The key facts

  • The Committee for the Development of Competition revealed violations in public procurement totaling nearly 10 billion soums
  • Organizations in six regions were affected: from the Oltinkul district hokimiyat to the Khatirchi forestry
  • Cases have been initiated, and in a number of instances materials have been forwarded to other bodies for assessment and fines

Violations worth nearly 10 billion soums

The Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights of Uzbekistan, following a review of public procurement, identified violations related to restriction of competition in a number of contracting organizations. The total value of these procurements amounted to nearly 10 billion soums, the committee reported.

Which organizations are affected

According to the committee, violations were recorded in the following organizations: in the Andijan region — the improvement department of the hokimiyat of the Oltinkul district (300 million soums); in the Fergana region — the state institution for road use of the Fergana district (7 procurements worth more than 2.5 billion soums); in the Jizzakh region — specialized boarding school No. 2 in the Zarbdor district (2 procurements worth more than 1.4 billion soums); in the Namangan region — the Chust medical association (about 1.8 billion soums); in the Navoi region — the Khatirchi state forestry (7 procurements worth about 1.7 billion soums); in the Samarkand region — the branch of the Uzyulkuprik cluster (1.7 billion soums) and the state institution Ozbekiston Oodlik (410 million soums).

Measures taken

Special commissions of the committee's territorial administrations initiated cases against the contracting organizations and applied measures of influence to them in accordance with the established procedure. The committee issued orders to eliminate the violations. In certain cases, materials were forwarded to the relevant authorities for the application of financial penalties and legal assessment.