FORMATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the historical aspect of the public procurement institute formation in Ukraine. The article highlights the main stages of the public procurement sector development, namely: 1993 – 1996; 1997 – 1999; 2000 – 2008; 2008 – 2010; 2010 – 2014 and 2015 – present, the normative regulation of the public procurement sphere, which has undergone significant changes since the independence of Ukraine, has been studied. It is established that the authors approaches to the formation of public procurement are quite similar, scientists note a gradual transition from centralized production planning and distribution of material resources to bidding on a competitive basis, which introduced in Ukraine the institution of public procurement. Some of the scientific approaches to the definition of «public procurement» are considered, the relationship between the concepts of «public procurement» and «government order» is analyzed, and the process of «government procurement» transformation into «public procurement» is covered. It has been found that some researchers view «public procurement» as a part of government order, others believe that public procurement is a broader concept than government order, and another group of scholars emphasize that «public procurement» and «government order» institutions are separate and autonomous from each other, as indicated by the following main features that characterize them: purpose, entities, sources of funding, the legal form of relations. It is established that under modern conditions, public procurement is separate from the state order, so it is impractical to consider them as a method of implementation or part of the state order.