What is the fine for failing to provide information to the agency?

For a first violation, the head of the procuring organisation is fined 1 000 lari; within 1 year of the penalty, a repetition attracts 2 000 lari.

Who is fined under this article?

The head of the procuring organisation — the sanction is personal in character.

Does the article apply to every request?

No — according to the note, the norm does not apply to information requests made by the agency in accordance with certain individual provisions of the Law on Public Procurement.

Where can I get legal support?

The Legal.ge team offers full consultations on public procurement and administrative law matters.

Failure to provide information to the public procurement agency, or providing false information (Art. 165²²)

The purpose of Article 165²²

Article 165²² of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia governs liability for the failure to provide defined information to a public law legal entity — the Public Procurement Agency — or for providing false information to it. The information is determined by the Law of Georgia on Public Procurement and/or by an order of the Chairman of the Agency. The norm protects the information competence of the agency — the foundation of its supervision of public procurement.

Providing information to the agency is an element of the transparency of procuring organisations: a supervisory body can build its control only on complete and correct data. False information is therefore no less harmful than a failure to provide it — both forms are punished by the same article.