In 2008, officials placed much of the competition with the state order.

Officials in the procurement prefer to do without competitive procedures. In 2008, from 9.34 million bid for placement goszagkaza 8.69 million in purchases from a single supplier, the publication of the "newspaper" (GZT.ru) with reference to the Rosstat data. Most purchases from a single vendor permit the Federal Agency for State Reserves, and the Ministry of Defense.
In 2008, the size of the federal and municipal state orders was 3.7 trillion rubles. Total 80 thousand orders were placed through open tenders, and 209 thousand - through auctions. Another 350 thousand purchases were made through the request prices for goods from suppliers.
The publication notes that up to 20 per cent of the total procurement amount to a small volume of Public Procurement - to 100 rubles a quarter. In such cases, officials are not obliged to declare the tender or auction.
In 2009, the volume of state orders, to assess the Ministry of Economy of 4 trillion rubles.
At the same criminal liability for public servants who have violated the law on Public Procurement, is still there, but the maximum administrative fine of 50 thousand rubles.
In 2008, the Chamber including the Law on Public Procurement in the number of federal laws that could give rise to corruption.
According to expert estimates, Russia's annual budget is losing billions of rubles from the funds allocated to state order. For example, in 2007 losses amounted to 347 billion rubles, in particular, due to the fact that prices substantially exceed the market.