Independent Monitoring and Public Discussion of Procurements as the Main Forms of Public Control over State Procurements

Abstract

The authors prove that there are two main forms of public control of government procurement: independent monitoring and public discussion of procurement. A comparative analysis of the concepts of “procurement monitoring” and “public monitoring” in relation to the concept of “independent procurement monitoring” is carried out in order to formulate and to find ways to solve controversial issues of implementing public control in the studied area. The results of a comparison of the previous and existing procedures for public discussion of purchases allow us to conclude that the procedure for conducting them is significantly simplified at the present time. Particular attention is paid to the problem of the recommendatory nature of the application of the results of public control of government procurement.