As part of the U.S. Government’s technical assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), CLDP has been tasked by the U.S. Department of State to provide technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan in the domain of international best practices in public procurement.

Kyrgyzstan, based on an action plan adopted by the Public Procurement Methodology Department of the Ministry of Finance (PPMD), is seeking to improve its government procurement system to the level of international best practices.  As a result of this process, the PPMD has introduced electronic procurement into the system.  However, the context (principles, structure, and capacity) in which an e-procurement system would flourish still needs development.

CLDP, in partnership with the PPMD and the US Office of Management and Budget Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), hosted one week of Consultations on Public Procurement for a delegation of ten Kyrgyz procurement officials.  Utilizing the additional expertise of the General Services Administration, the Government Accountability Office, the Defense Acquisition University, and the Federal Acquisition Institute, as well as e-Procurement Virginia, these Consultations will acquaint the Kyrgyz procurement officials with the US federal and state level procurement systems and how those systems incorporate the principles and practices consonant with international best practices in public procurement.

As a result, the Kyrgyz officials will be better able to incorporate public procurement principles into a fair, efficient, transparent, and effective procurement system consonant with international best practices and more attractive to US businesses and other potential trade and investment partners of Kyrgyzstan.