Members of the National Association of Technological and Price Audit (NO TCA) took part in the development of amendments on the procedure for approving investment programs energy companies and control over their implementation, within which the main tool should be technological and price audit. These amendments were approved by Government Decree No. 132 (dated February 16, 2015).

Member of the Board of NO TCA and Secretary of the Consumer Council under the Government Commission for the Development of the Electric Power Industry Boris Yaryshevsky took part in the development of a number of fundamental amendments that change the procedure for preparing and approving investment programs in the electric power industry.

“The amendments adopted by the government introduce revolutionary innovations in the procedure for the formation and approval of investment programs for energy companies,” notes Boris Yaryshevsky. “These changes will make the process of strategic planning in the electric power industry as a whole more transparent, will allow for a comprehensive approach to the development of the energy system, linking projects in generation and the electric grid economy.”

The main essence of the introduced amendments is reduced to the following points. Firstly, key performance indicators (KPIs) are established for the implementation of investment programs, as well as individual investment projects of electric power industry entities. Thus, it will be possible to link the Strategy for the Development of the Electric Grid Complex and investment programs as the main mechanism for achieving the goals set. In addition, the concept of a passport is introduced. investment project, by which it will be possible to trace why this or that object is being built.

Secondly, the list of companies covered by new order approval of investment programs was replenished by JSC RusHydro, JSC Rosenergoatom, as well as a number of energy companies owned by the subjects of the Russian Federation.

Thirdly, at the stage of development of investment programs, a stage of expert and public discussion is added. Moreover, energy companies are charged with the obligation to listen to the opinions of experts and respond to requests, including from the Consumer Council under the Government Commission for the Development of the Electric Power Industry, and in the regions - to intersectoral consumer councils under the head of the subject of the Russian Federation, respectively.

Most importantly, from the point of view of NO TCA, the innovation is the introduction of a mandatory procedure for technological and price audits not only of individual investment projects, but also of investment programs of federal and regional energy companies as a whole. Without audit results, investment programs will not be considered by the Russian Ministry of Energy. This will make it possible to significantly optimize public investment in the development of the electric power industry and ensure a truly A complex approach to the solution of many issues. For example, is it worth creating new generating capacities in a particular case, or is it cheaper to build power lines and transport electricity from other stations. “In many cases, there is a discussion about what is more profitable: to modernize existing energy facilities or to decommission them and build new ones. A comprehensive technological and price audit of investment programs should provide an answer to these and many other questions,” emphasizes Boris Yaryshevsky.

NO TCA intends to take an active part in the development of the concept of technological and price audit of investment programs together with the Ministry of Energy of Russia. Regional branches of the National Association have already been created in 5 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in another seven regions this process has entered the final stage, and by the end of 2015 the number regional offices will be increased to 30. Through its representatives, the National Association of Technological and Price Audit intends to provide the constituent entities of the Russian Federation with the necessary and comprehensive methodological support.

According to the NO TCA, the results of the technological and price audit of individual projects and investment programs of energy companies, in accordance with Decree No. 132, can be summarized by the National Association and become the basis for regulatory reference books - standard technological solutions capital construction approved by the Ministry of Energy of Russia for further work.

Press service of NO TCA

Reference:
The non-profit partnership "National Association of Technology and Price Audit" (NO TCA, ) was created to implement the tasks of increasing the efficiency of spending with state participation(in accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2012 No. 596 "On the long-term state economic policy").
BUT TPA aims to consolidate the efforts of federal and regional executive authorities, companies with state participation, expert organizations and representatives of the expert community to create a technology and price audit market, an auditor profession, as well as the speedy implementation of an independent public technology and price audit (TPA) mechanism .
To date, using the mechanisms of public technological and price audit in Russia, projects have been implemented with a number of state-owned companies and corporations, including Russian Railways, Avtodor, RusHydro, JSC AK Transneft, JSC Rosseti, etc. As of the end of November 2014, the total identified savings from the public technological and price audit of these "pilot" projects amounted to more than 60 billion rubles.
Among the tasks of NO TCA are the development of national standards and standards of organizations for conducting audits, work to improve the regulatory legal framework and requirements for expert organizations, the development of competencies and qualifications of specialists providing technology and price audit services.
To implement these tasks, the NO TCA attracts leading institutions and industry experts from the largest international and domestic companies, representatives public institutions. The President of NO TCA is Anna Lupashko, an expert of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, a member of the Advisory Council under Interdepartmental Commission Rosfinmonitoring.

SEVERIN DEVELOPMENT provides services for public technological and price audit of investment projects. The company has a staff of qualified specialists, many years of experience in the field of audit and is a member of the National Association of Technological and Price Audit.

The purpose of the procedure and the procedure for its implementation are determined by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 30, 2013 No. 382 (as amended on December 23, 2016).

Technology and Price Audit (TPA)- a comprehensive audit of investment projects implemented by public and private organizations, which is advisable in the following cases:

1. Confirmation of the validity of the effectiveness of the project implementation and the search for alternative technical, technological and organizational options, allowing maximum protection of the interests of not only state, but also private customers.
2. Checking the declared technologies in terms of their cost and relevance based on the current economic situation and level of development production technologies at the time of construction.
3. Checking the estimate documentation for:
   • compliance with current market prices,
   • unreasonableness of the provided expenses,
   • compliance with the cost of purchased materials and equipment.
4. Verification of intended use Money(including budget) during the project implementation.
5. Confirmation of the achieved indicators and determination of their compliance with the indicators that were announced at the start of the project.

If the assessment of the technological component of the project concerns the validity of construction solutions and operating costs, then the price audit of investment projects allows you to determine the cost of the facility being built / reconstructed, taking into account technical audit data.

The main customers of price and technology audits are enterprises whose investment projects are fully funded by the state, or companies with state participation.

Public technological and price audit is carried out at four stages of project implementation:

• Stage 1- preparation of justifications for the main technical / technological solutions for the implementation of the investment project and calculations of the aggregated estimated cost. Conducting a technological audit at this stage involves the following activities:
  • determination of technical/technological feasibility of project implementation;
  • analysis of the optimality of the main technical/technological solutions and their compliance with modern international practice;
  • analysis of the business plan of the project and calculation of economic efficiency;
  • analysis of technological and market risks of investment project implementation, SWOT analysis.

The technological audit carried out at this stage ends with the development of recommendations for optimizing the project (proposal of alternative technical/technological solutions).

• Stage 2- preparation design and estimate documentation for passing state expertise investment project. At this stage, audit activities include:
  • analysis of the sufficiency and completeness of design estimates;
  • analysis of the compliance of constructive and technological design solutions with the requirements provided for by the Terms of Reference, as well as the current GOST, SNiP and other acts regulating construction;
  • analysis of compliance with the requirements of energy efficiency and environmental safety of the facility in accordance with the design and technological solutions developed in the project documentation;
  • analysis of the project schedule.

The technological audit carried out at the stage of documentation preparation ensures the successful passing of the state expertise. In the conclusion drawn up, the Contractor will indicate the existing shortcomings and give appropriate recommendations.

• Stage 3- construction/reconstruction of the object according to the investment project. The audit at this stage includes:
  • financial and technical expertise of ways to implement an investment project;
  • checking the targeted spending of funds (including budget funds) allocated for construction, checking the compliance of the cost and quality of completed work with the concluded contracts, analyzing the risks of deviation from the budget and planned indicators;
  • conducting a technological audit for compliance of the work performed at the facility with the design requirements and conditions of the working documentation, technical regulations, the results of engineering surveys, the requirements of the GPZU (urban planning plan for the land plot);
  • verification of compliance with the requirements of the energy efficiency regulations of the completed facility in accordance with the terms of the project documentation;
  • risk assessment and preparation by the Contractor of recommendations on finalizing the investment project.

• Stage 4- after the commissioning of the finished facility. Technological audit and expert evaluation of the object cost include:
  • analysis of the compliance of the operational indicators of the object with the parameters terms of reference for design;
  • verification of compliance of the completed project with the approved design and estimate documentation;
  • checking the targeted spending of funds (including budget funds) allocated for the construction / reconstruction of the facility, checking the compliance of the cost of the work performed with contracts and agreements, analyzing the risks of non-compliance with the budget and deviations from the planned parameters;
  • analysis of the compliance of the work performed at the facility with the requirements of working and design documentation, technical regulations, the results of engineering surveys, the requirements of the GPZU (urban planning plan for the land plot);
  • verification of compliance with the energy efficiency regulations of the completed facility in accordance with the terms of the project documentation;
  • analysis of the environmental performance of the facility in the operational mode;
  • provision by the Contractor of motivated recommendations to improve the efficiency of the investment project.

SEVERIN DEVELOPMENT provides technology and price audit (TPA) services in strict compliance with legislative and regulatory acts, Decrees and directives of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Standard duration of technological and price audit:

• I stage
• II stage- not less than 30 (thirty) calendar days;
• Stage III- not less than 45 (forty five) calendar days;
• IV stage- not less than 45 (Forty five) calendar days.

The cost of price and technology audit services determined based on the following factors:

1. a specific stage chosen by the Customer,
2. scope of work carried out
3. the urgency of the service.

GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

RESOLUTION

On conducting a public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation and on amending certain acts of the Government Russian Federation

Document as amended by:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 26, 2014 N 230 (Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 31.03.2014);
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2014 N 1505 (Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 04.01.2015, N 0001201501040032);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 09.12.2015, N 0001201512090002) (for the procedure for entry into force, see paragraph 4 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 4, 2015 N 941);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, November 22, 2016, N 0001201611220020);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, December 27, 2016, N 0001201612270078);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 05/16/2017, N 0001201705160037) (for the procedure for entry into force, see paragraph 4 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2017 N 563);
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2017 N 1623 (Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 12/26/2017, N 0001201712260038);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 01/29/2018, N 0001201801290011);
(Official Internet portal of legal information www.pravo.gov.ru, 04.10.2018, N 0001201810040008).
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Government of the Russian Federation

decides:

1. Approve the attached:

Regulations on conducting a public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation;

changes that are made to the acts of the Government of the Russian Federation.

2. Establish that this resolution does not apply to large investment projects with state participation (hereinafter referred to as investment projects) included in the federal targeted investment program for 2013 and for the planning period of 2014 and 2015, the state defense order for 2013 and for the planning period of 2014 and 2015, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 55 of the Regulations approved by this resolution.

3. Federal Agency for Construction and Housing and Communal Services:

a) approve within a month:

the form of the opinion on conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects;

the form of a summary conclusion on the conduct of a public technological audit of investment projects;

b) approve within 2 months the procedure for the formation of a list of expert organizations and individuals who may be involved in conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects;

c) approve, within 2 months from the date of adoption of the procedure specified in subparagraph "b" of this paragraph, the list of expert organizations and individuals who may be involved in conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects;

d) ensure an annual review of normative technical documents, norms for the price of design solutions and estimated standards included in federal register estimated standards to be applied when determining the estimated cost of capital construction projects, the construction of which is financed with the involvement of federal budget funds, taking into account the introduction of new domestic and world construction technologies, technological and design solutions, modern building materials, structures and equipment used in construction.

4. To the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation within 2 months:

a) form and approve the composition of the scientific and expert council for conducting a public technological audit of investment projects that provide for the creation of new or modernization of existing technologies for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes, claiming to be state support, with the allocation, if necessary, in its composition of independent expert commissions of the corresponding direction or industry groups;

b) approve:

the procedure and methodology for conducting an expert assessment of the compliance of technologies for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes with the world level of development of science and technology, as well as the form of an expert opinion on conducting a public technological audit of investment projects;

regulation on the classification of technologies for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes, including for the purpose of their parametric comparison with foreign analogues, subject to accounting in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation for state accounting of the results of research, development and technological work of civil destination.

5. Recommend to higher executive bodies the state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to approve the provisions on conducting a mandatory public technological and price audit of investment projects with state participation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

6. Financial support conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects is carried out within budget appropriations provided for by the federal law on the federal budget for the corresponding financial year and planning period to the relevant main administrators of federal budget funds to ensure the performance of functions in the established field of activity.

7. Ministry economic development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Minister of the Russian Federation Abyzov M.A. submit in the first quarter of 2015 proposals on improving the procedure for conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects, prepared based on the results of its conduct in 2014.

Prime Minister
Russian Federation
D. Medvedev

Regulations on conducting a public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation

APPROVED
Government Decree
Russian Federation
dated April 30, 2013 N 382

I. General provisions

1. This Regulation establishes the procedure for conducting a mandatory public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation (hereinafter referred to as investment projects) in relation to capital construction facilities, the financing of construction, reconstruction or technical re-equipment of which is planned to be carried out in full or in part at the expense of the federal budget with using the mechanism of the federal targeted investment program (hereinafter referred to as capital construction projects).
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

2. The concepts used in this Regulation mean the following:

"investment project" - a rationale for the economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments, including the necessary project documentation developed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and duly approved standards (norms and rules), as well as a description of practical actions for the implementation of investments (business plan);

"public technological audit of the investment project" - conducting an expert assessment of the rationale for the choice of the designed technological and design solutions for the creation of a capital construction facility within the framework of the investment project for their compliance state of the art development of engineering and technology, modern building materials and equipment used in construction, taking into account the requirements modern technologies production required for the operation of a capital construction facility, as well as operating costs for the implementation of an investment project in the life cycle process in order to increase the efficiency of the use of budgetary funds, reduce the cost and reduce construction time, and increase the competitiveness of production;
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

"price audit of an investment project" - conducting an expert assessment of the cost of a capital construction object, taking into account the results of a public technological audit of an investment project;

"applicant" - a developer or customer, state customer, technical customer (hereinafter referred to as the developer) who applied for a public technological and price audit of an investment project;
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

"optimality of the main architectural, structural, technological and engineering solutions" - the best architectural, structural, technological and engineering solutions that give the greatest economic efficiency.
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

3. The applicant at the 1st stage of the public technological and price audit is the developer.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

4. The applicant at the 2nd stage of the public technological and price audit is the developer, technical customer or a person authorized by them.

5. Public technological and price audit of investment projects is carried out:

a) in 2014 - in relation to capital construction projects with an estimated cost of 8 billion rubles or more;

b) in 2015 - in relation to capital construction projects with an estimated cost of 5 billion rubles or more;

c) in 2016 - in relation to capital construction projects with an estimated cost of 4 billion rubles or more;

d) in 2017 - in relation to capital construction projects with an estimated cost of 3 billion rubles or more;

e) since 2018 - in relation to capital construction projects with an estimated cost of 1.5 billion rubles or more.
(Clause 5 as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

6. A public technological and price audit is carried out on investment projects in relation to capital construction projects included in federal target programs, and capital construction projects not included in federal target programs (hereinafter referred to as investment projects in relation to objects of the federal targeted investment program).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

7. Public technological and price audit is not carried out in relation to investment projects, information about which constitutes a state secret.

8. Public technological and price audit of investment projects is carried out in 2 stages:

a) Stage 1 - at the stage of preparation of the relevant act of the Government of the Russian Federation on the approval of federal targeted programs, on the preparation and implementation of budget investments in capital construction projects state property of the Russian Federation, not included in the federal targeted programs, on the provision of budget investments to legal entities that are not state or municipal institutions and state or municipal unitary enterprises, in capital construction projects owned by these legal entities, as well as for the purpose of providing a contribution to the authorized (share) capital of subsidiaries of these legal entities for capital investments in capital construction objects owned by such subsidiaries, at the expense of federal funds budget, on the provision of subsidies from the federal budget for capital investments in capital construction projects of the state property of the Russian Federation, on the provision of subsidies from the federal budget to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the co-financing of capital construction objects of state property of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (municipal property) not included in federal targeted programs on the provision of subsidies from the federal budget to legal entities, 100 percent of whose shares (stakes) belong to the Russian Federation, for the implementation of capital investments in capital construction projects owned by these legal entities, on the provision of subsidies from the federal budget to state corporations (companies), public companies for capital investments in capital construction projects owned by state corporations (companies), public legal companies, or for the purpose of providing a contribution to the authorized (reserve) capital of legal entities whose shares (stakes) belong to the said state corporations (companies), public companies, for capital investments in capital construction objects owned by such legal entities , or for the subsequent provision of a contribution to the authorized (reserve) capitals of subsidiaries of such legal entities for the implementation of capital investments in capital construction objects owned by these subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as the decision to provide federal budget funds for the implementation of the investment project);
(Subparagraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

b) 2nd stage - at the stage of approval of project documentation in relation to the capital construction facility created during the implementation of the investment project.

For investment projects for which design documentation for capital construction facilities is to be developed, a public technological and price audit at the 1st and 2nd stages is carried out in the manner prescribed by Section II of these Regulations.

For investment projects for which design documentation for capital construction facilities has been developed, a public technological and price audit is carried out in 1 stage in the manner prescribed by section III of this Regulation.

A public technological and price audit of investment projects is not carried out if cost-effective design documentation is used for capital construction projects reuse or a technological and price audit of the justification of investments made in an investment project for the creation of a capital construction facility, in respect of which it is planned to conclude a contract, the subject of which is the simultaneous execution of work on the design, construction and commissioning of a capital construction facility, if the technological and price audit of such justification of investments in accordance with regulatory legal acts Russian Federation is mandatory.
(The paragraph is additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 12, 2016 N 1159; as amended by from July 1, 2017 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2017 N 563.

9. Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects is carried out by independent expert organizations (hereinafter referred to as expert organizations), the selection of which is carried out in accordance with the requirements of Article 31 of the Federal Law "On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs "taking into account the additional requirements for procurement participants in the event that goods, works, services are classified as goods, works, services that, due to their technical and (or) technological complexity, innovative, high-tech or specialized nature, are able to supply, perform, provide only suppliers (contractors, performers) with the required level of qualification, the procurement of which is carried out through tenders with limited participation, two-stage tenders, closed tenders with limited participation, closed two-stage tenders or auctions provided for by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 4, 2015 N 99 "On the establishment of additional requirements for procurement participants certain types goods, works, services, cases of attributing goods, works, services to goods, works, services that, due to their technical and (or) technological complexity, innovative, high-tech or specialized nature, are able to supply, perform, provide only suppliers (contractors, performers ), having the required level of qualification, as well as documents confirming the compliance of procurement participants with the specified additional requirements" & nbsp.
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

10. The clause became invalid from December 9, 2015 - ..

11. The clause became invalid on December 9, 2015 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333 ..

12. For conducting the 1st stage of the public technological and price audit and the 2nd stage of the public technological audit of investment projects for which project documentation for capital construction facilities is to be developed, expert organizations charge a fee in the amount not exceeding 0.2 percent, respectively. and 0.38 percent of the total cost of manufacturing project documentation and engineering survey materials.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

For conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects for which design documentation for capital construction projects has been developed, expert organizations charge a fee in the amount not exceeding 0.58 percent of the total cost of producing design documentation and engineering survey materials.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

In the amount of the specified fee, the amount of value added tax is taken into account.

13. The fee for conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects is included in the cost of implementing an investment project in terms of the costs provided for in Chapter 12 of the consolidated cost estimate for construction, in accordance with paragraph 31 of the Regulations on the composition of sections of project documentation and requirements for their content, approved .

For investment projects in respect of which federal budget funds are provided for the development of project documentation, federal budget funds may be provided to pay for a public technological and price audit.

14. The clause became invalid from December 9, 2015 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333 ..

15. Participants in the public technological and price audit of investment projects that do not contain confidential information at the 1st stage are also public councils specified in paragraph 26 of these Regulations.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

II. Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects at the 1st and 2nd stages, for which project documentation for capital construction projects is to be developed

Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects at the 1st stage

16. To conduct a public technological and price audit of an investment project at the 1st stage, the applicant submits expert organization the following documents signed by the head of the applicant (a person authorized by him) and certified by the seal of the applicant (if there is a seal):
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2016 N 1465.

a) an application for conducting the 1st stage of a public technological and price audit of an investment project, agreed with the main manager of federal budget funds;

b) a rationale for the economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments, prepared in accordance with paragraph 13 of the Rules for the verification of investment projects for the effectiveness of the use of federal budget funds allocated for capital investments, approved. For investment projects in relation to objects of the federal targeted investment program, the specified justification must be agreed with the main manager of federal budget funds and the subject of budget planning;

c) a design assignment prepared in accordance with clause 14 of the Rules for Conducting an Inspection of Investment Projects for the Efficiency of the Use of Federal Budget Funds Allocated for Capital Investments. For investment projects in relation to objects of the federal targeted investment program, the specified task must be agreed with the main manager of federal budget funds and the subject of budget planning;

d) the subparagraph became invalid on December 9, 2015 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

17. The expert organization checks the completeness of the submitted documents within 3 working days from the date of their receipt and sends the applicant a draft agreement on conducting the 1st stage of the public technological and price audit of the investment project within the specified period, signed by the head of the expert organization (authorized person), or return the submitted documents without consideration.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

18. An application for the 1st stage of a public technological and price audit of an investment project and the documents attached to it within the period specified in paragraph 17 of these Regulations shall be returned to the applicant without consideration if the documents specified in paragraph 16 of these Regulations are submitted not in complete set.

19. Conducting a public technological and price audit of an investment project is carried out within the period provided for by the agreement specified in paragraph 17 of these Regulations, which should not exceed 45 days. For especially dangerous, technically complex and unique capital construction projects, the specified period may be extended, but not more than 15 days.

If inaccuracies and (or) technical errors are found in the documents, the expert organization notifies the applicant about this within the specified period. The applicant is obliged to eliminate inaccuracies and (or) technical errors within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notification. In this case, the application for the 1st stage of the public technological and price audit of the investment project is not subject to return.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

20. The objects of a public technological and price audit of an investment project conducted by expert organizations are:

substantiation of economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments;

design assignment.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

20_1. The subject of a public technological and price audit to justify the economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments as part of the implementation of an investment project are:

a) assessment of the rationale for the choice of the main architectural, structural, technological and engineering solutions for their optimality, taking into account the operating costs for the implementation of the investment project in the life cycle process and compliance with the current level of development of technology and technology;

b) assessment of the justification for the choice of technological solutions for the possibility of meeting the requirements for the main characteristics of products (works and services), the absence of already developed or alternative technologies that make it possible to meet the requirements for the main characteristics of products (works and services). The evaluation of the justification for the choice of technological solutions is carried out if the investment project provides for the creation of new or modernization of existing technologies for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes in accordance with the methodology for conducting an expert assessment of the compliance of technologies for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes with the current level of development of science and technology;

c) assessment of the justification for the choice of the main technological equipment according to the enlarged nomenclature for the possibility of meeting the requirements for the main characteristics of products (works and services), their compliance with the modern level of development of equipment and technologies;

d) assessment of the timing and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project for their optimality;

e) assessment of the estimated (marginal) cost of the implementation of the investment project, including the assessment of the cost of construction according to aggregated indicators (aggregated construction price standards), taking into account the cost of construction of similar capital construction projects, including abroad. The assessment contains a comparative analysis of the cost of implementing an investment project with international and domestic counterparts implemented in comparable conditions (if any);

f) risk assessment of the implementation of the investment project, including technological, price and financial risks, according to the timing of the implementation of the investment project and its stages.
(The subparagraph was additionally included from June 1, 2016 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

20_2. When conducting a public technological and price audit of the justification of the economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments as part of the implementation of an investment project, opportunities should be identified to improve the choice of basic architectural, structural, technological and engineering solutions, basic technological equipment, reduce the time and stages of work, the cost of implementing the investment project as a whole and its individual stages.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

20_3. The subject of a public technological and price audit of a design assignment as part of the implementation of an investment project are:

a) assessment, taking into account the consideration of the rationale for economic feasibility, the volume and timing of capital investments:

requirements for architectural, structural, engineering and technological solutions and the main technological equipment;

terms and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project;

the estimated (marginal) cost of implementing the investment project and its individual stages;

b) assessment of the sufficiency of the initial data established in the design assignment for the development of design documentation and project implementation.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

21. The result of the public technological and price audit of the investment project at the 1st stage is a positive or negative conclusion on the public technological and price audit of the investment project, issued by an expert organization in the form approved by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - conclusion) and including:

a) the results of the assessment of the rationale for the choice of the main architectural, structural and engineering and technological solutions, the timing and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project, the estimated (marginal) cost of the investment project, the risks of the investment project;

b) information on the compliance of the results of the technological and price audit of the justification of the economic feasibility, volume and timing of capital investments with the requirements for architectural, structural, engineering and technological solutions, the main technological equipment, the timing and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project, as well as the proposed (marginal) cost of the implementation of the investment project and its individual stages, provided for in the design assignment;

c) information on the sufficiency of the initial data established in the design assignment for the development of design documentation and project implementation;

d) assessment of the feasibility and feasibility of using developed or developing technologies in an investment project that make it possible to meet the requirements for the main characteristics of products (works, services) in investment projects that provide for the creation of new or modernization of existing technologies for the production of products (works, services), - if any such technologies.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

21_1. A positive conclusion is:

a) a positive assessment of the justification for the choice of the main architectural, structural and engineering and technological solutions, the choice of the main technological equipment, the timing and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project, the estimated (marginal) cost of the investment project, the risks of the investment project;

b) a conclusion on the compliance of the results of the technological and price audit of the justification of the economic feasibility, volume and timing of the implementation of capital investments with the requirements for architectural, structural, engineering and technological solutions, the main technological equipment, the timing and stages of preparation and implementation of the investment project, as well as the proposed (marginal) cost of the implementation of the investment project and its individual stages, provided for in the design assignment;

c) conclusion on the sufficiency of the initial data established in the design assignment for the development of project documentation and the implementation of the investment project.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

22. If a negative opinion is received, the applicant has the right to submit documents for a repeated public technological and price audit of the investment project, subject to their revision, taking into account the comments and suggestions specified in the opinion. No fee is charged for a repeated public technological and price audit of an investment project.

A negative opinion may be challenged by the applicant in court.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

23. The conclusion is signed by the head of the expert organization (an authorized person).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

24. If construction solutions are used in an investment project, the requirements for which are not established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, the conclusion may contain recommendations for the development of design solutions using new construction technologies, methods, materials, products and structures.

In the presence of such recommendations, the applicant sends these recommendations to the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation for their consideration in the prescribed manner in order to consolidate, if necessary, in the legislation of the Russian Federation.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

25. Information about the technology for the production of products (works, services) for civil purposes, the creation or modernization of which is recognized as appropriate based on the results of a public technological audit of the investment project, is sent by the applicant to the Ministry of Science and higher education of the Russian Federation and are subject to consideration and inclusion in the prescribed manner in the composition of objects of state accounting for the results of scientific research, development and technological work for civil purposes in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 1, 2018 N 1168.

26. Based on the results of the public technological and price audit of the investment project at the 1st stage by an expert organization in relation to investment projects that do not contain confidential information, the applicant sends a copy of the conclusion, as well as a copy of the document specified in subparagraph "c" of paragraph 16 of these Regulations , to the public council under the proposed chief administrator of federal budget funds (chief administrator of federal budget funds).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

27. The public councils specified in paragraph 26 of this Regulation, within a period of at least 15 calendar days, but not exceeding 30 calendar days from the date of submission of a copy of the conclusion, as well as a copy of the document specified in subparagraph "c" of paragraph 16 of this Regulation, consider them and prepare a conclusion on the feasibility of implementing an investment project using budgetary funds.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

28. A positive conclusion and conclusion of the relevant public council specified in paragraph 27 of these Regulations (in relation to investment projects that do not contain confidential information) are mandatory documents when the Government of the Russian Federation makes a decision to provide federal budget funds for the implementation of an investment project, as well as when carrying out the detailing of measures (enlarged investment projects) included in the federal targeted investment program.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects at the 2nd stage

29. To conduct a public technological audit of the investment project at the 2nd stage, the applicant submits to the expert organization the following documents signed by the head of the applicant (authorized person) and certified with a seal (if there is a seal):
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2016 N 1465.

a) an application for the 2nd stage of a public technological audit of the investment project;

b) project documentation for a capital construction facility, construction, reconstruction, technical re-equipment of which is planned to be carried out as part of an investment project;

c) a copy of the design assignment or a copy of the design assignment modified taking into account the results of the public technological and price audit of the investment project at the 1st stage;
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

d) information about the persons who prepared the project documentation (last name, first name, patronymic, details of identity documents, mailing address living place individual entrepreneur, full name, location of the legal entity);

e) a certified copy of the issued self-regulatory organization certificates of admission of the persons who prepared the project documentation to the corresponding type of work on the preparation of project documentation, valid as of the date of signing the acceptance certificate for the work performed, and a copy of the acceptance certificate for the work performed, if, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, obtaining an admission to such work is compulsory;

f) the conclusion of an expert organization based on the results of a public technological and price audit at the 1st stage and the conclusion of the relevant public council specified in paragraph 27 of this Regulation (in relation to investment projects that do not contain confidential information).
(Subparagraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

30. The expert organization checks the completeness of the submitted documents within 3 working days from the date of their receipt and sends the applicant a draft agreement on conducting the 2nd stage of a public technological audit, signed by the head of the expert organization (an authorized person), within the specified period, or returns the submitted documents without consideration.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

31. An application for the 2nd stage of a public technological audit and the documents attached to it within the period specified in paragraph 30 of these Regulations shall be returned to the applicant without consideration if the documents provided for in paragraph 29 of these Regulations are not submitted in full.

32. The 2nd stage of the public technological audit of the investment project is carried out within the period provided for by the contract specified in paragraph 30 of these Regulations, which should not exceed 60 days. For especially dangerous, technically complex and unique capital construction projects, the specified period may be extended, but not more than 15 days.

If inaccuracies and (or) technical errors are found in the submitted documents, the expert organization notifies the applicant within the specified period. The applicant is obliged to eliminate inaccuracies and (or) technical errors within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notification. In this case, the application for the 2nd stage of a public technological audit of investment projects is not subject to return.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

33. The object of the public technological audit of the investment project, conducted by the expert organization at the 2nd stage, is the design documentation for the construction, reconstruction of the capital construction facility.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

33_1. The subject of a public technological audit of an investment project conducted by an expert organization at the 2nd stage is the assessment of architectural, structural, engineering and technological solutions adopted in the project documentation in order to determine their compliance with:

a) solutions established in the design assignment, taking into account the formalized requirements for such solutions, determined at the 1st stage of the public technological and price audit of the investment project;

b) the current level of development of equipment and technologies for the production of products (works, services);

c) initial permits for construction.
(The paragraph was additionally included from December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333)

34. The result of the public technological audit of the investment project at the 2nd stage is a summary conclusion on the public technological audit of the investment project, issued by an expert organization in the form approved by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, and containing the information provided for in clause 33.1 of this Provisions (hereinafter - summary conclusion).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

35. A positive summary opinion is a mandatory document for approval by the state customer of project documentation in relation to a capital construction facility created as part of an investment project.

36. The clause became invalid on December 9, 2015 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333 ..

37. The applicant has the right to submit documents for re-conducting a public technological audit of the investment project, subject to their revision, taking into account the comments and suggestions specified in the summary opinion. No fee is charged for a repeated public technological audit of an investment project.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

38. A summary opinion containing conclusions about the non-compliance of the project documentation with the established requirements may be challenged in court.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

39. The summary conclusion is signed by the head of the expert organization (a person authorized by him).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

40. A price audit of investment projects in relation to capital construction objects of the federal targeted investment program is carried out at the 2nd stage by checking the reliability of determining the estimated cost of a capital construction object planned to be created as part of an investment project, in the manner established.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

41. The document on the approval of project documentation in relation to the capital construction facility created as part of the investment project, and a positive conclusion on the reliability of determining the estimated cost of the capital construction facility are mandatory documents for the provision of federal budget funds for the implementation of the investment project in the prescribed manner.

III. Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects for which project documentation for capital construction projects has been developed

42. Conducting a public technological and price audit of investment projects for which project documentation has been developed for capital construction facilities is carried out in stage 1.

To conduct a public technological audit of an investment project, the applicant submits to the expert organization the documents signed by the head of the applicant (authorized by him) and certified by the seal of the applicant (if there is a seal), specified in subparagraphs "a", "b" and "d" of paragraph 16, in subparagraphs "b" - "e" of paragraph 29 of this Regulation, as well as a copy of a positive conclusion on the reliability of determining the estimated cost of the capital construction object (if any), issued in accordance with the Regulation on the verification of the reliability of determining the estimated cost of capital construction objects, the construction of which is financed with the attraction of federal budget funds, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 18, 2009 N 427 (hereinafter referred to as the conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2016 N 1465.

43. The expert organization checks the completeness of the submitted documents within 3 working days from the date of their receipt and sends the applicant a draft agreement on conducting a public technological audit of the investment project, signed by the head of the organization (an authorized person), within the specified period, or the submitted documents are returned without consideration.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

44. An application for a public technological audit of an investment project and the documents attached to it within the period specified in paragraph 43 of these Regulations shall be returned to the applicant without consideration if the documents specified in paragraph 42 of these Regulations are not submitted in full.

45. Conducting a public technological audit of an investment project is carried out within the period provided for by the agreement specified in paragraph 43 of these Regulations, which should not exceed 60 days. For especially dangerous, technically complex and unique capital construction projects, the specified period may be extended, but not more than 15 days.

If inaccuracies and (or) technical errors are found in the documents, the expert organization notifies the applicant about this within the specified period. The applicant is obliged to eliminate inaccuracies and (or) technical errors within 15 days from the date of receipt of the notification. In this case, the application for a public technological audit of the investment project is not subject to return.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

46. ​​The subject of a public technological audit of an investment project, for which the design documentation for capital construction facilities has been developed, is the assessment of the validity of the investment project in accordance with paragraphs 20_1-20_3 and subparagraph "c" of paragraph 33_1 of this Regulation.

The subject of the price audit of the investment project is the assessment of the estimated cost of the capital construction object contained in the project documentation, taking into account the results of the public technological audit of the investment project.

A price audit is carried out by checking the reliability of determining the estimated cost of a capital construction object planned to be created as part of an investment project, in the manner established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 18, 2009 N 427 "On the procedure for verifying the reliability of determining the estimated cost of capital construction objects, the construction of which is financed with the involvement of federal budget funds.

If, based on the results of a public technological audit of an investment project, no changes are required to the project documentation and in relation to this investment project there is a positive conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost of the capital construction object, a repeated price audit of such an investment project is not carried out.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

47. The result of a public technological audit of an investment project by an expert organization is a positive or negative summary opinion on the conduct of a public technological audit issued by an expert organization in the form approved by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

48. If a negative summary opinion is received, the applicant has the right to submit documents for re-conducting a public technological investment project, subject to their revision, taking into account the comments and suggestions specified in the summary opinion. No fee is charged for a repeated public technological audit of an investment project.

49. The summary conclusion is signed by the head of the expert organization (an authorized person).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

50. If construction solutions are used in an investment project, the requirements for which are not established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, the summary conclusion may contain recommendations for the development of design solutions using new construction technologies, methods, materials, products and structures.

51. Based on the results of a public technological audit of an investment project by an expert organization in relation to investment projects that do not contain confidential information, the applicant sends copies of the summary conclusion, the conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost (if any), as well as a copy of the design assignment specified in subparagraph "c" of paragraph 29 of this Regulation, to the public council under the proposed chief administrator of federal budget funds (chief administrator of federal budget funds).
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on February 6, 2018 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

52. The public councils specified in paragraph 51 of this Regulation within a period of at least 15 calendar days, but not exceeding 30 calendar days from the date of submission of copies of the summary conclusion, the conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost (if any), as well as a copy of the design assignment specified in subparagraph "c" of paragraph 29 of these Regulations, consider them and prepare a conclusion on the feasibility of implementing an investment project using budgetary funds.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333; as amended by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 26, 2018 N 71.

53. A positive summary opinion and the opinion of the public council specified in paragraph 52 of these Regulations (in relation to investment projects that do not contain confidential information) are mandatory documents when the Government of the Russian Federation makes a decision to provide federal budget funds for the implementation of an investment project, as well as when carrying out the detailing of measures (enlarged investment projects) included in the federal targeted investment program.
(Paragraph as amended, entered into force on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

54. A positive conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost is a mandatory document for the provision of federal budget funds for the implementation of an investment project.

IV. Conducting a public technological and price audit during the implementation of the investment project

55. If during the implementation of the investment project, in respect of which there is a positive summary conclusion and a positive conclusion on the reliability of the estimated cost, the estimated cost of the capital construction object has increased or its capacity has decreased, then a repeated public technological and price audit is carried out in relation to the investment project in in accordance with this Regulation.
(Paragraph as amended, put into effect on December 9, 2015 by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 7, 2015 N 1333.

If during the implementation of an investment project that was not subject to a mandatory public technological and price audit, the estimated cost of a capital construction object increased and (or) its capacity changed and as a result of these changes the object fell into the category of capital construction objects provided for by this Regulation, then, in relation to the investment project, a public technological and price audit is carried out in accordance with these Regulations.

Changes that are made to the acts of the Government of the Russian Federation

APPROVED
Government Decree
Russian Federation
dated April 30, 2013 N 382

1. Paragraph thirteen of clause 31 of the Regulations on the composition of sections of project documentation and requirements for their content, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 16, 2008 N 87 (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2008, N 8, art. 744; 2012, N 27, 3738), state in the following wording:

"Public technological and price audit, design and survey work (Chapter 12).".

2. The clause became invalid from January 3, 2018 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 23, 2017 N 1623 ..

3. In the Rules for conducting an audit of investment projects for the effectiveness of the use of federal budget funds allocated for capital investments, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 2008 N 590 (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2008, N 34, Art. 3916; 2009, N 2, art. 247):

a) paragraph 11 shall be supplemented with subparagraph "h_1" of the following content:

"h_1) a copy of a positive summary opinion on conducting a public technological audit of a large investment project with state participation (for projects for which project documentation has been developed in relation to a capital construction facility) or a positive opinion on conducting the first stage of a public technological and price audit of a large investment project with state participation; participation (for projects including the development of project documentation), as well as expert opinion scientific and expert council under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in cases established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, the conclusion of the public council with the applicant in the event that a mandatory public technological and price audit is to be carried out in relation to the investment project in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;";

b) subparagraph "c" of paragraph 13 shall be supplemented with the words ", as well as the rationale for the choice on a variant basis of the main technical and economic characteristics of the capital construction object, determined taking into account the construction technologies planned for use, production technologies and operating costs for the implementation of the investment project in the life cycle process ".

4. Paragraph 38 of the Rules for the Formation and Implementation of the Federal Targeted Investment Program, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 13, 2010 N 716 (Sobraniye Zakonodatelstva Rossiyskoy Federatsii, 2010, N 38, Art. 4834), shall be supplemented with the following paragraphs:

The paragraph became invalid on January 12, 2015 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 26, 2014 N 1505 ..

Quarterly and annual information on the implementation of budget investments in capital construction facilities in accordance with the targeted program, broken down by capital construction facilities (with the exception of facilities, information about which constitutes a state secret) is posted on the official website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation on the Internet.

Revision of the document, taking into account
changes and additions prepared
JSC "Kodeks"

On conducting a public technological and price audit of large investment projects with state participation and on amending certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation (as amended as of October 1, 2018)

This document is amended on the basis of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2018 N 1750 from the date of entry into force of amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation, providing for provisions on the mandatory preparation of an investment justification for capital construction projects.

What do we want to see by 2030 in terms of efficient public spending? There is an opinion that history develops cyclically, and sometimes it seems that everything was bad during the Soviet Union, and everything needs to be built anew. And now, if we analyze it from the point of view of the investment activity carried out by the state, it seems that Soviet planning could be no less effective than the way investments are now made.

Boris Yaryshevsky,
Director for Strategic Development of EXIAR OJSC (Vnesheconombank Group), Member of the Board of the National Association of Technological Price Audit

The term "technological price audit" originates from the Decree of the President "On ensuring the organization of a public technological and price audit of all large investment projects with state participation" of 2012. And what are we talking about here? About state participation. These are funds, primarily from the federal budget, which are spent as part of the investment activities of sectoral ministries, the budgets of companies with state participation or some projects. And the second - directly companies with state participation, which are sometimes monopolists, sometimes market companies, however, this mechanism should be extended to their activities.
What is a public technological and price audit? In fact, here we are talking about several stages.

FOUR STAGES OF AUDIT
At the first stage, before the project is formalized in the investment program, an audit is carried out independent organization some TOR for the design, or justification of investments in terms of the feasibility of the project. It is worth noting that earlier in the Town Planning Code there was such a stage, and in many countries of the West, and even the CIS (in the same Kazakhstan), such an examination was carried out. In fact, the answer to the question “Should we build it or not?” the most important decision is made, and everything else is already some adjustments within its framework. True, there is a certain optimism. At the conference that we held in December, the Ministry of Construction publicly announced that it was going to return this stage to the Urban Planning Code, which we strongly support.
The second stage is a preliminary examination before passing the state examination. Do the instruments overlap? I can safely say no. In the capacity in which Glavgosexpertiza or non-state expertise is currently analyzing project documentation, this is just an audit or expertise for compliance with building codes and regulations - SNiPs and prices. And what kind of prices are so magical, why do we carry out compliance? It turns out that many of them were compiled and updated for the last time in the 80s, something changed in the 90s or in the 2000s. The most advanced companies have introduced their prices into the state examination, and they are closest to reality (Gazprom, Russian Railways), but in some industries they conduct an examination for compliance with prices that have nothing to do with life. In this regard, the audit is connected with life, with practice, in terms of how much it really costs to implement the project. Here, the project is not always overpriced, sometimes, on the contrary, it is very underestimated, and then the customer, the general contractor try to increase it with any additional expenses, extra income on building control.
The third stage is control over the targeted spending of funds at the construction stage. Here it is necessary to mention the experience of Vnesheconombank. As part of project financing, Vnesheconombank conducts financial and technical supervision (FTS). First, an independent organization conducts an examination of the project documentation in order to understand whether the project financing that is allocated will cover the costs, and whether the bank will have to pay extra. Further, an examination is carried out at the construction stage to determine whether they are really building what they need.
The fourth stage is operation. Here I will also refer to the experience of Vnesheconombank. After the facility is put into operation, examination and supervision do not stop, because the stage of return of funds is underway, and a regular payment schedule is very important here in order to understand whether there are any risks, for example, the price of coal has fallen below cost, that is it is a warning and risk assessment.
A standard for the development of competition has also been adopted. In fact, it is aimed at developing competition; within its framework, it is prescribed to conduct an examination of investment program projects.

The regulatory framework has been created, there is banking support, but construction control, with some refinement, becomes a tool that the bank can use to confirm the intended use of funds in the framework of investment activities and construction

EXPERIENCE OF REGIONS, EXPERIENCE OF COMPANIES
At the level of subjects, their own regulatory framework has also been adopted. Here, perhaps, we need to dwell on the experience of Moscow, which, as we know, is isolated and is building its own regulatory framework. Moscow introduced this technological price audit at the investment justification stage. This examination is mainly carried out state-financed organization Moscow State Expertise. According to her statements, the budget of the projects that she is implementing is more than a billion rubles, the targeted investment program of Moscow is more than a trillion rubles.
As for the experience of Russian Railways, an expert public discussion took place recently. Russian Railways also participate in this project: they select auditors, and audits of individual sections are carried out on the project for the reconstruction and modernization of the Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railways. We discussed six different sections, mainly BAM, with a total cost of 17.8 billion rubles. After an audit by two audit companies, savings of 9% were identified - 1.6 billion rubles. This is not only the identified savings, but also the one that Russian Railways accepted after heated discussions, project organization and the construction department agreed and reported that the money from this project was withdrawn and will be directed to further development of projects. It is very important that this is a tool that allows you to optimize internal spending, and these funds are not withdrawn, because otherwise it would create a conflict of interest, but are redirected to other projects, and we know that very often projects are underfunded.

AUDIT IN CONSTRUCTION
If we return to banking support, how can these tools be put into the system? We have several institutionalized elements: a technological price audit, which is currently carried out only up to the construction stage; banking support, which is carried out already at the implementation stage; there is also such an element as building control, which is applied to all budgetary funds.
We are talking about the fact that the expert organization is hired either by the customer or the contractor, and they control that, according to the project documentation and to the extent required, the project is implemented, including hidden work and individual elements.
Construction control concerns physical volumes, which does not meet the objectives of efficient spending of public funds. Banking support concerns the efficiency of spending funds in a targeted manner. Our proposal is to link these two instruments. The regulatory framework has been created, there is banking support, but construction control, with some refinement, becomes a tool that the bank can use to confirm the intended use of funds in the framework of investment activities and construction.
What do I need to do? Supplement construction control with elements of price control, so that there is not only control over volumes - so many cubic meters of concrete are poured - but also so that the work is completed at the planned cost. And banking support could use these results, while the responsibility would lie with the expert and construction organization. An important point: it is necessary that construction control be: a) independent of the builder and the construction organization, from the general contractor, because there is a conflict of interest; b) transparent - so that reporting is everywhere, where possible, made public and available to the public.

Audit of investment projects allows you to control investments already at the planning stage. With a correct approach to the issue, it is possible to foresee possible errors in advance and take measures to avoid them. Technological and price audit of investment projects is a tool that gives an assessment of the conceived plan even before the start of its implementation.

Important Features

If an audit is planned, pay attention to:

• Alternative projects in which you can invest. Compare them with the chosen one and analyze what are the strengths and weak sides for each of the options. On the basis of the received data, it is possible to take final decision.
• Management decisions, having first laid down a rigid base for them, which cannot be challenged. It is important that key indicators that are significant for any enterprise are involved, that is, wages, efficiency in terms of the economy, and the social component.
• An audit of investment and construction projects, as well as in other areas, necessarily implies a reasonable approach to identifying the risks that accompany the implementation of an idea.
• Adjustment of the income component and expenses in such a way that it was possible to bypass risky situations.

Technological and price audit of investment projects allows you to get a report on the basis of which the entrepreneur can make the right decision in the field of organization management. It is on the basis of a detailed analysis of the situation that it is possible to determine whether a particular project is attractive for investment.

Most Relevant

Public technological and price audit of investment projects is most relevant in the field of construction. In this area, over the past few years, there has been an increase in the volume of investments from the state, due to which the requirements for control methods have increased. Recent changes in the economy and business practices have shown that it is necessary to work on new methods for evaluating and regulating the effectiveness of investing money in certain ideas.

In response to this need, enterprising people were able to quickly create such audit methods that allowed them to systematically study investment objects, evaluate them comprehensively, taking into account all significant factors. In our time, the most highly valued are those results that show independent examinations. It evaluates the following components:

• economic;
• technological;
• technical.

Although at first the technological price audit of large investment projects was developed as the most effective option in relation to the field of construction, over time it has become relevant for other areas in which it is profitable to invest money.

Assessment specifics

The investment project audit program assumes that independent experts from various fields work on the assessment, which consider all stages of the object's life cycle. In order to get the correct result, it is most reasonable to contact some independent company with good rating And high level trust. This will help optimize solutions in the context of the technologies used and the specifics of the project, as well as increase the efficiency of the use of cash investments.

A high-quality and accurate price audit of investment projects allows you to lower the price of the project while reducing the duration of its implementation. With the right approach and taking into account all the iconic factors, the workflow will be environmentally friendly and energy efficient when it comes to construction.

Control and support

The state did not disregard all the opportunities provided by the public audit of investment projects. IN last years it provides certain preferences to those who are ready to pay attention to such opportunities. A plan was put in place for the period from 2013 to 2018, aimed at ensuring that large projects in which it is profitable to invest money pass audit activities.

Goals and opportunities

Conducting a technological audit of an investment project makes it possible to assess how correctly the solutions were chosen:

• constructive;
• technological.

It is also mandatory to assess whether the applicable methodologies and technologies are in line with the state of development. When it comes to a construction site, experts pay attention to the applied technical means and building materials, analyze what technologies are used in the construction of the facility, whether innovative developments are taken into account, whether advanced techniques are implemented. They check whether the construction site meets the standards, production requirements. In total, this will allow us to draw conclusions about how efficiently the budget money invested in the project is spent. In addition, the audit of investment projects makes it possible to increase the competitiveness of a particular object.

Price audit as a way to success

Why is an investment project audit carried out? An example is this: before the appraisal of the object, the value of the object was quite large, which caused a lot of controversy among potential investors, who believed that these were unjustified, inflated figures. This, in turn, limited the flow of funds and suspended the implementation of the idea. Carrying out audit activities allows you to identify shortcomings, miscalculations in determining the cost, due to which the price tag is noticeably reduced. Since the result of the analysis is necessarily documented, confirmed by highly qualified experts, this allows you to trust the object. This means that more investors will be able to accept the opportunity and invest in it, and the influx of funds will accelerate the turning of the idea into reality.

A price audit is now the most effective method to improve the return on investment. This is equally true for large federal facilities, and for individual construction sites.

Subject of the audit

The audit of investment projects is carried out in the context of the following aspects:

• Evaluation of the decision in favor of a particular method (this applies design features project and its technologies, engineering and technical aspects and architectural models). At the same time, it also takes into account how large the costs of operating the facility during the full life cycle will be in the future. Be sure to analyze the compliance of the applied capabilities and the technical, technological level of development of society.
• It is estimated how successful the choice was in favor of one or another technological solution. At the same time, compliance with the requirements for works, services, products is analyzed. Experts pay attention to the availability of alternative methods of product development, allowing to achieve a better result or a similar one.

When an investment project is audited, analysts give justifications in favor of some technological solution. At the same time, it is analyzed whether new goods and products are created in the course of the workflow, or whether old ones are modernized, or neither. Civil services and works must be taken into account separately. Expert review given only on a case-by-case basis technological process and its relevance to the level of development of our society.

The subtleties of the audit

When evaluating a project, which makes it possible to draw conclusions about the reasonableness of investing in a certain object, it is imperative to analyze the following subtle points:

• The choice in favor of the equipment used (it is customary to resort to an enlarged nomenclature). It is assessed whether the result of the work corresponds to the expected by society at the current technical level of development.
• Terms, preparatory stages and the period of the project as a whole. Analysts draw conclusions about the optimal time frame or the need to adjust it.
• Risks associated with the implementation of the project. Experts pay attention to the technological aspects of possible dangerous situations, economic and temporary.

During the audit of the project, be sure to pay attention to marginal price implementation. It must include expenses calculated in accordance with aggregated indicators. Similar projects being built in the same country as well as abroad are taken into account. Comparative price analysis should be based on data obtained from different construction sites, where work is carried out in conditions close to those characteristic of the analyzed one.

The result of the audit is an expert opinion, confirmed by the signatures of all persons involved in the analysis. It is drawn up in the form approved by state level, and allows a potential investor to make a final decision in favor of the project or abandon it.

Audit: when do we conduct?

Undoubtedly, the task of evaluating a project that is attractive from the point of view of investment is a responsible and complex process that requires investment of time and money. This means that it is not always necessary to carry it out. Contact a private or state company expertise is followed, if necessary, to confirm that a particular project will indeed be effective as it is implemented. The assessment also allows you to find alternative options, thanks to which you can protect your interests.

An audit is indispensable if you need to make sure that the workflow uses exactly the technologies that are stated in the project documentation. The assessment makes it possible to clarify their modernity, efficiency and effectiveness, taking into account the specifics of the economy and the level of development. This is important: the audit allows you to draw conclusions about the technologies, materials and capabilities used at the time of the assessment. This does not mean that tomorrow its results will still be relevant, since there is a possibility of a sudden discovery of fundamentally new approaches, methods and methods for solving certain practical problems.

Correctness and relevance

During the audit, the estimate documentation is necessarily verified. This stage allows you to draw correct conclusions about the following aspects:

• availability of sufficient justification for all planned expenses;
• compliance of equipment and materials;
• the adequacy of the project relative to the market value.

Attention is paid to everyone without exception!

During the audit, experts check how correctly the finances allocated for the implementation of the facility are used. If the contractor claims that he has reached some important level, indicators in the implementation, then during the audit you can make sure that this information is accurate and correct, true and worthy of trust. At the same time, the indicators declared in the project documentation are analyzed and they are reconciled with the real state of affairs.

In some cases, assessment activities allow us to conclude how justified certain decisions applied during construction are. In this case, the results of the analysis will contain conclusions about the cost of the object, taking into account the technical parameters.

Are we ordering?

What kind legal entities most often turn to the services of experts? Practice shows that this kind of service is relevant for enterprises that have state money, as well as those companies in which the state participates.

What answer the customer will receive directly depends on at what stage of the project implementation it was decided to turn to third-party experts for the purpose of auditing. In some cases, you should count on recommendations that will help you optimize your workflow and make it more profitable. Here, experts offer technological and technical options for solving difficult situations that can contribute to the completion of construction in as soon as possible while minimizing costs. If the audit is requested at the stage when the documentation for the object is already being prepared, then the experts will suggest how to pass the state examination. The specialists working on the project will learn from independent experts what shortcomings were made, receive recommendations to improve the quality of the project.

Summing up

So, the audit of an investment project is a process that makes it possible to obtain information about how profitable, promising and optimized the project is. An audit makes it possible to understand whether construction is necessary in principle, as well as to identify alternative methods for creating a similar object at a lower cost. Analysts study the applied technologies and materials and make a conclusion about their adequacy, modernity, reasonable cost.

The main advantage of an audit is independence. This distinguishes it from the background of state expertise, associated with a conflict of interest, since the assessment of the activities carried out there is given by the people who carried them out. But in the case of an audit, third-party specialists are involved who are able to correctly evaluate what has been implemented and analyze what and how can be improved.