The briefing with participation of representatives of «Samruk-Kazyna» JSC and its subsidiaries «Samruk-Kazyna Contract» LLP, «Kazakhstan Temir Zholy» JSC and Majilis of the Parliament took place at the Central Communications Service under the President of Kazakhstan. The theme of the meeting was the work of the Group of Companies in the framework of increasing the transparency of procurement and increasing the share of local content in it. The representatives of the Fund's group of companies told about achievements and developments in this area for the past 6 years since the introduction of the Procurement Rules of Samruk-Kazyna.

To date, procurement rules of «Samruk-Kazyna» JSC applied by 250 organizations within the Fund's group of companies. Since 2009, more than 150 thousand purchases have been announced. 75% of all procurements of the Fund accounts for Kazakh producers and this figure is growing. Procurement rules of the Fund provides system of preferences for domestic producers, consisting of 14 benefits.  

We tried to apply the best practices in procurement rules. According to the most participants procurement process became more flexible, easy and effective. As the result, the procurement procedures were simplified, approval deadline and making decisions were optimized,» Director General of «Samruk-Kazyna Contract» JSC Serikbek Yelshibekov told.

The introduction of e-procurement information system in 2013 allowed to automatize the mechanisms of purchasing goods, works and services. Thanks to this system, the average savings for suppliers is 80 000 tenge for each tender. This figure is the result of the lack of need for notarization of documents, transport and travel expenses. In addition, each participant can see procurement documents provided by its competitors and, in case of any mistake can contact the Fund.

In order to enhance transparency of the procurement system of the Fund online portal «Marketing in the procurement of goods, works and services of «Samruk-Kazyna» organizations was introduced in the beginning of 2014.

The portal allows users to view the annual procurement plans of all 250 organizations of the Fund.

Since 2012 a unified nomenclature reference of goods, works and services has been introduced in the procurement process. At present, the directory contains more than 200,000 items of goods, works and services. It was adopted by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan for use in public procurement.