The Parliament of Moldova adopted a bill in two readings at once, which will simplify and speed up the process of purchasing vaccines against COVID-19.
In particular, the law approved by the deputies on Friday allows the current government to purchase vaccines against coronavirus in deviation from the Public Procurement Law, to conduct direct negotiations with manufacturers in order to buy a vaccine against COVID-19 as soon as possible and launch the procedure for mass vaccination of citizens. In particular, Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on the Establishment of Certain Measures for the Period of a Public Health Emergency and to certain regulations. The approved document allows, in the case of public procurement of vaccines against COVID-19, initiated before December 31, 2021, to establish a shorter, 10-day period between the date of publication of the announcement for participation in the Public Procurement Bulletin and the deadline for submitting offers. In addition, communication with economic operators is allowed, including the submission of offers and clarifications through the Automated Information System "State Register of Public Procurements" (AIS "SRPP") or on paper if the AIS "SRPP" is not functional, and within the framework of the negotiation procedure without prior publication of an announcement to participate - by e-mail. It was also agreed that in urgent situations it is allowed to award public procurement contracts for vaccines against COVID-19 by using the negotiation procedure without first publishing an announcement for participation. In addition, prepayment is allowed for government procurement of vaccines from COVID-19. // 12.03.2021 — InfoMarket.
