State Procurement Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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State Procurement Agency of the Republic of
Azerbaijan

• E-Procurement in Azerbaijan Republic
• Challenges and perspectives
• Elshad Samedzade, PHD
• Arzu Aliyev
• E-mail mail_at_tender.gov.az
• Web-site http//www.tender.gov.az/

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State Procurement Agency of the Republic of
AzerbaijanWelcomes the participants of the
8th Regional Public Procurement
Forum!!!Welcome to Albania !
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Legal 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

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Agencys 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.

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Organizational Chart of the Agency
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Requirements for creating Public
Procurement Information System in Azerbaijan
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• 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

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Network

• 1. Computers, telecommunication, electrical
  equipment etc. for main and reserve stations
• 2. Installation, adjustment

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• 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.

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Challenges

• 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

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Trainings

• 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.

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• 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.

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Ratio of total amount of implemented public
procurements according to each corresponding
financial source in 2011 (in thousand manats)
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Dynamics of performance of state procurement
contracts based on the reports submitted to the
State Procurement Agency in 2005-2011 years (in
thousand manats)
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Thank you!