The ROSSETI Group is interested in expanding the proportion of suppliers from among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). SMBs are extensively involved in R&D.
The Company is active in working in this area, acting on its own initiative and carrying out the government program “Expanding Access of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Purchases of Infrastructural Monopolies and Government-Linked Companies.” To date, the Group has implemented all mechanisms and measures under the Program. Information about them is available on the Company’s corporate website in the section “Procurement.”
The Company established a deliberative body responsible for the public audit of its purchases. It consists of representatives of 19 civil society organizations, business associations, technology platforms, and cross-sectoral communities. The Company developed a list of goods, work, and services that will be purchased from SMBs only.
The provisions of the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation “On the Particularities of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses’ Participation in the Purchases of Goods, Work, and Services by Specific Types of Corporate Entities” are incorporated into the regulatory documents that govern procurement.
Through a series of measures taken in 2014, the proportion of SMBs that were awarded contracts increased by 5% to 24.1%. The total value of ROSSETI’s contracts with SMBs exceeded 43 billion rubles in 2014.
