Increasing the efficiency of budget expenditure in the area of public (municipal) procurement

The modern Russian system of the government and municipal procurament is undergoing the next transformation stage related to transition to contract system. First of all, this transition is caused by the fact that many offenses were revealed in the sphere of purchases recently. The new law on contract system is urged to change the whole system of the government and municipal procurament: from planning and placement of contracts to their execution and efficiency assessment. However, according to the author, it is not enough only to introduce a new law, it is necessary to change financial discipline of customers who are not interested in efficiency of the budget expenditure at present. The problem of low efficiency of budget funds use is especially pressing under modern conditions of deficiency of budgets of all levels. The author disproves opinion of many experts who claim that the most effective instrument of budget funds use is an electronic auction. Low productivity of electronic auctions is proved by means of statistical data published on the official site for placement orders information in the Russian Federation. A substantial number of auctions for deliveries of goods, performance of works, rendering services in all regions of the Russian Federation were canceled in 2013. As opposed to electronic auction, the author suggests open competition, which has a number of advantages. The modern problems of low efficiency of budget expenditure in the area of procurament are systematized in the paper and the author's solutions of the revealed problems are presented. The example of one of such problems solution is drawing up the competent specification and documentation development according to provisions of the law. It is illustrated on the example of municipality "Tomsk". The author analyzes weaknesses and strengths of the new law on contract system in the area of pro-curament, prospects and threats of its practical application. This enable the author to develop and offer actions that are capable of increasing the efficiency of the budget expenditure in the sphere of purchases of goods, works and services for municipal needs of Tomsk.

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