MSU has initiated proceedings against the Yerevan Municipality in connection with the violation of the procedures for the purchase of buses

The Commission for the Protection of Competition initiated proceedings against the Yerevan Municipality regarding a possible offense in the field of economic competition in the purchase procedures organized for the purpose of acquiring buses in 2021 and 2022. The commission reported that as a result of the study, it was found that the technical specifications of the invitations to the procurement procedures announced by Yerevan Municipality apparently set such requirements, the presence of which led or may lead to the creation of unequal conditions for potential participants of the procurement procedures and the limitation of economic competition. At the same time, the possibility of meeting the standards set by the technical specifications with the standards of vehicles produced by only one entity was recorded, which may indicate the possibility of reaching an agreement with other business entities.