MOSCOW, July 30 The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill on optimizing the public procurement procedure in order to establish a uniform procedure for granting preference to domestic goods. The third reading is scheduled for July 31.
The document was developed to further simplify processes and procedures for the procurement of domestic products in accordance with the laws on the contract system in the field of public procurement (44-FZ) and on the procurement of goods (works, services) by state corporations, state-owned companies and natural monopolies (223-FZ). 
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The proposed changes will optimize all procurement procedures and establish a uniform procedure for providing advantages to domestic products. First of all, we are talking about the legal grounds for a complete ban or restrictions on participation in tenders of certain foreign goods (works, services).
Thus, the bill proposes a transition from the «third is superfluous» principle to a more stringent one — «second is superfluous» (when foreign applications are withdrawn from the auction if there is at least one Russian one). It is assumed that this will increase incentives for investment and increasing the production of Russian products.
Another preference will be the application of a coefficient to all Russian goods that improves the price offer of domestic companies by 15%. In the event of competition between several domestic products, preference will be given to a product with a higher technological level of localization of production, explained Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
According to him, the rules for conducting competitive purchases and selecting the winner should be as simple and clear as possible for all parties and be based on the unconditional priority of Russian brands. This will stimulate the creation of new domestic production facilities, including in radio electronics, metallurgy, railway and agricultural machinery, the automotive industry, machine tool manufacturing, textile, furniture, pharmaceutical industries and other areas that are important for the country.
The law, which also contains other provisions, will come into force on October 1, 2024, with the exception of certain provisions for which a different deadline has been established. Moreover, most of the changes will apply to relations that arose from January 1, 2025.