PUBLIC PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA AND IN THE OF FEDERAL CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CONDITIONS OF LEGAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION (EXEMPLIFIED BY PURCHASING OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT)

Abstract

Purpose. To study the topical issues of state and municipal procurement in the Republic of Crimea and federal city of Sevastopol at the expense of the federal target program of the Crimea and Sevastopol development in the framework of transition to № 44-FL of 05.04.2013. “On contract system in the procurement of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs.” Methods. The Russian and Ukrainian legislation on state and municipal procurement and acts of local authorities of the Crimea and Sevastopol currently acting in the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol are analyzed and the analysis of purchasing dynamics in these areas in the period from March 2014 to January 2015 is carried out. Comparative analysis was conducted on the basis of studying public information from the offi cial website of procurement of the Republic of Crimea and federal city of Sevastopol http://www.zakup-rk.ru, http://sevastopol.gov.ru и http://gkz.rk.gov.ru, and also statistical information from electronic resources of the Internet. Results. Based on experience and public procurement statistics, on evidence-based approaches and objective assessments of the current procurement practices by the customers of the Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as on their own conclusions, the causes of diffi culties of the transition period to federal contract procurement system of the Russian Federation in these areas are researched. The main managerial problems of extremely ineffi cient spending of budget funds allocated to the Crimea and Sevastopol for purchase in the frames of the federal target program of the Crimea and Sevastopol development. Conclusions are made about the need to prolong the transition period for the integration of these said territories into the federal contract procurement system. Scientifi c novelty. A comparative analysis of the norms of the Ukrainian and Russian procurement legislation currently acting in the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol is carried out. The authors identify legislative, economic and administrative reasons impeding economic integration of state and municipal customers of the territory of the Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian federal contract procurement system and reasons of establishing the transition period to the № 44-FL of 05.04.2013 “On the contract system in the procurement of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs” from July 1, 2015 and for municipal needs in these areas only from January 1, 2016. The necessity to carefully study the provisions of acts of public authorities and local government, defi ning grounds and procedures of procurement for state and municipal needs in the Crimea and Sevastopol is justifi ed.