Title: State Procurement Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1State Procurement Agency of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
- E-Procurement in Azerbaijan Republic
- Challenges and perspectives
- Elshad Samedzade, PHD
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- Arzu Aliyev
- E-mail mail_at_tender.gov.az
- Web-site http//www.tender.gov.az/
2State Procurement Agency of the Republic of
AzerbaijanWelcomes the participants of the
8th Regional Public Procurement
Forum!!!Welcome to Albania !
3Legal base of public procurements
- The State Procurement Agency (SPA) was
established under Decree No.583 by the President
of the Azerbaijan Republic dated May 16, 1997 to
carry out state policy in the field of
procurement of goods (works and services)
purchased by state funds. SPAs duties were
determined by the Charter approved by Decree
No.855 by the President of the Azerbaijan
Republic dated February 20, 2003 according to the
requirements of article 4 of the Law On public
procurements. - The Action Program on E-government formation
in 2010-2011 in the Republic of Azerbaijan
approved with the Order of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic - The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on
Electronic Signature and Electronic document,
March 9, 2004 - The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on
Electronic Trade, May 10, 2005
4Agencys Duties
- SPA is charged with the following duties
- establishment and improvement of the
normative-legal base regulating public
procurement in the Republic of Azerbaijan - ensuring control over the legality of procurement
of goods (works and services) purchased by state
funds on the basis of tender and implementation
of contracts - carrying out measurements as provided by the
existing legislation to improve the qualification
level of specialists of procurement organizations
in the field of public procurement - creation of a public procurement data base, as
well as the implementation of other duties as
determined by the legislation of the Republic of
Azerbaijan.
5Organizational Chart of the Agency
6Requirements for creating Public
Procurement Information System in Azerbaijan
7- Program
- 1. Learning world experience, expert involvement,
specialists business trips, preparing technical
tasks etc. in terms of E-procurement system - 2. Planning system program and network
- 3. Creating web portal that includes the
Agencys, clients and contractors interface
information security, establishing storage and
archiving, its integration with e-signature and
e-payment systems - 4. Integration, system adjustment, testing and
adjusting the system - 5. System Implementation, training the staff,
conducting seminars and trainings for relevant
government authorities, involving Press and TV
for explaining the system - 6. System follow-up for a year and making
necessary corrections
8Network
- 1. Computers, telecommunication, electrical
equipment etc. for main and reserve stations - 2. Installation, adjustment
9- www.icazeler.gov.az
- By using this website which is created by the
initiative of the Ministry of Economic
Development you can find information on how to
obtain permissions, licenses etc. which is
required to participate in public procurements
held in Azerbaijan.
10Challenges
- 1) In terms of general E-government project State
authorities should do several work in order for
the system to function harmonically as a whole
system. - 2) E-signature process should be developed
- 3) Procurement organizations are less experienced
- 4) There should be trust and reliance on online
system
11Trainings
- SPA organizes trainings on public procurement
which are regularly held for employees of the
ministries, committees, institutions and
organizations as well as employees of departments
of education, health, culture, local executive
authorities, municipalities of the cities and
regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan to improve
the qualification level of specialists involved
in public procurement procedures from procurement
organizations.
12- A workshop on E-Procurement with a joint
initiative of the State Procurement Agency and
SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and
Management), April 6, 2011 - SIGMA organized a seminar on E-procurement in
Tbilisi on May 19, 2011 - A workshop on Public Procurement Proceduresin
an E-procurement Perspective with a joint
initiative of the State Procurement Agency and
SIGMA, June 22, 2011 - SPA representative participated at Asia Pacific
Regional e-GP Conference organized by Asian
Development Bank in Indonesia, November 22-24,
2011.
13Ratio of total amount of implemented public
procurements according to each corresponding
financial source in 2011 (in thousand manats)
14Dynamics of performance of state procurement
contracts based on the reports submitted to the
State Procurement Agency in 2005-2011 years (in
thousand manats)
15 Thank you!