Competitiveness of Government Procurements in Iranian Legal System, UNCITRAL Model Law and Agreement on Government Procurement

By joining to “UN Convention against Corruption”, Iran has obliged to improve the competition in the government procurement regulations. Nonetheless, the Iranian regulations on government procurement have not yet been challenged.
In the current essay, first, researcher through the competitive study of “UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement (2011)” and “WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (2012)” which are significant samples of international practices in public procurement, presents the factual global standards for government procurements. Then, after comparing them with “Iranian Tendering Act” and relevant directives, the researcher has gotten the point that Iranian regulations require improvements although there are some positive aspects. These modifications consist of some literal changes on the titles, subjective attitude to government procurements, inclusion of service purchases, considering the intellectual property rights and excluding continues and previous purchases from the procedures aiming to increase the competition grounds and harmonise with international standards while giving a solution to the current necessities of the country.