ProZorro and the Network of ProZorro Stakeholders
ProZorro public purchasing web portal, prozorro.gov.ua, the central electronic tenders database, and the auctions module are all administered by the state-owned enterprise ProZorro. However, the open and transparent electronic tendering system is possible due to a number of partners and stakeholders in the larger electronic governance reform effort.
ProZorro Partners and Stakeholders
The ProZorro public procurement system has become a reality thanks to the collaboration between a multitude of individual contributors and organizational partners. A number of government agencies, international financial institutions, educational organizations, businesses, civic organizations have been partners in the public procurement reform. The continued success of ProZorro is possible thanks to a large number of participants who can be described as the following groups of partners and stakeholders:
Key ProZorro stakeholders currently include:
Authorized electronic marketplaces, suppliers and other private businesses
Authorized electronic marketplaces are independent commercial partners that are key partners ensuring the transparency within public purchasing. Marketplaces register and maintain electronic accounts of both the contracting authorities that announce tenders and of the private sector businesses seeking to bid for public tenders.
Contracting Autorities and the Central Procurement Body
Contracting Authorities of the relevant government and government-owned organizations can publish tenders on ProZorro independently or for certain needs can access to the Centralized Procurement Body (CPB), which is a part of ProZorro infrastructure offering aggregated purchase management of frequently bought goods and services, with the goal of a more professional and thus, more efficient purchasing process.
Ukrainian government institutions
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is the single point of contact responsible for the development of ProZorro and for coordination of all initiatives with new partners and organizations.
The Civil Society
The development and the success of the electronic system of public purchasing in Ukraine has been supported by individuals and institutions such as the World Bank, the European Bank for the Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under keen oversignt by Transparency International Ukraine.
ProZorro in Global Context
Public purchasing in Ukraine is subject to the Global Procurement Agreement that country-members of the World Trade Organization sign.
ProZorro is also one of the most innovative open source electronic public purchasing systems and is recommended by the World Bank.
Educational Institutions
ProZorro has partnered with a number of educational institutions aiming to increase the level of professionalism within the area of public purchasing.
At the very core of the public procurement reform since its inception is the Prozorro team that consists from two structures that ensure its day-to-day operation:
Public Procurement Department (PPD) of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine
The Public Procurement Department (PPD) of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has initiated the successful public procurement reform that now bears the name "ProZorro". PPD is the Ministry's legislative arm in the field of public procurement in Ukraine.
SOE ProZorro
The State-Owned Enterprise "ProZorro" is the administrator and owner of the central database, the auction module and the web portal, prozorro.gov.ua.