Procurement Overview

The prosecutor's offices of the Republic of Belarus exercise supervision over the enforcement of anti-corruption legislation.

It should be noted that the procurement sphere continues to prevail among offences creating conditions for corruption. The practice of controlling (supervisory) bodies indicates that violations during procurement, especially with budget funds, are quite numerous and varied in nature.

For example, there are cases where tender documentation specifies that a particular type of goods is subject to procurement, as well as cases of including in the description of the purchased goods characteristics inherent to goods offered by only one supplier, which does not allow participants who could offer similar goods on more favorable terms to participate in the procurement procedure.

Also, often the incorrect procurement procedure is determined, and the Law is incorrectly applied.

Violations of the procedure for declaring income and property are not uncommon, which is grounds for bringing officials obliged to submit income and property declarations to administrative liability.

The most common violations were: failure to submit a declaration within the period established by law; failure to reflect or incomplete reflection of income, including insurance payments, winnings in bookmaker's offices, money transfers; failure to reflect property owned (real estate, vehicles); indication of false information about the value of property.

Senior Assistant to the Vitebsk Transport Prosecutor                               S.V. Sazonova