Ministry of Defense launched new procurement system in accordance with NATO standards
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense team has launched a new procurement system based on NATO standards that minimizes the "here and now" process.
This was stated by Deputy Defense Minister Dmytro Klimenkov on the air of the nationwide telethon "United News", Censor.NET reports with reference to the press service of the department.
According to him, the new procurement system "completely replaced the post-Soviet one, where all the powers were concentrated in the Ministry of Defense."
"Our goal is strategic planning. We are minimizing procurement on a "here and now" basis. For example, the Ministry of Defense should buy winter uniforms in summer and summer uniforms in winter. Such planning will improve both quality and cost, respectively," Klimenkov explained.
The first level of the new system will be the Procurement Policy Department.
" This department will be responsible only for formulating procurement policy, coordinating financial activities of agencies and developing procurement regulations," the deputy minister emphasized.
According to him, "a new deputy, Vitalii Polovenko, has been appointed to the second level of the Ministry. He will be responsible for communicating with the rear of the Armed Forces, accepting proposals, adjusting lists of goods for procurement, quality control, prioritizing and calculating the estimated cost."
A separate state-owned enterprise, the Defense Procurement Agency (State Logistics Operator), will be directly involved in the procurement of logistics equipment.
"That is, food, clothing, bulletproof vests, helmets, fuel and lubricants - all this will be purchased by them," the Deputy Defense Minister clarified.
The Defense Procurement Agency is in charge of arms procurement on a similar principle. It has already started the contracting of all defense agreements.
"The first result is that the time for reviewing commercial proposals has been halved. This is very important during the war. In addition, the agency directly contracts with our international partners. We have already used 97.9% of the 2023 budget in this area. These two agencies work according to modern corporate standards," Klimenkov added.
