Electronic and Digital Tools for Neo-Industrialization in the Contract Relations Arising from Public Procurement of Economic Entities of the EAEU Countries

Abstract

Introduction At the moment, a significant period of time has passed since the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the RF) embarked on the path of democratic transformation, which has made the significant adjustments to all spheres of the state’s life. Currently, the RF is actively developing market relations and market principles of procurement; the planned economy and the command-administrative relations which regulated it have already been left in the distant past. In the context of Russia’s economic development and financial stability, it was necessary to create a quality mechanism for distributing and regulating trade in the country. In this case, an effective “tool” was the contract procurement system with all its components, which allowed the national economy to reach a new modern level of development. The rapid development of digital technologies in the world leads to an intensive transformation of the entire system of public relations. The technological changes also require greater flexibility in the procurement system. Now we can see how the traditional methods of conducting the procurement procedures are increasingly taking a back seat, giving way to the electronic procurement procedures. Under the influence of these processes, the system of public procurement in the Eurasian Economic Union began to develop. The purpose of the work: to study the characteristics, value, the positive aspects of the methods of selecting the executors of the order by e-environment in the contract procurement system of Russia, the state procurement of economic entities in the countries of the EAEU, the information support of the contract procurement system in Russia and the EAEU countries; to identify the existing problems in the contract purchasing system on the EAEU market; to study and adopt the foreign experience in electronic procurement. Methods: the methods of systematicity, analysis, and comparative law are used. Results: the authors’ well-founded position is based on the legislation and the opinion of the scientific community on the current opportunities for electronic and information support of the contract procurement system in the EAEU. For a systematic and practical update of the legal rules governing the electronic procurement procedures, as well as the overall unified procurement information system, it is necessary to create an initial legislative base from which in the future, it would be possible to start, change and supplement it, adhering to a gradual approach, rather than a cardinal one. The international experience in the implementation of public procurement in various countries shows the missing points in the Russian contract system, as well as provides for the introduction of new methods and approaches to the organization of relations in public procurement in the EAEU countries. Conclusion: the existence of a unified procurement information system, electronic platforms, and electronic procurement undoubtedly contain a number of positive aspects: the level of competition increases, the price to be paid from the budget is lower, the interference in the relevant procedures of the commission members is reduced, the corruption risks and the risk of collusion are drastically reduced, and the entire procurement process is more transparent. Public procurement is an important part of the economic structure of the EEU member states. In this regard, it is necessary to remove the obstacles in the internal market of the union. There are a number of issues and areas that the countries still need to work on. At the same time, the experience of foreign countries and the EU countries considered by the authors in the paper is very tempting, but it is not necessary to blindly adopt all the possibilities of the world’s electronic and information procurement systems.KeywordsContract systemCustomerPublic procurementDigital servicesElectronic procurement proceduresThe EAEU countriesJel CodesK2K10K15K120K150