New Features for Procurement in the Prozorro System
The Odesa Regional State Administration announces the introduction of a new field in Prozorro, allowing procurement officials to justify the necessity of their purchases. This feature enables them to explain the reasons for the procurement need in advance.
Moreover, it will assist the monitoring group, which prepares materials for the «Transparency and Accountability» working group meetings, to better understand the arguments from the procurement officials, while the public can assess the benefits of certain purchases.
This initiative will enhance communication between procurement officials and the government during wartime.
«Procurement officials now have a tool to explain to the public the importance of their purchases in advance. They may have justified needs, but are often forced to respond to criticism only after the fact,» noted Mykola Tkachenko, director of the state enterprise «Prozorro».