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2017/09/21 16:25:56

The electronic signature in purchases: what it and how to receive? TADetails

It is necessary to have the electronic signature for participation in procurement procedures. What types do EDS happen what influences the cost of the signature and what document package it is necessary to prepare for its receiving?

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How the electronic signature in procurement procedures is used?

Without having the electronic signature, it is impossible to be accredited on electronic platform and to participate in electronic procurement procedures

The Electronic Signature (ES) is the full-fledged analog of the sign manual used at commission of legally significant actions. The EDS allows to work far off with tenders and to give legal force to documents in the course of participation in procurement. Respectively, without having the EDS, it is impossible to be accredited on electronic platform and to participate in electronic procurement procedures.

What do electronic signatures for different types of purchases differ in whether there are universal EDS?

There are three EDS types:

  • The first type — the EDS for the state biddings which allows to work at 6 platforms accredited for carrying out the public and municipal procurements;
  • The second type — the EDS for participation in commercial purchases which are carried out on certain platforms;
  • Universal type — the EDS for work both with state, and with commercial tenders.

What does the cost of the electronic signature depend on?

The cost of the EDS is influenced significantly by the purposes of its application, the selected marketplaces and additional services. All issued electronic signatures surely are entered in the register of Association of marketplaces. Validity period of the EDS is limited and makes 1 year therefore its annual updating is required. Only government employees in Federal Treasury can receive the free EDS.

How to receive the electronic signature?

It is possible to receive the EDS in the accredited certification centers, also similar service is rendered by federal electronic platform the RTS tender. All registration happens online. A set of documents which need to be provided depends on the one who requests the EDS: legal person or natural person.

  • The legal person will require the certificate of incorporation, the passport copy and the copy of the Insurance Number of Individual Ledger Account of the person on whom the EDS certificate will be issued.
  • The SP will require the statement from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs and the passport copy, the Insurance Number of Individual Ledger Account and the registration certificate of SP.
  • For the natural person it is the passport copy and the notarized copy of a TIN.

What is Token and how it interacts with Crypto Pro?

The token is a device in the form of an USB flash card with the password-protected memory card on which information for creation of the signature is stored. The token provides two-phase user authentication: for work it is necessary to insert a token into the USB connector of the computer and to enter the password. Crypto Pro is the software solving problems of creation and verification of the electronic signature. Thus, Crypto Pro allows to install the certificate from a token on the computer for further use of the EDS in signing of electronic documents.

Perspectives of development of electronic signatures and expansion of the sphere of their application

According to the Chief information officer of federal electronic platform Vladimir Grigorenko's RTS tender, scopes of the electronic signature as one of crucial elements of digital economy, certainly, will extend. As note in the RTS tender, on the platform more than 300 thousand suppliers are accredited, each of which has the electronic signature for participation in procurement.

The most probable transfer of use of the electronic signature on household level seems: real estate acquisition, cars, document creation. The EDS will gain more mass distribution and, finally, will become the usual procedure.

Concerning the tool, certainly, development will continue through reliability augmentation and safety of use; developments in the field of providing simpler and convenient solutions for users are assumed.

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