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  "title": "Russia Federal Law No. 44-FZ on the Contract System in State and Municipal Procurement (5 April 2013, as amended)",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
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  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "Federal Law No. 44-FZ on the Contract System in the Sphere of Procurement of Goods, Work, and Services for State and Municipal Needs (Federal'nyi zakon ot 5 aprelya 2013 g. N 44-FZ) is the principal Russian statute governing procurement by federal, regional, and municipal state customers, federal autonomous and budgetary institutions when funded by budget allocations, and certain unitary enterprises. The Law spans nine chapters covering general provisions, contract system planning, methods of identifying suppliers, contract conclusion and performance, monitoring procurement, audit in the procurement sphere, control in the procurement sphere, dispute resolution, and final provisions. Procurement methods specified in the Law include open electronic auction (the default method for many product categories), open tender in electronic form, request for quotations in electronic form, request for proposals in electronic form, single-supplier procurement (sole-source justified), and closed methods for specific defence and security categories. The mandatory federal procurement portal Edinaya informatsionnaya sistema v sfere zakupok (Unified Information System in Procurement / EIS) at zakupki.gov.ru is the principal transparency and notification channel. 44-FZ is distinct from Federal Law No. 223-FZ (18 July 2011) which governs procurement by state corporations, state companies, natural monopoly entities, and certain entities with state-share participation - the two laws form parallel procurement regimes with 223-FZ providing greater flexibility for commercial state-controlled entities. The Law establishes preferences for Russian-origin goods and services through governmental decrees including domestic supplier preferences for certain categories, regulated maximum import shares, and procurement preferences for SMEs and socially-oriented non-profit organisations. The Law sets a mandatory anti-corruption compliance baseline for customer organisations and a complaint and dispute resolution channel through the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). Critical international context note: this node documents the procurement regime as a matter of comparative regulatory intelligence; entities subject to US OFAC, EU, UK, or other sanctions regimes targeting the Russian Federation must conduct sanctions screening before any engagement with this procurement regime, and certain engagement may be prohibited; this node is regulatory reference intelligence and not authorisation or encouragement of sanctioned conduct.",
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