In the Russian defense industry began to operate new pricing rules
These rules imply "the priority of using information on market prices for products, if it is circulated in the relevant markets, using competitive methods for identifying suppliers."
At the same time, "prices for products that are supplied by a single supplier should be determined on the basis of an extended index approach." Such an approach provides for “fixing base prices for armaments and equipment for at least six years,” and they should not be revised annually, but only refined for the deflator index “approved in the prescribed manner” from the document.
It is noted that the new approach “will allow to get away from the cost-based pricing principle and will stimulate the defense industry to reduce production costs, introduce modern technologies, increase the investment attractiveness of defense industry organizations and simplify the pricing system in the state of defense.”
Earlier, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that “current pricing practices lead to late conclusion of state contracts due to the need to regulate price disputes with defense companies,” which calls into question the timeliness of the arrival of equipment to the troops and its quality.
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