Study of cost indicators of the functioning of the public procurement system in Ukraine

Abstract

The cost indicators of the functioning of the public procurement system in Ukraine were studied. It is emphasized that in modern conditions, the public procurement system is one of the important means of socio-economic transformations in the country, contributes to the formation of a competitive market for sustainable and innovative development. It was emphasized that openness and transparency at all stages of procurement is one of their key principles, the main factor in combating corruption, abuse and waste of public funds. It is noted that the issue of transparency and openness of public procurement in wartime has been put on the back burner, the expected cost of procurement in 2022 was lower than in previous periods. The war significantly complicated the conduct of procurement, which significantly affected the publication of information about procurement The tendency to reduce the expected cost of purchases is also because due to the full-scale military invasion of Russia and active hostilities, the number of customers has also significantly decreased.. During 2022, there will be a significant reduction in procurement procedures by their main types. Access to information on all defense purchases was closed on Prozorro. In 2020, a new type of procurement appeared in order to combat the coronavirus – procurement without the use of the electronic Covid-19 system. During 2019–2022, the popularity of the procurement procedure using the electronic catalog grew. In 2021, customers began to use this type of procurement as a request for a quote. The expected value of competitive procurement during 2018–2021 is increasing, but in 2022 this indicator is 61.59% less than in 2021. The dynamics of the expected value of non-competitive purchases during the studied period have an upward trend. The efficiency of public procurement in 2021 and 2022 is almost 6%. Savings in purchases that were completed amounted to more than UAH 47.3 billion in 2020, about UAH 60 billion in 2021, and almost UAH 20 billion in 2022. Today, Prozorro does not have complete information on wartime purchases. That is why the issue of establishing the integration of the Prozorro and DKSU systems for data exchange becomes expedient and relevant.