ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF PREVENTION OF INTEREST CONFLICT IN THE GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASE SYSTEM

Abstract

In this article, the issues of preventing conflicts of interest in the relationships of public civil servants related to public procurement are analyzed from a scientific-theoretical and organizational-legal point of view. The positive aspects of preventing conflicts of interest in the effective implementation of public procurement in the civil service of the state are based on the importance of legal regulation of the problems arising in practice and the relevance of the rational use of state budget funds. Based on the nature of the subject, the subject of research is analyzed from the general to the specific, based on the methods of comparison, logical consistency, and application to science, foreign experience, practice, and legal procedures. As part of the results of the research, the issues of preventing conflicts of interest in public procurement, improving the basis of responsibility, digitizing the industry, introducing artificial intelligence capabilities into the industry, and revising the tasks and powers of competent state bodies were discussed in detail. In connection with the conclusion of the research, proposals of an organizational nature were put forward in connection with the improvement of the legislation in relation to the elimination of legal and existing practice problems. At the end of the study, it was concluded that the risks of corruption and conflict of interest in the relationships of state civil servants related to public procurement are very high, and it was scientifically and legally proven that the field needs state control. A conclusion was reached regarding the legal improvement of the activities of the competent bodies for the regulation of conflicts of interest in the field of public procurement, including the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan.