On 23 March 2022, amendments to public procurement laws entered into force allowing procurers to reject tenders of suppliers in case:
• the supplier (sub-suppliers, manufacturers of the goods or persons controlling the goods) or the origin of the goods (including their components) or services offered by the supplier are supplied from hostile to our country territories, the list of which is approved by the Government;
• The Government takes a decision concerning the the non-conformity of suppliers with the national security interests;
• The procurer has information about the suppliers’ interests which may pose a threat to the national security.
Currently, the list of states posing a threat to the national security includes: the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Crimea, which is annexed by the Russian Federation, the territory of Transnistria, which is not controlled by the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are not controlled by the Government of Georgia.
On the basis of this list, public contracts already awarded may be terminated.