Public Procurement and State Asset Management
This domain tests procurement rules and the stewardship of state assets, including the controls that prevent splitting, favoritism, and unrecorded property.
Procurement
- Law No. 434-V of 21 July 2015 “On State Procurement” governs planning, methods, and contracts.
- Methods include open tender, auction, request for quotations, electronic shop, and single-source procurement; the choice depends on subject, amount, and legal conditions.
- Key documents: annual procurement plan, justification, qualification requirements, contract, acceptance certificate, and payment record.
- Prohibited conduct includes artificial splitting, unjustified single-source award, conflicts of interest, and accepting non-compliant goods.
State assets
- Law No. 413-IV of 1 March 2011 “On State Property” governs the register, inventory, transfer, lease, privatization, and disposal.
- Auditors test existence, valuation, legal title, and whether use matches the intended purpose.
Worked example
An agency buys servers through three contracts of 12 million tenge each, all signed in one quarter and each below its internal tender threshold. The annual need was 36 million. The criterion is the prohibition on artificial splitting. The cause is that the procurement plan did not aggregate demand. The effect is reduced competition. The recommendation is to aggregate demand and reconcile plan to contracts. A server missing from the asset register is a separate completeness finding.
Traps
- Treating an electronic shop purchase as an open tender.
- Testing only contract award, not acceptance and payment.
- Confusing legal ownership with physical possession of an asset.