ProZorro procurement system's website blocked

The work of the ProZorro electronic public procurement system's website is blocked, Economichna Pravda reports.

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"The central database is operating in the regular mode, access to the offices of customers and businesses is working through authorized sites, only prozorro.gov.ua is not working," the press service of ProZorro told Ukrainian newspaper Ekonomichna Pravda (Economic Truth).

When asked why the portal was not working, ProZorro said: "For technical reasons. Work is under way to restore access. It is still unknown when it is restored."

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"Only the portal is not working, while the central database is operable; there is access to the e-office through the sites, auctions are held, you can submit the announcement on the purchase," the press service added.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that theProZorro electronic public procurement system, which became mandatory for use by all public agencies from August 1, 2016, had allowed saving UAH 24 billion of budget funds during its operation.

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