Statistical form contents for selective survey of procurements with high corruption risks at the federal and municipal levels
Authors: Gazetov A. N. 
Published: March 2020

The main purpose of the study is to identify the types and volumes of purchases for state and municipal needs with high corruption risks. Based on the studies, proposals have been prepared on the content of the sample statistical monitoring of procurements with high corruption risks. The expansion of statistical research in this area is provided by the National Anti-Corruption Plan for 2018–2020.

The research materials include data from statistical observations, summary analytical reports of the ministries for 2014–2019, speeches by representatives of the government and science on corruption and the effectiveness of public procurement, as well as scientific publications. General scientific empirical and theoretical research methods were used. Empirical methods include the steps of collecting information and collecting official data, materials from scientific conferences and interviews. Theoretical methods provide for the formalization of the heterogeneous information received on the processes under study in the public procurement system.

The results of the studies showed the need for selective statistical observation, despite the cancellation of continuous monitoring since  2015 due to the start of the full functioning of the unified information procurement system (hereinafter – the UIPS) on the website www. zakupki.gov.ru. Reports based on data from the UIPS, as well as the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and the Treasury of Russia from 2015 to 2017 had been prepared by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia and from 2018 by the Ministry of Finance of Russia. During such a transfer of authority, for example, the number of applications submitted per one competitive procedure dropped out of the number of the monitored indicators. However, since 2018, more attention has been paid to procurement on the basis of paragraphs рр. 24, 25 part 1 of article 93 of 44-FZ, providing for the possibility of concluding a contract with a single supplier due to failed tender procedures. The value of contracts on these grounds amounted to 2,755 billion rubles (or 43.78 billion US dollars) in 2018 with an upward trend in 2019, and amounted to 29% of the total value of the concluded contracts. A common way of making such purchases with high corruption risks is to conspire with participants in procurement procedures that have received the name «Battering ram operation» at electronic auctions, as well as formulating difficult conditions and high requirements for performers, with poor public examination of the state contract.

In conclusion, it should be noted that selective statistical surveys should supplement the available information of the UIPS with data on procurement from a single supplier, and the selection of a separate category of contracts concluded as a result of failed procedures of a massive nature. The prepared proposals contribute to the implementation of order of the President of the Russian Federation to strengthen the effectiveness of control in the procurement of goods, works and services to ensure state and municipal needs dated December 17, 2018 No. Pr-2417 and implementing of national anti-corruption plan.