“System fell at the time when millions worth” tenders were being announced, what's going on with the e-Procuration platform?

Enis Rrustemi, Periscope

“The technical problem“, as they call it, has caused an unprecedented blockade in the functioning of state institutions and private sector. Nongovernmental organisations, institutions and citizens have not been able to monitor procurement processes. In fact, the damage caused by this can be irreparable even after restoring platform functionality.

Economics journalist Enis Veliu has named “candal of Government in the removal of Prime Minister Kurti”, this failure of the e-procure platform.

Even, Veliu says it is absurd that such a vital system for public procurement management will stop for such a long period of time, at a time when million-worth tenders were being announced in Kosovo.

“Stopping the function of the public procurement platform, E-Procurement, seems to be another scandal taking place in the government in the evacuation of Prime Minister Kurti. At a time when million-worth tenders were being announced in Kosovo, it is absurd that such a vital system for public procurement management will be halted for a long period.
This incident is not only strange but also quite disturbing, considering that any procurement in the country goes through this rig. How can such a fundamental mechanism for functioning state institutions remain out of place, creating chaos in procurement processes”Veliu says about Periscope.

On the other hand, he stresses that this would bring serious legal consequences to institutions that had initiated procurement procedures.

This government scandal will bring serious legal consequences to institutions that had initiated procurement procedures, as neither economic operators have been able to communicate and act. Suppose that during this time many companies have completed their tender insurance and, as a result, the Institutions have not communicated with the economic operator at all. And in a legal way, when an economic operator has no automatism tender insurance is eliminated from the” race.Veliu said away.

All in the end, economic connoisseur says this case requires an immediate investigation by the Prosecutor.

There is no doubt that this case requires an immediate investigation by the Prosecutor.
Is this a deliberate move to sabotage the procurement processes, or just a show of the company's irresponsability that holds such an important system for the state, this as quickly as possible should be said by investigative bodies”, Journalist Enis Veliu concluded.

KCPP's announcement has been seen with deep concern as has the lawyer, Arifi.

In a Facebook post, Arifi has asked some questions about what's happening with the e-Procure platform.

“1. How come there's no warning for such a deep problem;
2. How can there be no known time when the platform will return?
3. How is it that the KRPP website (as an alternative in cases of such problems) has been dysfunctional for several years, since 20,01.2025 we reported that the same has been functional;
4. How could secondary procurement legislation not be published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Kosovo?
5. How will I address the CRPP the damage to the OE who, in the inability to access legislation, the tender and historical records of procurement activity, will lose the right to file lawsuits in court against the decisions of the Procureing Organization”He wrote, among other things, the lawyer Arifi.

From APP through a media communique have said the main problem on E-procure platform has yet to be eliminated.

“Public Procurement Regulatory Commission (KRPP) reports all economic operators, contracting authorities and all interested parties, that the technical problem reported with the date 04/03/2025 has not yet been fully averted”.

Under this institution, all technical actions in the electronic procurement system will be undertaken, ensuring the continuation of all processes related to procurement activities.

We have since accepted requests from interested parties to offer clarifications about the 04/03/2025 announcement, then the CRPP assures you that the problem is entirely technical and is therefore taking all the necessary actions to operate online services”.

Otherwise, it is noteworthy that among the most mentioned words of the year 2024 were “single - source contracts or single - source tenders.

As a result, there was debate over these one - source contracts throughout 2024.

According to opposition parties, these tenders were awarded to the Homies and businesses close to Kurti Government and to the ministers of this government.

Meanwhile, the Kurti government denied those accusations, even stressed there is a decline in the number of single-source contracts.

According to the data, about 273m euros are believed to have been spent on single-source contracts.

On this issue, the Kosovo Prosecutor's Office has begun investigating about 1,000 single-man contracts. /PERISCOP/