Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s Accounts Chamber identified 18,788 violations of public procurement legislation in January–September 2026, involving transactions worth a total of 10.2 trillion soums, the agency’s press service said.
State-owned enterprises accounted for 3.91 trillion soums, or 38.5% of the total value of identified violations. A further 2.95 trillion soums (29.1%) involved procurement in the transport sector, including 1.82 trillion soums in road infrastructure.
Violations were also identified in procurement by local government authorities, totalling 699.7 billion soums (6.9%). The figures for other sectors included 540.9 billion soums in energy, 384.3 billion soums in science and education, 299.9 billion soums in environmental protection, 286.4 billion soums in water management and 285.3 billion soums (2.8%) in construction.
The identified violations amounted to 249.1 billion soums in mining and geology, 247.6 billion soums in the judicial sector and 191 billion soums in healthcare. State-owned banks accounted for 52.6 billion soums, sports for 34.1 billion soums and culture for 16.4 billion soums.
Documents relating to procurement transactions worth a total of 4.8 trillion soums were referred to law enforcement agencies for legal assessment. These included transactions by state-owned enterprises worth 3.9 trillion soums, procurement in science and education totalling 384.3 billion soums, and purchases by the Single Customer Service of Navoi Region worth 156.5 billion soums and Andijan Region worth 125.9 billion soums.
Officials in the transport, water management and healthcare sectors were also held administratively liable.
According to Spot, administrative measures had already been reported in late October in connection with procurement cases involving 222.3 billion soums.
