PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN UKRAINE – PERSPECTIVES AND WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT

Abstract

Introduction. Public procurement is one of the key instruments of public financial management and an important lever of state economic policy. Against the backdrop of the ongoing war and European integration, reforming the public procurement system has acquired strategic significance. Despite considerable progress achieved after the introduction of the Prozorro system, domestic practice remains substantially behind EU standards — particularly with regard to tender evaluation criteria and the substantiation of estimated procurement value.

Purpose. The purpose of the study is a systemic analysis of problems constraining the efficiency of public procurement in Ukraine and the development of practical recommendations, in particular regarding non-price evaluation criteria and a life-cycle cost calculator as a digital decision-support tool.

Materials and methods. Research materials comprise the regulatory framework governing public procurement in Ukraine; annual reports of the Ministry of Economy for 2023–2025; works by domestic and foreign scholars. Methods of systemic, comparative, statistical analysis and logical generalisation were applied.

Results. Analysis of official Ministry of Economy data established that in 2025 the share of life-cycle costing and other non-price criteria in Ukrainian public procurement remained below 0.1% of all competitive procedures, whereas in EU Member States this figure exceeds 40%. Systemic deficiencies in price monitoring were identified. The expediency of introducing an electronic life-cycle cost calculator is substantiated.

Discussion. Promising areas include the development of industry-specific methods for calculating the feasibility of using non-price criteria in public procurement, comparative analysis of analytical tools of the Prozorro system, and the formation of legislative proposals regarding requirements for price analysis.