Law on public procurement
This Law shall govern: the conditions, manner and procedure of procurement of goods and services and award of works in cases where the contracting authority for such procurement is a covered party designated by this Law; the responsibilities of the administrative authority in charge of public procurement activities; the control of legality of public procurement procedures and protection of rights of participants in the public procurement process; the manner of maintaining public procurement statistics and other matters relevant to the public procurement.
The procurement of goods and services and the award of the performance of works under this Law must be followed by:
1) state authorities, state administration authorities, organizations, institutions and other beneficiaries of the Budget of the Republic of Montenegro (hereinafter: the Republic) and of other public funds;
2) local self-government authorities, local administration authorities and organizations and institutions that are beneficiaries of the budget of a
local self-government unit and of other public funds;
3) obligatory social security organizations, established in accordance with laws governing these types of insurance;
4) undertakings and other legal persons in which the Republic, a local self-government unit or other covered parties under this Law hold more than 50% of shares or stake in their ownership and have more than a half of members in their management body, and which perform activities in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;
5) legal persons that, in awarding public contracts, use the funds provided, as a subsidy or as a guaranty, by the Republic or a local selfgovernment unit or other covered party under this Law.
An administrative authority responsible for public procurement activities shall prepare and publish a list of covered parties that are subject to the application of this Law.
