Meeting with Maja Kuhar, DKOM President

At the meeting, AmCham's position paper "Proposals for the improvement of the Electronic Advertiser for Public Procurement of the Republic of Croatia" was presented, in which members of the Chamber propose novelties for the creation of a new Electronic Advertiser for Public Procurement (EPPC) platform.

Proposals include The possibility of subscribing to Prior Consultation and Simple Procurement, Automatic filling of ESPD, Automatic view of the bid, Checking/unchecking groups within the ESPD form, Mandatory publication of simple procurement procedures in the Electronic Classifieds (amendment of the PPA 2016), Automatic retrieval of evidence obtained by retrieving from registers for subcontractors and persons they rely on, Connecting the EPPC with the FINA e-invoice in procurement procedures, Procurement plans, Anonymization of downloading documentation and making inquiries and Automation of the generation of payment orders for fees in the appeal procedure. 

Ms. Kuhar welcomed AmCham's recommendations and pointed out that the new platform of the EPPC will comprehensively include changes that benefit both bidders and contracting authorites, and that parts of AmCham's recommendations is planned to be incorporated.

AmCham representatives at the meeting included Ms. Andrea Doko Jelušić, Ms. Jelena Markulin, Mr. Mijo Čavlina and Mr. Dražen Malbašić.