The key facts

  • The Competition Committee identified competition-restricting violations in public procurement worth nearly 10 billion soums.
  • Cases were found in Andijan, Fergana, Jizzakh, Namangan, Navoi and Samarkand regions.
  • Proceedings were initiated, instructions issued, and in some cases materials sent to relevant authorities for penalties and legal assessment.

As a result of its review of public procurement, the Competition Committee identified violations related to restriction of competition in a number of procuring organizations identified.
The total value of these procurements amounts to nearly 10 billion soums, and the identified cases are as follows:

  • Andijan region: the Improvement Department of the Oltinko'l district khokimiyat — 300 million soums;

  • Fergana region: the Fergana district state road maintenance institution — 7 procurements, over 2.5 billion soums;

  • Jizzakh region: specialized boarding school No. 2 in Zardor district — 2 procurements, over 1.4 billion soums;

  • Namangan region: the Chust district medical association — nearly 1.8 billion soums;

  • Navoi region: the Khatirchi state forestry enterprise — 7 procurements, nearly 1.7 billion soums;

  • Samarkand region: the Uzyolkoprik cluster branch — 1.7 billion soums; the Ozodlik state institution — 410 million soums.

In connection with these cases, special commissions of the Committee's regional administrations initiated proceedings against the procuring organizations and applied impact measures in accordance with the established procedure. The Committee issued instructions to eliminate the violations. In certain cases, materials were sent to the relevant authorities for the imposition of financial penalties and a legal assessment.