion is “ the most advantageous bid in technical and economic 
terms ”.  Only alternative bids may deviate to a cert ain extent from the requirements specified in the 
documentation regarding the devel opment and submission of bids. 
 
 (2) The Contracting Authority must specify  the minimum obligatory requirements in the 
tender documents, with which the alte rnative bids should comply in or der to be considered.  Therefore 
where the Contracting Authority does not intend to permit the submission of alternative bids, it must 
state that ban expressly in the RFP/invitation to tender. 
 
 (3) The Contracting Authority may not reject an alternative bid solely on grounds that:    (a) it is prepared using technical specif ications differing from those given in the 
 TOR – provided the bidder is able to show that the proposed solution ensures  the adequate fulfillment of all technical requirements put forward by the 
 Contracting Authority; 
   (b) in the case where it can be declared a winning bid:     the public procurements contract for the goods, which should be awarded in 
 the tender, is transformed in the public procurements contract for the 
 services;  or 
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     the public procurements contract for the services, which should be awarded 
 in the tender, is  transformed in th e public procurements contract for the 
 goods. 
 
Article 42. The guarantee to secure the bid and the execution of the contract 
 
(1) In case of the procurements of goods or works, the supplier shall submit the bid 
together with the guarantee securing the bid.   (2) The tender documents may specify the requirements of the Contracting Authority 
regarding the admissibility of the party issuing the guarantee to secure the bid or, if applicable, the 
party backing the guarantee; the form, terms and c onditions of the guarantee to secure the bid. The 
Contracting Authority may not reject the bid on the grounds that the guarantee is issued by a foreign resident, where it is not contrary to the legisl ation, provided the bid guarantee and the guarantor 
comply with the requirements speci fied in the tender documents. 
 
 (3) Prior to the submission of the bid, the supplier may request the Contracting Authority to confirm the admissibility of the guarantor issu ing the bid guarantee or the party backing it. The 
Contracting Authority shall respond to such request  promptly. Such confirmation may not prevent the 
Contracting Authority from the rejection of the bid gu arantee, if the guarantor or the party backing the 
guarantee becomes insolvable or loses its credibility. 
 
 (4) The Contracting Authority shall specify  the requirements in the tender documents 
regarding the guarantor, format, amount and other basic requirements of the guarantee securing the 
bid as well as the requirements to the supplier submitting the bid guarantee for the following 
situations: 
 
  (a) the supplier withdraws or amends the bid after the deadline for the 
 submission of the bids; 
   (b) the winning bidder refuses to sign the procurement contract;  
  (c) the bidder does not agree to correct mistakes in calculations; 
   (d) the winning bidder refuses to secu re the execution of the contract upon 
 acceptance of his bid or does not fulfill any of the prerequisites for signing of  the procurement contract, which ar e specified in the tender documents. 
 
 (5) The Contracting Authority may refrain fro m the request to the supplier to provide a 
bid guarantee in the case of the procurements of goods with the total estimated value below 
MDL 200,000 and works with the total estimated value below MDL 1,000,000. Where the Contracting Authority requests such guarantee, the s upplier shall comply with the provisions of this 
Article. 
 
 (6) The amount of the bid guarantee should not exceed 3% of the value of the submitted 
bid.   (7) The Contracting Authority may not claim payment on the bid guarantee and it shall 
return the bid guarantee without delay upon occu rrence of any of the below circumstances: 
   (a) expiry of the bid guarantee validity term;   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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    (b) signing of the procurement contract and provision of the guarantee securing 
 its execution, where such guarantee is required by the tender documents; 
   (c) suspension of the tender procedures without awards of the procurement 
 contract; 
 
  (d) withdrawal of the bid prior to th e bid submission deadline - unless the tender 
 documents prohibit expressly such withdrawal. 
  (8) In the procurement of goods and works, the Contracting Authority shall request the 
bidder to provide the security for the cont ract execution at the time of its signing. 
  (9) Contracting Authority shall specify the requirements in the tender documents regarding the guarantor, format, amount and othe r basic terms and conditions of the required 
guarantee securing the execution of the contract. 
 
 (10) Prior to the provision of the guara ntee securing the execution of the contract, the 
supplier may request the Contracting Authority to confirm the admissibility of the proposed guarantor 
issuing the guarantee or the party backing it. The C ontracting Authority shall respond to such request 
without delay.  
 (11) In the procurements of goods to the estimated value below MDL 200,000 and works 
to the estimated value below MDL 1,000,000 the Co ntracting Authority may refrain from the request 
to the bidders to provide a guarantee securing the execution of the contract. If the Contracting Authority chooses to request such guarantee, it sha ll comply with the provisions of this Article. 
 
 (12) The amount of the guarantee securing the execution of the contract may not exceed 
15% of the nominal value of the procurement contract.  
Article 43. Opening of the bids 
 
 (1) Opening of the bids and their subsequent examination, evaluation and comparison 
shall fall within the powers and responsibility of the Contracting Authority. 
  (2) The bids shall be opened on the day and at the time specified in the tender documents 
as the deadline for the submission of the bids or on the day and at the time specified as the new 
deadline in case of an extension, in the venue and according to the procedures established in the 
tender documents. The bidders or their representatives  may participate in the opening of the bids. 
  (3) The name and contact details for each bidder whose bid is opened and the bid price 
shall be notified to the parties present at the bid opening procedure and, upon their request, to those 
who were absent or had no representative at the opening procedure; and the respective information 
shall be entered in the report on the procurement procedure. 
 
Article 44. Examination, evaluation and comparison of the bids 
 
 (1) The examination, evaluation and comparis on of the bids shall be performed in the 
absence of the bidders or their representatives. To facilitate the examination, evaluation and 
comparison of the bids, the Contracting Authorit y may request the bidder to provide additional 
explanations in writing regarding the bid. No am endments, including price amendments, shall be 
allowed for the purpose to bring the bid in complia nce with the requirements with which it did not 
comply initially. The Contracting Authority shall correct only arithmetic errors found in the bid 
during its examination, notifying the bidder accordingly without delay. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (2) The Contracting Authority may consider the bid as complying if it contains 
immaterial deviations from the provisions of the te nder documents, errors or omissions which can be 
corrected without affecting the essence of the bid. Any deviation of that kind shall be given quantitative assessment – to the extent possible - and taken in consideration during the evaluation and 
comparison of the bids. 
 
 (3) The Contracting Authority shall not accept the bid where: 
   (a) the bidder does not comply with the qualification requirements;  
  (b) the bidder does not agree to correct an arithmetic error; 
   (c) the bid does not comply with the requirements specified in the tender 
 documentation; 
 
  (d) the corruptive acts are shown to take place. 
  (4) The Contracting Authority shall eval uate and compare the submitted bids to 
determine the winning bid, using the procedures a nd criteria described in the tender documents. It 
may not use any criteria not mentioned in the tender documents.  
 (5) The winning bid shall be the bid found to be the most advantageous economically 
according to Article 45, with account of any preferential margin established according to 
Paragraph (6) hereof.   (6) During the evaluation and comparison of the bids the Contracting Authority shall 
apply the preferential margin in favor of the bids proposing the domestic goods and the bids 
proposing the works performed by operators resident  in Moldova, which preferential margin may not 
exceed 15% of the bid price found to be the best. The bids offering the products of the enterprises 
owned by the Association of the Blind, the Associ ation of the Handicapped, the Association of the 
Deaf, the production facility of the National Psyc hiatric Hospital or the penitentiary system 
institutions and bids offering agri cultural products and foodstuffs, which are ecological or in the 
period of transition to the ecological production pr ocesses, shall enjoy the preferential margin of 20% 
of the bid price found to be the best.   (7) Where the bid prices are expressed in two or more currencies, the prices of all bids shall be recalculated in a single currency accordi ng to the exchange rate specified in the tender 
documents in order to facilitate the evaluation and comparison of the bids. 
  (8) If the bidder does not fulfill the requirement of the Contracting Authority to re-confirm the qualification data for the conclusion of the contract, the bid shall be rejected and the 
second best bid shall be selected as winner from among the remaining valid bids. However, the 
Contracting Authority may reject all other bids. 
 
 (9) The information regarding the examina tion, evaluation and comparison of the bids 
may not be disclosed to the bidders or other persons  not involved formally in those procedures or in 
the determination of the winning bid.  Article 45. The bid most advantageous in the economic terms 
 
 The bid most advantageous in the economic te rms shall be the bid identified as the winning 
bid based on the following criteria:   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (a) in the case of public procurement cont racts for the goods: price, delivery terms, 
payment terms, profitability, quality, aesthetic and functional characteristics, 
technical characteristics, availability and costs of service maintenance, technical 
assistance; 
 
 (b) in the case of public procurement contract s for the works: the proposed quality, price 
per unit of bidder’s products upon completion of the works, total price, the bidder’s experience, etc. The significance of the price in the total bid evaluation shall be no less than 80%; 
 
 (c) in the case of public procurement contr acts for the services: the proposed quality, 
price per unit of bidder’s products, total pr ice, the bidder’s experience, etc. The 
significance of the price in the total bid evaluation shall be no less than 40%; 
 
Article 46. A bid with an abnormally low price 
 
 (1) A bid with an abnormally low price shall mean a bid to sell the goods, perform works or provide the services at a price which is significa ntly lower in comparison with the bids of other 
bidders, where:    (a) the Contracting Authority finds e rrors during the check and recalculation of 
 price components, which are the reason for indication of an abnormally low 
 bid price; 
   (b) the bidder is unable to demonstrate any special access or technology or more 
 advantageous market conditions, whic h enable him to offer an abnormally 
 low bid price; 
   (c) the bidder does not comply with the technical requirements specified in the 
 TOR. 
  (2) The Contracting Authority must provide the supplier the possibility to justify the 
abnormally low bid price. 
 
Article 47. Bid acceptance, awards and conclusion of the procurement contract 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority shall give  the bidder a written notice on bid acceptance 
within 3 calendar days from the day of acceptance. 
  (2) The tender documents may contain a requirement to the bidder submitting the 
winning bid to sign the procurement contract within  20 calendar days after the contract is forwarded 
to the winner for signing. The Agency may suspe nd the conclusion of the contract in the cases 
specified in Article 74 . 
 
 (3) The contract shall be considered concl uded on the day it is signe d by the parties and it 
shall become effective upon its registration in due  course as provided for in this law. The time 
necessary for such registration shou ld be indicated in the tender documents. If the contract is not 
registered within that time, the validity of the bid or bid guarantee. A guarantee might be requested in 
that case unless the Contracting Authority and the bidder agree otherwise in writing. 
  (4) If, upon expiry of the term provided for in Paragraph (2), the bidder who has received 
the bid acceptance notice does not sign the procuremen t contract or present the requested security for 
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  bid from among the remaining valid bids. However, the Contracting Authority may reject all other 
bids according to the provisions of Article 29 of this law.   (5) The Contracting Authority shall notify th e other bidders participating in the tender 
about the conclusion of the procurements contr act within 10 calendar days upon its conclusion, 
indicating the name and contact data of the supp lier to whom the contract was awarded and the 
contract price.  
SECTION 3.  THE CLOSED TENDER 
 
Article 48. The conditions for holding a closed tender 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority may hold a closed tender where the goods, works and 
services are of complex nature or available to a large number of suppliers operating at the market. 
 
 (2) The closed tender shall be held accordi ng to the rules similar to those for an open 
tender, subject to the application of pre-sel ection (short-listing) pro cedures preceded by the 
publication of a request for proposals (invitation to the participation in pre-selection).   (3) The invitation to the participati on in the short-listing shall indicate: 
 
  (a) the procedures and venue for th e acquisition of pre-selection documents; 
   (b) if applicable, the fee payable for the pre-selection documents;    (c) the currency and procedures for paying the fee for the pre-selection 
 documents; 
   (d) the language(s) for the production of pre-selection documents;    (e) venue and deadline for the submi ssion of applications for pre-selection. 
 Article 49. Pre selection (short-listing) procedure 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority shall perform pre-selection (short-listing) of the candidates 
to identify qualified suppliers pr ior to the submission of the bids according to the provisions of 
Article 16. 
 
 (2) In case of applying the above procedures the Contracting Authority shall offer a package of the pre-selection documents to each supp lier applying for them based on the invitation to 
participate in the pre-selection and paying the requ ested fee for such documents. The fee may include 
only the costs of producing the documents and their delivery to the suppliers. Such documents shall be 
offered free of charge to the Association of th e Blind, the Association of the Handicapped, the 
Association of the Deaf, the production facility of th e National Psychiatric Hospital, the penitentiary 
system institutions and other disadvantaged parties.   (3) The pre-selection documents shall comprise:  
  (a) the instructions regarding the prep aration and submission of the applications 
 for pre-selection; 
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    (b) summary description of the pr incipal terms and conditions of the 
 procurement contract which would be concluded based on the results of the 
 procurement procedures; 
   (c) the detailed list of the documents to be presented by the supplier to confirm 
 his qualifications; 
   (d) the information on the procedures,  venue and deadline (exact day and time) 
 for the submission of applications for pre-selection; 
 
  (e) any other requirements regardi ng the preparation and presentation of 
 applications for the pre-selection and pre-selection procedures, which the  Contracting Authority establishes in conf ormity with this law, other laws and 
 regulations and the standardized documents; 
 
  (f) the information specified in Article 35 Paragraph (1) letters a), e) and h), and, 
 if known, the information specified in letter j) of the above Article. 
  (4) The Contracting Authority must respond to  all inquiries of the suppliers regarding the 
obtained pre-selection documents no later than 10 calendar days prior to the deadline for the 
submission of applications for the pre-selection. The Contracting Authority must respond within a 
reasonable term so that the supplier has the possib ility to submit his application on time. The response 
to each inquiry, which might be of interest for the other suppliers, should be distributed to all 
suppliers obtaining the pre-selection documents from the Contracting Authority, without indicating 
the source of the inquiry.  
 (5) The pre-selection criteria shall be speci fied in the pre-selection documents. Only 
those criteria may be applied for the evaluation of  the qualifications demonstrated by each supplier 
applying for pre-selection.   (6) When the pre-selection results are re gistered, the Contracting Authority shall 
communicate them promptly to each supplier applying for the pre-selection and present the list of all 
short-listed (pre-selected) suppliers  upon request of any public applicant. Only short-listed suppliers 
may participate in the subsequent procurement procedure.   (7) The Contracting Authority might notify each supplier who was not pre-selected, upon 
the latter’s request, about the grounds for such d ecision; however, the Contracting Authority shall 
have no obligation to subs tantiate its decisions. 
 
SECTION 4.  OTHER PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES 
 
Article 50. The framework agreement 
  (1) The framework agreement shall mean an agreement concluding between one or more 
Contracting Authorities on the one part and one or mo re suppliers on the other part; the subject matter 
of such agreement is to establish the terms and c onditions for the contracts which would be awarded 
during a certain period, in particular prices and, if applicable, the estimated quantities. 
 
 (2) Concluding a framework agreement, the Contracting Authorities shall observe at all 
stages the requirements provided for herein till the awards of the contracts based on the respective 
framework agreement. The parties to  the framework agreement shall be selected via application of the 
awarding criteria as per Article 45.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (3) The contracts based on the framework agreement shall be awarded in compliance 
with this law and the Regulations  approved by the Government. 
 
Article 51. The competitive dialogue 
  (1) The competitive dialogue is an open tende r procedure held in 2 stages, which should 
be applied in the case of extremely complex pr ocurement contracts; any supplier may apply to 
participate and the Contracting Authority conducts a dialogue with the candidates admitted to such 
tender with the aim to produce one or more altern ative solutions satisfying the requirements; the 
selected candidates are invited to submit their bids based on the results of the dialogue. 
 
 (2) A public procurement contract is considered to be “ particularly complex”  where the 
Contracting Authority is not able to define due to objective reasons: 
   (a) the technical means which could satisfy its needs and objectives;  and/or 
 
  (b) the legal and/or financial nature of the project.   (3) In the first stage of the procedure, th e tender documents should request the suppliers 
to submit bids without price quotations and to provide the information regarding the technical 
characteristics, quality and other specifics of the goods, works and services, the contract terms and 
conditions, the supplier’s professional and techni cal skills and qualifications, if necessary. 
  (4) At this stage of the procedure the Cont racting Authority may start negotiations with 
any supplier whose bid is not rejected.  
 (5) In the second stage of the procedure, th e suppliers participating in the first stage 
whose bids are not rejected should submit their fi nal bids, quoting prices. The Contracting Authority 
may exclude or amend any initial provision of the tender documents or add new characteristics or 
criteria according to this law. The information a bout such exclusion, amendment or modification to 
the tender documents shall be communicated to the s uppliers in the invitation (RFP) to present their 
final bids. The suppliers not willing to submit fina l bids may withdraw from the tender procedure at 
this stage without losing the right to withdraw their bid guarantees. The final bids shall be evaluated 
and compared to determine the winning bid.  
Article 52. The negotiation procedures 
  (1) Contracting Authority may award public procurement contracts using the negotiation 
procedure, upon publication of  the invitation to participation, in the following cases: 
   (a) in the case incorrect or unacceptabl e bids are submitted in the open/closed 
 tender or a competitive dialogue, provide d the initial terms and conditions of 
 the contract are not modified substantially. The Contracting Authority may 
 choose not to publish an invitation to participation where the negotiation 
 process includes all bidders or only the bidders which comply with the  quality criteria required for the selection and which have submitted bids  complying with the formal requirement s of the contract awarding procedure 
 at an earlier stage in the open/clo sed tender or a competitive dialogue; 
 
  (b) in the exceptional cases, which involve the goods, works or services whose 
 nature or the involved risks do not permit to estimate the total price in  advance; 
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    (c) in the sphere of the services, including intellectual services, such as the 
 development of the works design - to th e extent the contract specifications 
 cannot be established with sufficient exactness due to the nature of the 
 services to be provided in order to make possible the contract awards via  selection of the most advantageous bi d according to the regulations for the 
 open/closed tender procedure; 
   (d) in the case of the public procurem ent contracts for the works - where such 
 works are performed solely  for the purposes of R&D or  trials rather than to 
 generate profits or cover the R&D costs. 
 
 (2) In the cases provided for in Paragraph (1) the Contracting Authority shall negotiate 
with the bidders based on the bids submitted by th em in order to adapt them to the requirements 
specified in the invitation to participation, TOR and the eventual supplementary documents and to 
identify the most advantageous bid. 
 
Article 53. Procurements from a single source 
 
 (1) In the case of the public procurement contracts for works, goods and services, the 
Contracting Authority may procure from a single source where:  
  (a) no adequate bids or candidates are identified during the open tender or 
 negotiations unless the initial contract  terms and conditions are amended 
 substantially; 
   (b) to the extent strictly necessary - where the terms for an open tender or 
 negotiations with the RFP publication cannot be observed for reasons of the 
 utmost urgency as result of the events, which could not be foreseen  reasonably by the relevant Contracting Authority. The situations referred to 
 in order to justify the utmost urgency may in no case be imputable to the  Contracting Authorities; 
 
  (c) for technical or creative reasons, for reasons connected with the protection of 
 exclusivity rights or any other objective reasons the required goods, works  and services are available only from a single supplier, or a single supplier  holds the priority rights to them and th ere exists no alternative, or the supplier 
 is established by the law. 
 
 (2) In the case of the public procurement contracts for goods, the Contracting Authority may procure from a single source where:    (a) the respective goods are produced so lely for the purposes of the R&D or 
 trials. This provision shall not a pply to large-scale industrial production 
 performed to determine the product’s commercial viability or to amortize the 
 R&D costs; 
   (b) the public procurements contr act involves supplementary deliveries 
 performed by the initial supplier with th e aim either to replace partially the 
 goods or installations currently in use,  or to extend the existent goods or 
 installations, if the change of a supplier would require the Contracting 
 Authority to acquire technical material  with different characteristics, resulting 
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   maintenance; as a general rule, the dur ation of such contracts or renewed 
 contracts may not exceed 3 years; 
   (c) the goods to be procured are s ubject to quotas and acquired at the raw 
 materials exchange; 
 
  (d) the public procurements contract involves the acquisition of the goods on 
 particularly advantageous terms and conditions – either from a supplier who 
 winds up his business, or from the cura tors or liquidators of a bankrupt 
 business, or in any other process of similar nature in accordance with the 
 national legislation or regulations. 
  (3) In the case of the public procurement contracts for services, the Contracting Authority may procure from a single source where the respective  contract results from competition and must be 
awarded according to the applicable rules to the winn er or one of the winners in such competition. In 
the latter case all winners in the competition should  be invited to participate in the negotiations. 
  (4) In the case of the public procurem ents contracts for works and services, the 
Contracting Authority may procure from a single source:    (a) supplementary works or services which are not covered by the initial cost 
 estimate or the initial contract and wh ich have become ne cessary as result of 
 an unexpected situation to make possibl e the provision of the above works or 
 services covered thereby, provided the contract is awarded to the supplier  executing the respective works or services, where: 
 
   the respective supplementary work s or services cannot be segregated for 
 technical or economic reasons from th e initial contract without creating a 
 major inconvenience for the Contracting Authority;  or 
    the respective works or services, not withstanding the possibility of their 
 segregation from the initial contract, are absolutely necessary to complete the 
 contract. The aggregate value of the contracts awarded for supplementary 
 works or services may not exceed 30% of the total value of the initial 
 contract; 
   (b) new works or services, which cons ist in the repetition of similar works or 
 services awarded by the same Contracting Authority to the supplier under the 
 initial contract, provided the respective works or services are in conformity  with the initial project and form part of the subject of the initial contract 
 awarded in an open or closed tender; 
   (c) if during the procurement procedure the Contracting Authority receives a 
 singe bid in response to the RFP, and it is not feasible to hold a new tender. 
  (5) The possibility of using the procedur e mentioned in Paragraph (2) Letter b) and 
Paragraph (4) letters a) or b) shall be announced at  the time of launching the RFP for the first project, 
and the Contracting Authority shall take into account  the total estimated value of continuing the works 
or services. In the above cases, th e procedure described in Paragra phs (1) – (4) may be used only 
within 3 years upon conclusion of the initial contract.   (6) The procedures for the implementation of procurements from a single source shall be 
established in the Regulations approved by the Government.  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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Article 54. The request for price quotations 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority may award contracts via requests for price quotations for the procurements of goods, works and services, whic h should comply with pre-defined specifications, 
provided the estimated value of the procuremen ts does not exceed MDL 200,000 for goods and 
services and MDL 1,000,000 for works.   (2) The Contracting Authority may set other requirements in addition to the price, which 
would be considered during the assessment of pric e quotations. In such cases the request for price 
quotations shall indicate each such requirement and its relative significance in the ultimate 
assessment.   (3) Each supplier may submit a single price quotation without the right to change it subsequently. The Contracting Authority may not ne gotiate any such quotations with the bidder. 
 
 (4) The winning quotation shall be the quotati on, which satisfies all requirements at the 
lowest price.   (5) The Contracting Authority shall publish an announcement of intent in the Public 
Procurement Bulletin and on the public procurement we b page Prior to the procurements of goods and 
services with the estimated value in excess of MD L 100,000 and in the procurements of works with 
the estimated value in excess of MDL 500,000.   (6) The procedures for the implementation of procurements via request for price 
quotations shall be established in the Re gulations approved by the Government. 
 
Article 55. The dynamic procurements system 
 
 (1) The dynamic procurements system sha ll mean a totally electronic procurements 
process to procure the current consumption good s generally available at the market, whose 
characteristics satisfy the requirements of the Contr acting Authority. The dynamic system is limited in 
time and open throughout the process to any supp lier, which satisfies the selection criteria and 
submits a preliminary bid in line with the requested requirements.   (2) To implement a dynamic procurements system, the Contracting Authorities shall respect the requirements regarding the open tender at  all stages thereof till the award of the contracts 
within the respective system. All bidders should be invited and admitted in the system who satisfy the 
selection criteria and have submitted a preliminary bid complying with the TOR and the eventual supplementary documents. Prelimin ary bids may be improved at any moment, provided they remain 
in compliance with the TOR.   (3) To apply the dynamic procurements system, the Contracting Authorities shall: 
 
  (a) publish a RFP specifying that the contract would be awarded within a 
 dynamic procurements system; 
   (b) specify in the TOR, among other things, the nature of the scheduled 
 procurements which form subject of the respective system and other 
 necessary information on the procurement system, the electronic equipment  used as well as the connection arrangements and technical specifications; 
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    (c) offer free, direct and total access via electronic communication channels to 
 the TOR and all supplementary documen ts for the period from publication of 
 the RFP to the expiry of the system’s application term and the RFP should  specify the Internet address where th e respective documents can be accessed. 
 
 (4) The Contracting Authorities may apply the dynamic procurements system to award 
public procurement contracts on terms and condition s provided for by this law and according to the 
procedures established in the Regula tions approved by the Government. 
 
Article 56. An electronic auction 
 
 (1) An electronic auction shall mean a repeating process which involves the use of 
electronic equipment to present in the descending order new prices and/or new values of certain bid elements, which are used upon the first complete ev aluation of the bids, permitting their classification 
with automated evaluation methods. Certain contract s for services and works, whose subject matter is 
intellectual activities, such as work designs, may not form the subject matter of the electronic auction. 
  (2) The Contracting Authorities may use electronic auctions to award public procurement contracts on terms and conditions provided for by th is law and according to the procedures established 
in the Regulations approved by the Government.  
 (3) The Contracting Authorities holding an el ectronic auction shall mention that fact in 
the invitation for participation a nd in the standardized documents. 
  (4) Prior to the launch of an electronic auction, the Contracting Authoritymust perform an initial integrated assessment of the bids in conf ormity with the specified criteria for the contract 
awards. 
  (5)  Contracting Authority must invite all bidders which have submitted complying bids 
to submit new price quotations and/or, as the case may be, new values for the bid components. The 
invitation is communicated electronically to all such bidders simultaneously.  
 (6) The invitation must indicate the starting day and time of the electronic auction as well 
as any information necessary to perform individual co nnection to the electronic equipment used in it. 
  (7) The Contracting Authority may not start the electronic auction earlier that in 2 woirking days from the day on which the invitations are communicated. 
 
 (8) The electronic auction is held in several successive rounds.   (9) During each round of the electronic auction the Contracting Authority must communicate simultaneously to all bidders at least the information required by them to determine at 
any moment their respective positions in the rating. 
 
 (10) The electronic auction comes to an e nd in any of the following situations or 
combination thereof:    (a) At the exact moment in time spec ified in advance and communicated to the 
 bidders in the invitation for participation in the auction; 
   (b) After a certain number of the auction rounds held according to the exact 
 schedule specified in advance and communicated to the bidders in the 
 invitation for participation in the auction;  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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    (c) When no more new price quotations  and/or values are submitted satisfying 
 the requirements regarding the minimu m auction step (difference in bid 
 prices); in that case the invitation to participate in the auction must specify 
 the deadline for the completion of the electronic auction after the submission 
 of the last bid. 
 
 (11) The Contracting Authority must award the public procurements contract on the terms 
of Article 65 based on the results achieved on completion of the electronic auction.  
Article 57. Procurements in the case of  the social housing construction schemes 
 
 (1) A special contract awards procedur e may be used in the case of the public 
procurement contracts connected with the design an d construction of social housing ensembles where 
the scope, complexity and the estimated duration of the works require that pl anning be based from the 
very beginning on very close colla boration in the workgroup comprised of the persons representing 
the Contracting Authorities, experts and contract ors performing the works and responsible for the 
execution of the works; such procedure should ensure  the selection of the contractor to perform the 
works, who is best able to integrate in the workgroup.   (2) The Contracting Authorities must include the most detailed description of the works 
in the RFP - so that interested contractors could assess realistically the project to be implemented - 
and the qualitative and organizational selection criteria  as well as economic, social, legal, financial, 
technical and personal requirements which all bidders should satisfy. 
 
Article 58. Procurements via the Universal Commodity Exchange 
  The procurements of certain categories of strategic importance goods with the exact pre-
determined specifications may be performed via Universal Commodity Exch ange according to the 
Regulations approved by the Government.  
Article 59. Cancellation of the results of procurement procedures 
  (1) The Contracting Authority may cancel - on its own initiative or upon the Agency’s 
request based on the results of performed checks - the procedures to award the public procurements 
contract, provided such decision is made prior to  the day of notifying the results of applying the 
public procurements procedure and in any case prio r to the conclusion of the contract where: 
 
  (a) it was impossible to ensure a satisfa ctory competition level, i.e. the number of 
 bidders is lower than the minimum re quired number of bidders set by the law 
 for each procedure; 
   (b) none of the bidders satisfies the qua lification requirements provided for in the 
 documentation on the production and submission of the bids; 
 
  (c) in the case of the public procurements  of works, the bid price is more than 
 20% higher than the estimated va lue of the works calculated by the 
 Contracting Authority according to the established procedures; 
 
  (d) only non-complying bids were submitted, i.e. the bids: 
    submitted after the deadline for the submission of bids;  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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     produced and presented not in compliance with the requirements of the 
 documentation regarding the produc tion and submission of bids; 
    quoting prices in the financial proposal, which are evidently not the result of 
 free competition and which cannot be reasonably justified; 
 
   containing such proposals regarding the contract terms and conditions, which 
 are obviously disadvantageous for the Contracting Authority; 
    with such price quotations included in the financial proposal, where every 
 quoted price exceeds the amount allocated for the implementation of the 
 respective public procurements contract; 
   (e) exceptional circumstances affect the procedure of awarding the public 
 procurements contract or make the c onclusion of such contract impossible; 
 
  (f) a corruptive act is shown and conf irmed by the definitive court ruling. 
  (2) The procurement procedures may be decl ared null and void solely by the Agency 
after the communication of the results of applying the public procurements procedure and after the 
conclusion of the contract in the cases provided for in Paragraph (1). 
 
 (3) The decision to cancel the results of the public procurements procedure shall not create any liability on the part of the Contracting Au thority or the Agency to the participants in the 
public procurement procedure, excepting the retu rn of the guarantee securing the bid and the 
execution of the contract. 
 
 (4) The Contracting Authority must notify a ll participants in the public procurements 
procedure in writing within 2 days after the cance llation about the termination of the obligations 
created for the both parties on the force of submitting the bid as well as the grounds for the cancellation.  
CHAPTER VII 
THE SPECIFICS OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES 
 
Article 60. The attraction of bids for advisory services 
  (1) In the case of any doubts as to whether the subject matter of the procurements should 
be categorized as goods or as services, the procuremen ts shall be deemed to be the procurements of 
goods.   (2) The Contracting Authority shall attract th e bids for services or applications for pre-
selection via announcement in the Public Procurements  Bulletin and in the international circulation 
mass media. The announcements shall specify the Contracting Authority’s name and address, provide 
a brief description of the requested services, the procedures for obtaining of the RFP documents for the services or pre-selection documents and the f ee payable for such documents, if applicable. 
  (3) The Contracting Authority shall not appl y the provisions of Paragraph (2) where: 
 
  (a) the requested services are available to a limited number of suppliers, 
 provided a RFP is given to all such suppliers; 
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    (b) the costs of examination and evaluation of a large number of bids are 
 disproportionably high as compared to  the price of the requested services, 
 provided the bids are attracted from a sufficient number of suppliers to ensure  efficient competition; 
 
  (c) a direct request is the sole method to ensure confidentiality or is required by 
 the national interests, upon cond itions provided for in Letter (b). 
  (4) Skilled consultants may be invited fo r the procurement of advisory services. 
 
 (5) The Contracting Authority shall offer th e suppliers RFP documents for the services or 
pre-selection documents – either according to th e procedure and requirements specified in the 
announcement or directly to the suppliers in the ca ses covered by Paragraph (3). The fee, which the 
Contracting Authority may collect for the RFP or pre-selection documents, may include only the costs 
of their production and delivery to the suppliers . If pre-selection procedures are initiated, the 
Contracting Authority shall deliver the RFP to each pre-selected (short-listed) supplier, who has paid 
the application fee.  
Article 61. The RFP for the advisory services 
 
 The RFP structure and contents in the case of  advisory services shall be established in the 
standardized documents approved by the Government. 
 
Article 62. The evaluation criteria for the bids for advisory services 
 
 The Contracting Authority shall approve the ev aluation criteria in respect of the bids for 
advisory services as well as the relative significance  of each criterion and the procedures for its 
application. Such criteria shall be communicated to the suppliers in the RFP and they shall refer to: 
  (a) the qualification data, experience, reput ation, reliability, professional and managerial 
skills of the supplier in general and specifica lly of his staff involved in the provision 
of the services; 
 
 (b) bid efficiency;   (c) bid price, including the auxiliary or related expense;  
 (d) the national defense and security needs. 
 
Article 63. The procedure for the selection of the advisory service bids 
 
 (1) If the Contracting Authority decides to use the procedure of selecting the bids for advisory services without negotiations, it shall establish  certain requirements regarding the quality and 
technical characteristics of the bids according to the criteria other than price specified in the RFP, and 
evaluate each bid for compliance w ith those criteria, using the pro cedure described in the RFP. The 
winning bid shall be the bid with the optimum combined value (the highest number of awarded points) according to the criteria mentioned in Article 62.  
 (2) Where it is decided to apply the adviso ry services selection procedure via consecutive 
negotiations with the bidders, the Contracting Authority shall:    (a) establish the level of requirements according to Paragraph (1);  GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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    (b) invite the bidder with the highest number of awarded points to the 
 negotiations regarding the bid price according to Paragraph (1);  
   (c) notify the bidder about the termin ation of negotiations, should it be found 
 impossible to achieve an acceptable price; 
 
  (d) invite the bidder with the second highest number of awarded points to the 
 negotiations; if the contract is not concluded with that bidder either, the 
 remaining bidders  shall be invited to  the negotiations in the descending order 
 of the points awarded to them till the c ontract is concluded or till all bids are 
 rejected. 
 
Article 64. Confidentiality 
 
 (1) The Contracting Authority shall ensure the confidentiality of the bid examination. 
 
 (2) The negotiations held shall be confidentia l. None of the parties participating in the 
negotiations may disclose any information regarding the issues discussed during the negotiations to a 
third party without consent of the counterparty.  
CHAPTER VIII 
THE PUBLIC PROCUR EMENT CONTRACT 
PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE REPORT 
 
Article 65. The principles of awarding a public procurements contract 
  The awards of the public procurement contr act shall be based on the following principles: 
  (a) observance of the law, order, public morale and professional ethics during the 
assessment and award of the contract; 
  (b) selection of the bid most advantag eous in technical and economic terms; 
 
 (c) ensuring the environment protection and s upport of social programs in the process of 
executing the contract. 
 
Article 66. Preferences in the awards of public procurement contracts 
 
 For the purposes of awarding public procurement contracts preference shall be given to the suppliers who have a direct or indirect objectiv e to encourage professional training on the job, 
creation of jobs for the unemployed, young people and persons with integr ation problems, reduction 
of the unemployment rates, professional training for the unemployed and the young people, environment protection, improvement of labor c onditions and labor safety, rural development and 
professional training in agriculture, protection and support of small and medium-sized enterprises 
(SME businesses), including during the contract execution period and their involvement as sub-contractors. Such available preferences must be specified in the invitation for participation (RFP). 
 
Article 67. The public procurements contract 
 
 (1) The public procurements contract must  be concluded according to the procurement 
procedures provided for in this law, for the total amou nt allocated for the procurements for the year in 
line with the procurements plan.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (2) During the procurement procedures vi a tender the winner’s notification and the 
conclusion of the procurement contract sha ll be performed according to Article 47. 
  (3) In the case of using any other procurem ent method, the bidders shall be informed 
about the terms and conditions of concluding the proc urements contract at the time of giving them a 
request for their proposals. 
  (4) It shall not be allowed to introduce any am endments in the details of the winning bid, 
to set new requirements to the winning bidder or to  involve any bidder other than the one who has 
submitted the bid most advantageous  in economic terms at the time  of concluding the procurement 
contract. 
  (5) The term(s) for the execution of the co ntract established reasonably according to the 
Contracting Authority’s needs shall be determined with account of the complexity of the scheduled 
procurements, the anticipated scope of sub-contract s and the time required realistically to produce, 
stock and transport the goods from the supp lier’s facilities or to provide the services. 
  (6) The terms and conditions for the execu tion of the contract shall not include any 
clauses directly or indirectly discriminatory in their nature.   (7) Upon conclusion, the procurement contr act shall be submitted to the Agency for 
examination and registration within 5 days, accompanied with the documents confirming the 
implementation of the respectiv e procurements procedure. 
  (8) The public procurements contract regist ered with the Agency shall be registered 
subsequently with one of the State Treasury offices.  The contracts not registered in due course shall 
have no legal effect. 
 
Article 68. Sub-contracts 
 
 In the terms of reference the Contracting Authority may request the bidder to indicate in his bid the parts of the contract scope which he intends  to sub-contract to a third party and the proposed 
sub-contractors, including SME businesses and other c ubcontractors, if applicable. Such details shall 
not result in any exemptions from the principal bidder’s responsibility.  
Article 69. The ban on the procur ements fragmentation or increase 
  (1) Where the procurements are not fragmen ted initially, the Contracting Authority may 
not fragment the procurement by concluding separ ate contracts enabling it to apply a procedure 
different from the procurements procedure, which mu st be used in conformity with this law. The 
exception is the seasonal procurements of goods and services, which involve the conclusion of 
separate contracts for different periods of time. In  the case of the procurements of goods, works and 
services with the implementation period above one y ear, the contract may be concluded for the total 
procurements, although its implementa tion should be ensured within th e limits of annual allocations 
scheduled for the purpose and specified annually in the contract.   (2) The Contracting Authority may not increase the amount of the goods, works and services specified in the concluded contracts to  avoid a new procurement, excepting the cases 
provided for in this law. 
  (3) It shall not be allowed to amend any pa rt of the concluded contract or to introduce 
new terms and conditions, where such actions result in  deviations from the te rms and conditions of the 
bid, which are the reason for its selection, or to increase the contract value. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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   (4) In the case of the public procurement contracts providing for the continuous 
execution and concluded for a long term exceeding 1 y ear, it shall be allowed to adjust the value of 
the public procurement contract from time to time  according to the procedure established by the 
Government in order to take into account the cha nges in prices for the cost items of the goods, works 
or services forming the subject matter of the contract. 
 
 (5) The supplier must observe unconditionally  the provisions of the concluded contract, 
complying with the quality requirements and the established price. A breach or improper fulfillment 
of the contractual obligations shall result in the s upplier’s liability in conformity with the legislation 
and the provisions of the contract. 
 
 (6) The competent controlling authorities sha ll apply financial sanctions prescribed by 
the law to any supplier, irrespectiv e of the latter’s legal status, who amends unilaterally the terms and 
conditions of the procurements c ontract, or performs works, or pr ovides the services not included in 
the contract, or increases the contract prices without adequate substantiation. 
 
Article 70. The report on the procurements procedure 
 
 (1) The report on the procurements procedure shall be prepared by the Contracting Authority and submitted to the Agency within 5 da ys after the day of concluding the contract. The 
report shall include: 
 
  (a) summary description of the g oods, works and services for which the 
 Contracting Authority has requested proposals; 
   (b) the names and contacts of the bidders as well as the name and contacts of the 
 supplier which is awarded the procuremen ts contract and the contract price; 
   (c) the bidders’ qualifications;    (d) the bid price or the basis for its  calculation, a summary description of the 
 other essential terms and conditions of each bid and the procurements 
 contract; 
   (e) summary conclusions regarding the evaluation and comparison of the bids 
 with account of using the preferential margin; 
 
  (f) the respective decision with valid argum ents substantiating the rejection of all 
 bids, if applicable; 
   (g) the grounds for choosing the resp ective procurement method - in the case of 
 using a procurements procedur e different from an open tender; 
 
  (h) the decision and its grounds in the case of using a procurements procedure 
 different from an open tender, where such procedure fails to achieve the  conclusion of the procurements contract; 
   (i) the reasons for the rejection in the case of bid rejection according to the 
 provisions of Article 30; 
   (j) the grounds for choosing the sel ection procedure in the case of the 
 procurement of services; 
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    (k) explanation of the reasons for the application of the respective method in the 
 case of using the procurement proce dures requesting direct submission of 
 bids for the services; 
   (l) explanation of the reasons for the restrictions in the case of the procurement 
 procedures where the Contracting Authority restricts the participation of 
 suppliers; 
   (m) summary of the received inquiries and requests to provide explanations 
 regarding the pre-selection documents or tender documents, the respective 
 responses and summary explanations fo r each amendment introduced in the 
 above documents. 
  (2) The information specified in Paragraph (1 ) Letters (a) and (b) shall be provided upon 
request of any party upon acceptance of the bid or completion of the procurements procedure which 
did not result in the conclusion of a procurements contract. 
 
(3) The information specified in Paragraph (1) Letters (c) to (h) and (m) shall be 
provided on the request of the supp liers who have submitted their bids or applications for pre-
selection and upon acceptance of the bid or completi on of the procurement pr ocedure which did not 
result in the conclusion of a procurements contr act. Excepting the cases where the request comes from 
the court, the Contracting Authority shall not di sclose the information specified in Paragraph (1) 
Letters (c) to (e) and (m), if the disclosure of su ch information is contrary to the law and state 
interests, or if it might prejudice the lawful commercia l interests of the parties or be harmful for fair 
competition.  
CHAPTER IX 
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY 
 
SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 
 
Article 71. The right of appeal 
 
 (1) Any supplier who believes that the Cont racting Authority has injured the supplier’s 
lawful rights during the procurements procedure be cause of the decision made or the procurements 
procedure applied with infringements of the law a nd resulting in the actual o threatening damage for 
the supplier, may challenge in due course provided fo r in this law the relevant decision made or the 
procedure applied by the Contracting Authority. 
  (2) The subject of the appeal may not be:    (a) the choice of the procedure for the selection of the bids for advisory services; 
 
  (b) the restrictions on the participati on in the procurements procedure provided 
 for in Article 15 Paragraph (1); 
   (c) the decision to reject all bids;  
  (d) the lack of a reference to this law or other laws and regul ations regarding the 
 procurements procedure, or the lack of a note regarding the right of appeal. 
  (3) Appeals regarding the RFP, invitatio ns to tender and tende r documents may be 
submitted prior to the opening of the bid envelopes by the Contracting Authority. GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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Article 72. Submission and examination of appeals 
 
 (1) The Supplier may submit a substantia ted claim to the Agency regarding the 
Contracting Authority’s actions, decisions or a pplied procedures within 10 calendar days after it 
becomes aware of the circumstances which are the grounds for the appeal. 
  (2) The Agency shall not ex amine claims submitted upon expiry  of the term provided for 
in Paragraph (1) hereof.  
 (3) The claim must be submitted in writing and it must specify: 
   (a) the supplier’s complete name and the name and first name of its 
 representative, the document (in copy) confirming the representative’s  authority, the registered office and contact details; 
 
  (b) the Contracting Authority’s name, registered office and contact details;    (c) the essence of the claim and its grounds with indication of the claimant’s 
 lawful rights and interests injured during the procurement procedures; 
 
  (d) he list of the documents attached to the claim. 
  (4) Based on the examination of the claim, the Agency may:    (a) initiate, if applicable, the pro cedure for settlement of the dispute in 
 negotiation; 
   (b) accept the claim in its integrity or in part;    (c) reject the claim in its integrity or in part;  
  (d) request re-evaluation of the bids; 
   (e) take other measures to settle the dispute according to the law.   (5) The dispute underlying the claim may be  settled amicably, on the suggestion of the 
Agency and/or the supplier participating in the pr ocurement procedures, with the invitation of all 
suppliers involved in the procedure of challenge. The amicable settlement of the dispute shall be 
formalized and confirmed via drawing of the respect ive protocol, which is signed by all participants. 
  (6) Where the dispute is not settled amicably within 10 calendar days after registration of 
the claim according to the provisions of Paragr aph (5) hereof, within 20 calendar days after 
submission of the claim the Agency shall issue a substantiated decision specifying the measures 
which must be taken to redress the situation in the c ase the claim is found valid in its integrity or in 
part.   (7) The Contracting Authority shall be oblig ed to repair the damage incurred to the 
supplier due to the illegal actions confirmed by the definitive decision of the competent courts, illegal 
decisions or application of illegal procedures; however , the liability shall not include lost profits or 
missed opportunities to obtain benefits.   GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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  Article 73. Claim examination procedures 
 
 (1) The Agency shall notify the Contracting Authority and all suppliers participating in the procurements procedure about the essence of the claim promptly upon its receipt.  
 (2) The Agency may request from the Contrac ting Authority to submit within 5 working 
days all documents necessary for the examinatio n of the respective claim and, if necessary, 
explanations in writing with comments to the submitted claim.   (3) The supplier or the public authority whose interests are or might be injured by the 
claim may participate in the pr ocedure. The supplier which has not participated in the claim 
examination procedure may not submit claims regarding similar issues at a later stage.   (4) The Agency shall leav e the claim without examina tion and issue the respective 
decision in its respect where: 
 
  (a) the claim is submitted upon expiry of the established term; 
   (b) the claim does not comply with the requirements specified in Article 72 
 Paragraph (3). 
 
 (5) Where the claim does not comply with the requirements of Article 72 Paragraph (3), 
the Agency shall return the clai m to the claimant and give him 2 working days to rectify the 
non-compliances.  If the identified non-compliances are not rectified within the established term, the Agency shall leave the claim without examination and the claimant shall lose the right to submit a 
new claim. 
 
 (6) The Agency shall exam ine the claim and issue a decision regarding it within 
20 working days after its submission, based on the submitted documents or their examination in an 
open meeting, with invitations given in writing to and the presence of at least the Agency’s 
representative, the claimant, the Contracting Author ity and, if applicable, the winning bidder. During 
the examination of the claim the Agency may invite e xperts in the relevant area to give their opinions 
in writing and/or orally at the mee ting convened to examine the claim. 
  (7) Should any or the both parties to the dispute fail to appear at the announced meeting, the Agency may examine the claim and issue the respective decision based on the submitted 
documents. 
 
 (8) The Agency’s decision shall be communicat ed within 3 working days after it is made 
to the claimant supplier and to any other supplie r or public authority participating in the claim 
examination procedure. The claim and the decision shall be notified immediately to all the involved 
parties on condition of non-disclosure if such disclos ure is contrary to the legislation or public 
interests or if it might injure the lawful commerc ial interests of the parties or fair competition. 
 
 (9) The examination of the claim shall te rminate with the production of the respective 
protocol, where:    (a) the claim is left without examination in the cases provided for in 
 Paragraph (4); 
   (b) the claim is withdrawn by the claimant;    (c) the Contracting Authority accepts the claim as substantiated; GPA/ACC/MDA/1 
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    (d) the Agency decides to accept or reject the claim; 
   (e) the dispute underlying the claim is settled amicably as per Paragraph (5) 
 Article 72. 
 
 (10) If the Agency fails to issue a decision w ithin the established term or if the supplier is 
not satisfied with the decision, the latter may app eal to the competent administrative court, and the 
Agency’s competence to settle the dis pute shall be terminated thereupon. 
 
Article 74. Suspension of the procurements procedure 
 
 (1) Upon receipt of the claim within the es tablished term the Agency may order, acting 
upon on the request of the claimant supplie r or on its own initiative, to suspend the 
conclusion/execution of the public procurements contr act, if such claim is substantial and contains 
statements which are shown to confirm that: 
 
  (a) the supplier would suffer damage without such suspension;    (b) there exists a probability to satisfy the claim;    (c) the suspension would cause no damage to the parties involved in the 
 procurements procedure. 
  (2) The Agency shall order the suspension as per Paragraph (1) till the examination of the 
claim is terminated for any of the reasons specified  in Article 73 Paragraph (9). Upon expiry of the 
suspension term specified herein the Contracting Authority must conclude the public procurements 
contract according to the requirements specified in Article 47. 
  (3) The suspension shall not apply where the Agency considers that urgent public 
interests, such as:  national defense and security , operation of public institutions, provision of public 
services, require the continuation of the procurements.  
SECTION 2.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INFRINGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC 
PROCUREMENT LAW 
 
Article 75. The forms of responsibility 
  The infringements of the public procurements legislation may result in the disciplinary 
(including the financial), civil, administrative a nd penal responsibility in conformity with the law. 
 
CHAPTER X 
CONCLUDING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 
 
Article 76. Coming into effect. Term inations. The Government’s obligations 
 
 (1) This law shall come into effect upon expiry of 3 months after its publication. 
  (2) As soon as this law comes into effe ct the Law on the procurement of goods, works 
and services for the state needs no. 1166-XIII of April 30, 1997 shall cease to be effective. 
  (3) The Government shall within 6 mont hs after the publication of this law: 
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    Submit suggestions to the Parliament rega rding the actions needed to bring the other 
legislation in compliance with this law; 
   Bring its regulations in compliance with this law;  
  Ensure the development and approval of the regulations provided for in this law. 
  
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT    Marian LUPU 
 
Chisinau, 13 April 2007 
 No. 96-XVI.   
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