Features of public procurement in medical institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The article reveals the specifics and features of public procurement to ensure the needs of state security and defense of the country. The author presents the organization of the procurement activities of a military medical institution, the functions of the contract service, and also identifies the main problems in the field of public procurement to meet the needs of the institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and indicates their reasons. As a result, the problems identified in the course of the study were divided into two groups, general and specific, related to the specifics of the activities of a military medical organization. The practical significance of this research consists in identifying problematic issues, based on which specific recommendations can be developed for improving the public procurement system to meet the needs of a medical institution of the Ministry of Defense.