Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
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For the first half of 2025, entrepreneurs entered intoSuppliers portal about 45 thousand contracts following the results of quotation sessions using a trading bot. The amount of transactions amounted to almost seven billion rubles. This was reported by Maria Bagreeva, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Head of the Moscow Department of Economic Policy and Development.
"The trading bot simplifies participation in quotation sessions by automatically placing bids. It allows entrepreneurs to send their price offers automatically and thus participate in several quotation sessions simultaneously. During trading, the bot consistently reduces the bid to the minimum value specified by the user. In the first half of 2025, 44.7 thousand contracts were concluded on the supplier portal using this service – a third more than in the same period last year. The volume of transactions increased by 44 percent and reached almost seven billion rubles. High competition allowed customers to save 1.1 billion rubles," said Maria Bagreeva.
The service can be used from anywhere in the country. It helps entrepreneurs enter the interregional market and increase sales.
"The most active regions using the trading bot were Moscow, the Moscow and Ryazan regions, St. Petersburg and the Perm region. In total, in the first half of the year, they accounted for 38.4 thousand contracts worth 5.7 billion rubles, which is 86 percent of the total number and 83 percent of the volume of all transactions concluded using this function," said the head of the Moscow City Department for Competition Policy
Quotation sessions are mini-auctions that last for three, six or 24 hours. During this time, suppliers compete with each other, gradually reducing the contract price. The winner is the entrepreneur who offers the lowest price.
In the capital Department of Information Technology They said that the automatic bidding bot turned out to be a reliable assistant for users: it optimizes the processes of participation in competitive procedures, saves resources and allows attracting more suppliers to the portal. The bot does not guarantee victory in the quotation session, but it significantly saves entrepreneurs' time.
The service is especially useful for small and medium-sized businesses. Entrepreneurs who have only recently joined the platform will find the free educational course “Supplier School” on quotation sessions useful. It helps beginners learn more about mini-auctions and practice during a training session. The visual format of the training simplifies the adaptation process on the platform and helps them start participating in procurement faster.
As Sergei Sobyanin reported earlier, in the first half of 2025, purchases worth almost 58 billion rubles.
Suppliers portal was created in 2013 to automate small-volume purchases. Today, the catalog includes 3.2 million products and services from various suppliers. About 1.5 thousand contracts are concluded on the platform every day.
In the portal's regional offices, specialists train entrepreneurs to work on the platform, answer questions from customers and suppliers, hold face-to-face meetings, and collect suggestions for improving functions and solving technical problems. In addition, users can contact the support service at a single federal phone number: 7 800 303-12-34 or leave a request atwebsite.
The functional customer of the portal is the capital Department of Competition Policy, and its technical development is supervised by Department of Information Technology of the City of Moscow.
Development of electronic services for business corresponds to the objectives of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State" and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration”.
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