The ProZorro public procurement system is launching the contracting module to monitor the implementation of contracts.

Zakupki.Prom.ua, the official participant of the ProZorro system, told Interfax-Ukraine that the module would help to monitor procurement from the moment of the creation of a tender until the announcing of the winner, as well as subsequent developments: how the contract is implemented, whether suppliers deliver the required batch of goods, what the cost of the batch is, whether there were any supplementary agreements, changes in the contracts, the state fully paid for the contract or it was terminated.

"We have been working on ProZorro to remove corruption. The process of holding tenders was as transparent as possible. However, there was a creep hole: an unfair buyer could add everything that he failed to pass through the tender using supplementary agreements and other things," Member of ProZorro supervisory board and Head of Zakupki.Prom.ua platform Mykola Zhandorov said.

He said that the contracts will be loaded to the new contracting module if the price is changed, and the procurement position or delivery terms are changed. These actions will be reflected in the electronic form.

The module will load documents used to make changes. Then the contracts would have two options: a report on its implementation will be published or it will be terminated. This is also recorded in the system. The obligatory digital signature is introduced for after-threshold procurement.

"The first version of the module has been launched. One can see all changes and download all files added by consumers. It will take much time to analyze this information. We are working on how to reveal suspicious contracts quickly," Zhandorov said.