LAW FOR THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
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Prom. SG. 28/6 Apr 2004, amend. SG. 53/22 Jun 2004, amend. SG. 31/8
Apr 2005, amend. SG. 34/19 Apr 2005, amend. SG. 105/29 Dec 2005, amend.
SG. 18/28 Feb 2006, amend. SG. 33/21 Apr 2006, amend. SG. 37/5 May 2006,
amend. SG. 79/29 Sep 2006, amend. SG. 59/20 Jul 2007, amend. SG. 94/31 Oct
2008, amend. SG. 98/14 Nov 2008, amend. SG. 102/28 Nov 2008, amend. SG.
24/31 Mar 2009
In force from 1st of October 2004
Part one.
GENERAL RULES
Chapter one.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section I.
Objective and principles
Art. 1. This law determines the principles, the terms and the order of assigning public
procurement for the purpose of providing efficiency in spending the budget and non-budget
funds, as well as of resources related to implementation of activities of public importance
defined by the law.
Art. 2. (1) (Prev. text of art. 2, amend. - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006) The public
procurement shall be assigned by way of the procedures stipulated by this law, in compliance
with the following principles:
1. publicity and transparency;
2. (amend. - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006) free and loyal competition;
3. (amend. - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006) equality and non-admission of
discrimination.
(2) (new - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006) When a contracting authority provides
special or exclusive rights for carrying out service to a person, who is not a contracting
authority, the act, with which the rights are being provided, must require this person to observe
the principle of non-admission of discrimination on the basis of nationality at assigning
contracts for deliveries to third persons as a part of the activity, related to these rights.
Section II.
Objects and Subjects of Public Procurement
Art. 3. (1) Objects of public procurement are:
1. (amend. - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006) the delivery of goods, which are
being carried out by virtue of purchase, leasing, renting, with or without a right of purchase or
installment plan, as well as all necessary preliminary activities related to the use of the goods,
such as set up, testing of machines and equipment and other;
2. providing services;
3. construction including:
a) building or engineering (designing and building) of a construction;
b) (suppl. with any resources of one or several building and mounting works according to Appendix No 1
related to the construction, reconstruction, restructuring, maintenance, restoration or
rehabilitation of buildings or construction facilities;
c) (suppl. resources of one or more activities related to a construction of a building in compliance with the
requirements of the contracting authority, such as feasibility study, designing, organisation of
the construction, delivery and mounting of machines, facilities and technological equipment,
preparation and commissioning of the site.
(2) (revoked - SG 37/06, in force from 01.07.2006)
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