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The anonymity of participants in electronic auctions is imaginary, there is a technological opportunity to reveal the author of the application, industry experts say and operators confirm electronic trading. The anonymity of the auction was one of the key reasons for the start of the experiment to transfer the state order to new format. Within three months, the sites selected for the federal order will have to eliminate the “holes”.

Open electronic auctions for participation in the state order allow for technical possibilities for manipulating bidding, industry experts and representatives of electronic trading platforms themselves say. Within three months, the Ministry of Economic Development intends to remove the gaps in the technical support of electronic auctions.

Electronic trading operators claim that it is possible to "hack" the anonymity of the participants simply by looking at the properties of the submitted documents in the first parts of the applications. “Formally, the auction organizer has no way to find out who takes part in the electronic auction until the second parts of the bids are opened. However, information about the participants who submitted the first parts of the bids may become available to the organizer of the auction, for example, from viewing the properties of the documents submitted as part of the first parts of the bids, which often indicate information about the organization - the owner software product, with which the document was created, ”says a note provided by the interindustry trading system Fabrikant.ru.

“At different stages of the bidding process, the organizers of the auction have the opportunity to find out information about the participants through the product documentation,” said Dmitry Mishutin, CEO of Fabrikanta.ru.

"The customer in any case cannot get access to information about the participant who submitted the application, if this information was not disclosed by the participant himself in the text. The operator is currently within the law and work regulations and is strictly controlled by the FAS in terms of maintaining the confidentiality of such information. To by the time the technology audit is passed, confidentiality will be ensured at the hardware level thanks to the encryption technology for all information entering the site," argues the deputy CEO United Electronic Trading Platform of Moscow (EETP) Andrey Chernogorov.

If desired, bidders and organizers of the auction can recognize other bidders, says Pavel Safronov, specialist of the Valuable Council consulting group. “If the site reveals the anonymity of the participants, the law provides for a fine in the region of several thousand rubles,” says Pavel Safronov.

The anonymity of electronic trading has been one of the key advantages of the transition of state order auctions to the Internet. It was supposed to provide equal conditions for all participants and eliminate the possibility unfair competition through collusion.

New technical regulation

On January 25, the government selected five electronic platforms for bidding for federal needs. Of the 18 contenders, the list includes the EETP, the site of Sberbank and Tatarstan, previously operating in the experimental mode, and two new ones - the RTS and MICEX sites. Later, the list will also include the site of the St. Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange for public procurement of petroleum products.

The selected trading platforms within three months will have to remove the technical ability to learn information that reveals the anonymity of the participants. "Ministry economic development and the Federal Antimonopoly Service have developed regulations and technical requirements to national operators. There is a whole section Information Security". It indicates that all information entering the site is encrypted at the hardware level. The server with information is sealed by representatives of regulatory authorities, the site can operate it, but cannot look inside, ”Andrei Chernogorov said on the site.

The sites will need to undergo a mandatory technological audit, which will be carried out by a contractor selected on a competitive basis by the Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Economic Development. “Most likely, it will be one of the major Russian or Western auditors. Maybe it will be the FSB,” predicts Andrey Chernogorov.

Industry experts fear that due to the fact that the transition to electronic trading until recently took place in the form of an experiment, operators may simply not have enough server capacity to provide the necessary trading volume.

Under the terms of the Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Economic Development, the operator of electronic auctions for public procurement should be able to provide the technical ability to conduct a thousand auctions at the same time, Andrey Chernogorov said. “The margin of safety is many times greater than it is now necessary. Each operator individually can digest 100% of the state order,” says Andrey Chernogorov.

Another problem is that to participate in electronic auction You can only use the Internet Explorer Internet browser. “On other browsers, trading results are displayed crookedly. Most viruses are written under Internet Explorer, it is easier for hackers to bypass it,” says Pavel Safronov.

Other browsers cannot be used in electronic trading due to the fact that they cannot be combined with algorithms for working with electronic digital signature (EDS) certified in Russia, Andrey Chernogorov explained. “According to statistics, Internet Explorer is used by more than 60% of Internet users. Since it is the most common, it is logical that it was taken, since the main goal is the availability of government orders,” Andrey Chernogorov comments.

There are also difficulties in using the digital signature required to participate in the auction. “Currently, there is no provision for judicial practice when using EDS. The participant may refuse to put his signature on the documents if he has an EDS. Litigation if there are any violations, no,” says Pavel Safronov.

There will be no anonymity

Industry experts remain skeptical about maintaining anonymity in electronic trading. “Despite the name, contract decisions in electronic trading are not made by computer systems, but by people. And while this is so, the factor of self-interest cannot be ruled out. And there are many possibilities: technical protection can be broken, data on participants, despite the established ban, are transferred to the customer, the order can be placed “backdating”, unwanted participants can be blocked during the auction,” the head of the legal department of the Nalogovik company is convinced. Alexey Lvov.

The presence of technical problems and lack of elaboration is a consequence of the haste of the decision to transfer the state order to the format of electronic auctions, the specialist believes National Institute System Research of Entrepreneurship Problems (NISIPP) Aleksey Shestoperov. “It is clear that in the absence of some kind of independent control, an official will always have the opportunity to somehow establish a system in order to find out in advance the conditions of competitions or the names of companies that will participate. AT electronic technologies it is quite difficult to control everything, in any case, there will be room for action at the discretion of the official,” Aleksey Shestoperov is sure.

Under term electronic auction according to 44-FZ, they imply a period of time allotted for each stage of the procurement. Let us consider in more detail how many stages there are in total and in what terms, according to the law, they must pass.

Terms of the auction for 44 fz in the table

If NMCC less than and equal to 300 million rubles(and in the case of works on construction, reconstruction, overhaul of capital construction facilities is less than or equal to 2 billion rubles), then the minimum time for the purchase and conclusion of the contract 19 days.

If NMCC more than 300 million rubles(and in the case of construction, reconstruction, overhaul of capital construction projects more than 2 billion rubles), then the minimum time for the purchase and conclusion of the contract 26 days.

Deadlines for filing applications for an electronic auction under 44-FZ

1. The very first step in organizing an electronic auction is the placement of a notice of its holding and tender documentation. The deadline for submitting applications for an electronic auction varies depending on the amount of the NMTsK: if it exceeds 300 million rubles. (and in the case of construction, reconstruction, overhaul of capital construction projects exceeds 2 billion rubles), then the notice must be posted in 15 days(or more) before the closing date for applications. If the amount of the initial price is 300 million rubles. and less (or less than 2 billion rubles in the case of construction work) - then in 7 days(or more).

2. There are times when it is necessary to make changes to the notice itself or the documentation. To do this, the following deadlines are provided for in electronic auctions under 44-FZ: no later than 2 days before the deadline for applications.

And if changes are made, then the time for filing should be increased in accordance with paragraph 1 of our article, i.e. up to 15 days and up to 7 days respectively.

3. If the customer decides to refuse to hold the auction, he can do so no later than 5 days before the end of applications.

4. The participant can send a request for clarification of the auction documentation, but not later than 3 days before the end of applications. The customer is obliged to publish the answer within 2 days from the date of receipt of this request.

5. A participant in an electronic auction may change or withdraw his application at any time before the deadline for acceptance. If he does not have time to do this within the established period, his first part of the application will be considered and, in case of its compliance, the participant will be admitted to the auction, but he has the right not to submit price proposals.

6. The next stage is the consideration of the first parts of the applications submitted by the participants. He makes up 1 business day after the deadline for submission, if the contract price is less than or equal to 300,000,000 rubles. (in the case of construction work, 2 billion rubles or less).

In all other cases, the term for consideration of the first parts of applications is 3 business days. During this period, applications that do not meet the requirements for the composition of the first part of the application specified in the documentation are screened out.

At the same time, the protocol for the consideration of the first parts of the application is sent to the ETP operator on which the purchases take place, and the data is posted in the EIS.

However, if the documentation contains project documentation, then the deadline for filing applications is also the deadline for considering the first parts of applications. In other words, if a participant has submitted an application for participation in such an auction, it is automatically considered accepted.

7. Then comes the deadline for the auction under 44-FZ, is the business day following the expiration date of the first installments.

For example, if applications were considered on Friday, then the electronic auction will be on Monday, because after Friday, the next business day is Monday.

If project documentation is attached as part of the documentation, then the auction takes place 4 hours after the end of the submission of applications.

8. After that, it is necessary to announce the protocol of the auction. This information is posted on the electronic procurement platform within 30 minutes after the completion of the last phase of the auction, and the protocol is sent to the customer within 1 hour, together with the second parts of the applications, after publication on the ETP.

9. Consideration of 2 parts of the application must take place on time no more than 3 working days , from the moment of posting the protocol on holding an electronic auction on the site. The final protocol, drawn up after consideration of the second parts of the applications, will determine the winner of the purchase.

10. Within 5 calendar days, from the date of placement of the final protocol, in which the winner is determined, the customer in the personal account of the winner sends him a draft contract.

Deadlines for signing a contract under 44-FZ in an electronic auction

11. Within 5 calendar days after receiving the draft contract from the customer, the winner must sign the contract on his part, attaching a document on the enforcement of the contract, or send the protocol of disagreements to the customer.

12. If a protocol of disagreements was sent, then the customer is given 3 days for its study and publication of a modified version of the contract. If the contract will be placed without changes, then the customer must justify the refusal of the proposed changes by the participant.

13. Over the next 3 working days, after the publication of the revised (or the same) version of the contract, the winner is obliged to sign the contract on his part, attaching a document confirming the performance of the contract.

14. The customer must sign the contract within 3 working days after the winner does. From this moment the contract is considered concluded.

Please note that the contract cannot be concluded earlier than 10 days from the date of determining the winner, those. placement of the final protocol.

15. In the event that the participant's application was rejected for the first / second part or violations were detected on the part of the customer or operator during the auction electronic platform, the participant has 5 days from the date of the final protocol(i.e. from the moment the winner is determined) to file a complaint with the FAS.

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Hello dear colleague! I am often asked if it is possible to find out information about participants in an electronic auction before bidding. The same questions are full of "branches" of most public procurement forums. The question is really interesting and relevant. But I can immediately upset you. It is impossible to find out “on the forehead” such information in a legal way. However, there are still several ways in which you can quite legally identify potential bidders, but we will talk about this a little later. The very idea of ​​holding electronic auctions is precisely to make this procedure as transparent and not corrupt as possible. However, this is only in theory; in practice, the situation is different. I suggest you take a few minutes of free time and figure everything out in detail ... ( Note: this article was updated on February 21, 2019).

1. Application for participation in an electronic auction

According to part 2 of Art. 66 44-FZ, an application for participation in an electronic auction consists of 2 parts. The first part of the application should not contain absolutely any information about the participant, that is, the Customer should not know from whom this or that application was received. Each application has only a number assigned by the operator of the electronic site. The customer receives information about the participants of the auction, only at the time of receipt of the second parts of the applications from the operator.

According to the requirements of Part 15 of Art. 66 44-FZ, the operator of the electronic site is OBLIGED to ensure the confidentiality of information about the participants in the electronic auction who submitted applications for participation in such an auction, and the information contained in the first and second parts of this application before the protocol of such an auction is posted on the electronic site. For violation of this requirement, the operator of the electronic site is liable in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

2. How do participants act when they illegally receive information about their potential competitors?

The scheme of actions of such participants is quite simple. Having on hand a list of all participants in the auction, our participant, who owns the information, let's call him Mr. "X" begins to call all the participants in turn. In the conversation, Mr. "X" invites each participant to "keep quiet" at the auction, that is, not to submit bids in exchange for a fee. The amount of such remuneration, as a rule, ranges from 0.5% to 1% of the initial (maximum) contract price (IMCC). At a small amount participants, such a scheme has the right to life, but you should not expect a 100% guarantee from it. Some of the participants may refuse this illegal offer, and someone, having received a reward, will still take part in the auction.

In my experience, there have been several similar cases. Literally within 30-60 minutes after submitting an application for an electronic auction, I received a call from a person who informed me that we were participating in the same auction and offered a reward for not submitting price proposals. For my “silence”, he offered to transfer 1% of the NMTsK to the account indicated by me. In such cases, I always answered with a categorical refusal, which I recommend you do as well. participating in such activities is a crime.

3. What are the legal ways to identify potential bidders?

We have sorted out the illegal method of obtaining information about the participants in the auction (bribery of the operator of the electronic site). Now let's talk about the available legitimate ways that will allow you to predict potential participants in a particular auction.

First way. Find out the number of potential bidders

Until July 1, 2018, when applying for an auction, it was assigned a serial number. If the application of the participant was assigned, for example, number 4, then he understood that in addition to him there are 3 more potential applicants for this contract. Therefore, many participants tried to submit their application a few hours before the application deadline in order to roughly determine the number of potential participants.

What did this information give the participant? In fact, only one thing, if there are many participants, then for sure there will be a fierce struggle for the contract at the auction itself and, as a rule, the NMCC will be greatly reduced. Therefore, in most cases, participation in such an auction is not advisable. But there is one BUT that must always be taken into account - there are exceptions to any rule. It is not a fact that all participants who submitted applications will be admitted to the very procedure for participating in the auction. Not the fact that all participants will dump. And, finally, there is always a possibility that some participants may be rejected by the Customer based on the results of consideration of the second parts of applications.

However, since July 1, 2018, the situation has changed radically. Now the applications of participants are assigned not serial numbers, but identification numbers (part 9 of article 66 of 44-FZ). For example, you submitted an application and it was assigned the number 5367, the second application was assigned the number 15, and the third - 647. Thus, it is not possible to determine how many applications were submitted for the auction. Therefore, at present, this method has lost its relevance. However, there are ways much more effective, and we will talk about them below.

The second way. Manual analysis of similar purchases of the Customer for a certain period

This method allows you to predict with a certain degree of probability which suppliers will take part in a particular auction. To do this, you need to go to the site - www.zakupki.gov.ru. And analyze completed auctions using the advanced search tool.

In the form that opens, you must fill in the fields in accordance with the search criteria. As a rule, this is:

• FZ number - 44-FZ;
• method of determining the supplier - electronic auction;
• Date of information placement - the required time interval is indicated;
• Federal District of the Customer - the required one is indicated;
• Subject of the Russian Federation of the Customer - the required one is indicated;
• Procurement stage - the procedure is completed;
• District / city - indicated if necessary;
• Address of the electronic site - indicated if necessary;
• OKPD2 codes - the necessary ones are indicated.

After that, the analysis of completed electronic auctions is carried out, in particular, summarizing protocols.

In addition, it is also necessary to analyze the concluded contracts for a particular customer. Knowing the name of the Customer and his TIN, you can find information about the contracts he concluded with the winners of past purchases similar to the one in which you plan to take part. This information is on the website. www.zakupki.gov.ru in the section "Register of contracts 44-FZ". This section is located on the main page of the site in the "Contracts and agreements" tab.

This method is quite long and laborious, however, in the absence of paid analytical tools in the participant's arsenal, it is the only possible one.

The third way. Program analysis of similar purchases of the Customer for a certain period

The method of identifying potential bidders described above can be greatly accelerated and simplified by using the analytical tools that are currently available in most paid tender search programs. For example, such as tender plan, ist-budget, bicotender, seldon. In addition, some aggregators in the field of public procurement will provide you with the opportunity to independently analyze possible participants. Such a service is very convenient and extremely functional, and, most importantly, it is significantly lower in cost than many search programs. The approach is this - you will be given access to the most complete database of participants public tenders with a history of 8 years, in which you, using the settings, set the search criteria of interest by field of activity, region and cost of contracts - then the built-in crm-system will do everything for you. You get the result without significant investments and resources. To date, perhaps the best such aggregator service is CRMBG.SU.

The state order is considered to be no less effective measure to maintain business than subsidies or benefits. In addition, state and municipal customers are required by law to place 10 to 20% of the annual supply of goods, work and services with small businesses. The calculation here is simple: small and medium-sized enterprises often specialize in a narrow line of products and can potentially offer interesting products. High Quality. But usually only large enterprises can afford to maintain a dedicated tracking department. interesting competitions and registration of applications for participation in them.

Few people know that in Moscow, entrepreneurs have the opportunity to undergo free training in the methodology for selecting tenders and the procedure for participating in tenders.

The State Budgetary Institution "Small Business of Moscow" in January 2013 opened the Unified State Order Center, which conducts such courses.

The placement of a government order can be carried out in several ways: either through bidding (competitions or electronic auctions), or it can be a request for quotations, as well as a purchase from sole supplier(performer, contractor). Request for quotations is made only for lots worth no more than 500 thousand rubles, and tenders are held in the case of "difficult" purchases that require evaluation not only by price, but also by many other criteria. Usually competitions are held for purchases in the field defense industry, high technology, Sciences.

Today, electronic auctions are the main way of placing state orders, their share is about 59% of the total volume of auctions. Electronic auctions are considered to be an effective tool in the fight against corruption. The meaning of the system lies in the anonymity of participants, the transparency of information and high competition. Bidding on electronic platforms allows you to eliminate bribes at the stage of placement and bidding.

Consider the stages of participation in an open online auction.

1. Finding the right auction

Notice of any auction is published on the Official All-Russian website and posted on the official website at least 7 or 20 days before the deadline for submission of applications for participation, depending on the initial maximum price. In total there are five federal electronic trading platforms:

• State Unitary Enterprise "Agency for State Order, Investment Activities and Interregional Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan"

Each site has a registry of auctions and a search form. In addition, a summary list of all auctions can be found on the official information site of the Russian Federation on placing orders. The search is carried out according to several criteria, which facilitate the procedure.

The Ministry of Economic Development is responsible for the legal regulation of the state order, the Federal Antimonopoly Service controls the placement of orders, and in some cases - federal Service by defense order.

2. Obtaining an electronic digital signature (EDS)

You can buy an EDS at any certification center that has received accreditation on the electronic platform where you are going to trade. Website addresses of authorized certification centers can be found on the official website www.zakupki.gov.ru in the section "Information for customers and suppliers".

The procedure for obtaining an EDS takes 2-3 business days. The signature allows to assign a legal status to an electronic document and thus confirms the financial responsibility of the participants for the decisions they make during the bidding process.

3. Accreditation on the trading floor

No company has the right to participate in an electronic auction without accreditation on the trading platform. For each of the five sites, accreditation must be obtained separately.

The procedure itself is as follows. You need to go to the website of the site, fill out an accreditation form and an application for opening an account, attach a number of documents (extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRIP for individual entrepreneurs), a constituent document, a power of attorney for the right to participate in the auction, a protocol or decision on the appointment of a head, certified by the seal of the organization, a scan company details cards).
It is necessary to deal with all the requirements of the site. In particular, to participate in the auction, you must configure the browser in the right way.

The site operator reviews the application within five days and confirms the possibility of access to participation or refuses accreditation. The refusal must be accompanied by comments indicating the mistakes made. The sites do not set limits on the number of attempts to pass accreditation. But each submitted application will be considered within five working days.

To participate in the auction, a personal account is created for each accredited supplier within the platform. Functional personal account allows you to apply for participation in auctions, directly participate in them, submit requests for clarification of auction documentation, and much more.

4. Transfer money to the account

The next mandatory step is to transfer money to your account on the trading platform in order to ensure your participation in electronic trading. As a rule, if the auction is held among small businesses, this payment is 2% of the maximum initial order value, in all other cases - 5% of the maximum initial order value. After the end of the auction, this amount is unlocked and can be withdrawn from the account.

As soon as the money is credited to the account of the electronic trading platform, the supplier has the opportunity to send his application for participation in the auction.

5. Drawing up an application

Drawing up an application for participation in the auction is the most important stage. To correctly compose this document, you need to read the auction documentation very carefully. The application consists of two parts. The first part must be anonymous, it contains the consent of the participant to supply the required goods (works, services) and a description of their characteristics. The second part contains information about the participant, documents confirming the participant's compliance with the requirements established in the auction documentation (various licenses and certificates).

After the deadline for submitting bids, the customer forms a protocol for considering the first parts of bids, and the site operator is obliged to inform the supplier within the established time frame whether he is admitted to bidding.

Auction Process

When participating in an electronic auction, pay attention to the following main points: the time left until the end of the auction, and the step of the auction. The auction step is strictly defined by law - half a percent of the initial maximum order value. Each time the bidder is given 10 minutes to consider whether or not to propose a price reduction.

An open auction participant is not entitled to submit a contract price bid that is equal to or greater than the bids submitted earlier by auction participants, as well as a contract price bid equal to zero. The participant also cannot submit an offer for a contract price lower than the current minimum offer for the price of a contract reduced by an auction step.

Bidding is considered completed if, 10 minutes after the presentation of the lowest bid, no one has made a better offer.

Within a few minutes, the system automatically generates a protocol with the results of the auction, where the best rates are indicated. All participants are hidden under numbers.

Only after the auction is held, the customers will receive the second parts of the applications, from which they will find out which companies are hidden under which numbers. Based on the results of consideration of the second parts of applications, the winner is revealed, to whom they send government contract. It must be signed electronically within the specified time.

It is also necessary to provide contract security. Its size is determined by 94-FZ and is up to 30% of the initial maximum contract price. This amount can be transferred to the customer's temporary account or presented as a bank guarantee.

1. Only those registered in the unified information system, accredited on the electronic site and allowed to participate in such an auction, its participants.

2. An electronic auction is held on an electronic platform on the day specified in the notice of its holding and determined taking into account part 3 of this article. The start time of such an auction is set by the operator of the electronic site in accordance with the time zone in which the customer is located.

3. The day of the electronic auction is the working day following the date of the expiration of the period for consideration of the first parts of applications for participation in such an auction. At the same time, an electronic auction, if included in the procurement documentation in accordance with paragraph 8 of part 1 of Article 33 of this federal law project documentation held four hours after the deadline for filing applications for participation in the specified electronic auction.

(see text in previous edition)

4. An electronic auction is held by reducing the initial (maximum) contract price specified in the notice of such an auction, in the manner prescribed by this article.

5. If, in accordance with this Federal Law, the quantity of goods supplied, the volume of work to be performed, the provision of services cannot be determined, an electronic auction shall be conducted by reducing the initial sum of prices for units of goods, work, services in the manner established by this article.

(see text in previous edition)

6. The amount of reduction in the initial (maximum) contract price (hereinafter referred to as the "auction step") is from 0.5 percent to 5 percent of the initial (maximum) contract price.

(see text in previous edition)

7. When conducting an electronic auction, its participants submit proposals for the price of the contract, providing for a reduction in the current minimum offer for the price of the contract by an amount within the "auction step".

8. When conducting an electronic auction, any of its participants is also entitled to submit a proposal for the price of the contract, regardless of the "auction step", subject to the requirements provided for by part 9 of this article.

9. When conducting an electronic auction, its participants submit proposals for the price of the contract, taking into account the following requirements:

1) a participant in such an auction is not entitled to submit a contract price offer equal to or greater than the contract price offer previously submitted by this participant, as well as a contract price offer equal to zero;

2) a participant in such an auction is not entitled to submit a contract price offer that is lower than the current minimum contract price offer, reduced within the "auction step";

3) a participant in such an auction is not entitled to submit a contract price offer that is lower than the current minimum contract price offer if it is submitted by such an electronic auction participant.

10. From the beginning of the electronic auction on the electronic site until the deadline for submitting proposals for the price of the contract must be indicated in without fail all bids for the contract price and the time of their receipt, as well as the time remaining until the deadline for submitting bids for the contract price in accordance with part 11 of this article.

11. When conducting an electronic auction, the time for accepting bids from participants in such an auction on the contract price is set to be ten minutes from the start of such an auction until the deadline for submitting bids on the contract price, as well as ten minutes after the receipt of the last contract price bid. The time remaining until the deadline for submission of contract price bids is updated automatically, using software and technical means, ensuring the holding of such an auction, after the reduction of the initial (maximum) price of the contract or the receipt of the last offer on the price of the contract. If during the specified time no offer for a lower contract price has been received, such an auction is automatically completed using software and hardware that ensure its conduct.

12. Within ten minutes from the moment of completion in accordance with part 11 of this article of the electronic auction, any of its participants has the right to submit an offer for a contract price that is not lower than the last offer for minimum price of the contract, regardless of the "auction step", subject to the requirements provided for in clauses 1 and 3 of part 9 of this article.

13. The operator of an electronic site is obliged to ensure the confidentiality of information about its participants during an electronic auction.

14. During the conduct of an electronic auction, the operator of the electronic site is obliged to reject proposals for the price of the contract that do not meet the requirements provided for by this article.

15. Rejection by the operator of the electronic site of proposals for the price of the contract on the grounds not provided for by part 14 of this article is not allowed.

16. If a participant in an electronic auction proposes a contract price equal to the price offered by another participant in such an auction, the contract price bid received earlier is recognized as the best.

17. If an electronic auction is held in accordance with part 5 of this article by its participant who offered the most low price contract, the person who offered the lowest amount of prices for units of goods, work, services is recognized.

(see text in previous edition)

18. The protocol of the electronic auction is posted on the electronic site by its operator within thirty minutes after the end of such an auction. This protocol shall indicate the address of the electronic site, the date, start and end time of such an auction, the initial (maximum) price of the contract, all minimum contract price offers made by participants in such an auction and ranked in descending order, indicating the identification numbers assigned to applications for participation in such an auction, which are submitted by its participants who made the relevant proposals for the price of the contract, and indicating the time of receipt of these proposals.

(see text in previous edition)

19. Within one hour after the protocol specified in paragraph 18 of this article is posted on the electronic site, the operator of the electronic site is obliged to send to the customer the specified protocol and the second parts of the applications for participation in such an auction, submitted by its participants, whose contract price proposals, when ranked in in accordance with part 18 of this article, received the first ten serial numbers, or, if less than ten of its participants took part in such an auction, the second parts of the applications for participation in such an auction submitted by its participants, as well as information and electronic documents these participants, provided for by Part 11 of Article 24.1 of this Federal Law. At the same time, when conducting an electronic auction, if project documentation is included in the procurement documentation in accordance with clause 8 of part 1 of Article 33 of this Federal Law, the operator of the electronic site also sends to the customer the first parts of the applications of such participants provided for by Part 3.1 of Article 66 of this Federal Law. Within the specified period, the operator of the electronic site is obliged to send appropriate notifications to the participants.

(see text in previous edition)