Public Procurement Directorate
Within the framework of the Directorate for public procurement Act:
1. Department for Public Procurement System
2. Department for Public Procurement Procedures and
3. Department for eProcurement, Consultancy and Analitics.
Key tasks conferred to the directorate are:
- drafting public procurement legislation,
- drafting legislation to harmonise national law with EU public procurement law,
- systematically monitoring and cooperating in legislative procedures of EU and WTO to adopt public procurement legislation,
- preparation of opinions and materials for committees and working groups of European Commission and other EU institutions,
- standardisation of typical public procurement goods, services and works, including preparation of samples of tender documentation and establishment of a database with information on market analysis for typical public procurement goods, services and works,
- collecting and merging needs of public administrations within the Government for certain goods and services and tendering them as joint procurement,
- development of e-public procurement, especially informatisation of public procurement activities and establishment of e-catalogue,
- interpretation of public procurement legislation and giving advice to public authorities regarding significant public contracts,
- monitoring of the manner of implementation of public procurement rules in practice,
- organisation of seminars and expert trainings, especially in cooperation with the Civil Servants Centre of the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration,
- preparation of analyses regarding the public procurement system,
- cooperation with foreign institutions and experts in the field of public procurement,
- ensuring public access to expert literature on public procurement,
- enabling access to information regarding public procurement in other countries,
- establishment of an environment to exchange best foreign practices.