The electronic catalog Prozorro Market allowed the state to purchase goods and services worth more than UAH 30 billion in 2024 and at the same time save almost UAH 3 billion, First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko said.
“Since the launch of the tool (Prozorro Market – IF-U), the total amount of procurement has amounted to UAH 42 billion. The savings since the beginning of the instrument’s existence amounted to more than UAH 6 billion. This figure is explained by twice as much competition as compared to other procurement procedures. (…) Big savings are an opportunity for the state to buy more necessary goods. And this is especially important for me as the Minister of Economy: Prozorro Market is also a tool for active participation of Ukrainian producers in public procurement. For example, we were able to purchase more than 800 domestically produced school buses through this tool,” the press service of the Ministry of Economy quoted her as saying.
According to Dmytro Solovy, Deputy Director of Professional Procurement for Development, Prozorro Market is expecting a number of key innovations in the near future, including the introduction of a single electronic document that will combine ready-made contracts and terms of reference based on the constructor principle; expanding the range of complaints against unscrupulous suppliers; simplifying the process of qualifying suppliers; and speeding up the bidding procedure by half – from announcement to contract in three days.
“With the outbreak of full-scale war, Prozorro Market has become a tool that allows us to maintain a balance between transparency and competition on the one hand, and efficiency on the other. The e-catalog now effectively covers the needs of both civilians and the military. More than 90% of all food procured at the state level goes through Prozorro Market. The area of military goods is also developing very actively. Our goal is to make it as easy and transparent to buy a drone as a potato. And we are succeeding – 25 thousand different UAVs have been purchased by customers in the e-catalog in two years. In addition, through Prozorro Market, the military can buy tactical headphones, glasses, remote controls for drones, optical sights, night vision devices, etc.”, said Yevhen Yakubovsky, Director of Professional Procurement.
As part of the national forum “Prozorro Market: win-win for the state and business”, its direct customers – public procuring entities and businesses – shared their experience of using Prozorro Market. These include Fabrika-Kuhnya (Bucha, Kyiv region), Ukrnafta, the National Cancer Institute, the state-owned enterprise Forests of Ukraine, Zhytomyr City Council, etc.
The Ministry of Economy clarified that the further development of Prozorro Market is supported by a new 5-year project called Support for Digital Transformation, funded by USAID and UK Dev. They confirmed further support for the improvement of Prozorro Market and the implementation of best procurement practices within the project.
