Russian Federation Contract System: Functioning Peculiarities of State and Municipal Procurement and Certain Types of Legal Entities Procurement
The article considers results of the Russian Federation Public Procurement System analysis. This system known as the Contracting (Acquisition) System, has got independent assessment of its regional characteristics. The analysis is based on empirical studies conducted under the scientific supervision of the author. Operational procurement parameters are placed in the core of statistical data collection and mapping. Revealed, that major suppliers obtain strong dominance on the public procurement market. A monopolistic market model is widespread and takes place in all regions of the country. In 2016 2.9% of all companies working on public procurement market, or 8. 8 thousand suppliers, conducted 80% of public contracts total cost, or 4. 4 trillions of rubles. Demonstrated, that contractual relations are mature, stable and fairly rigid in nature. A significant volume of contracts are concluded as a result of failed tenders and bidding procedures, as well as single source purchasing The study highlights regional features of such kind of procurement operations It is mathematically proved that from the market point of view, public procurement procedures have little effect on final results of the Contracting (Acquisition) System's operation.