SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Volume IV, May 26 th -27 th , 2017. 377-390 © Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2017vol4.2331 INFORMĀCIJAS NODROŠINĀŠANA PUBLISKAJĀ IEPIRKUMĀ Provision of Information in Public Procurement Una Skrastiņa Biznesa augstskola Turība, Latvija Juris Radzevičs Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, Latvija Abstract. The provision of information in public procurement is the only way for both society and tenderers to obtain information about the legitimate process of public procurement. Since the exchange of information is regulated by the Public Procurement Law and other laws and regulations, it is not always clear for the involved parties how to apply this regulation in practice. As a result, information that could be accessed and received in a timely manner and could be used to defend tenderers’ interests is not asked for, and the tenderers frequently request information that is of restricted accessibility or is not unclassified. The aim of this research is to analyse the legal regulation of information provision in the public procurement field in Latvia, to detect the most common problems in practice and to give possible solutions to them. Tasks - to study the legal regulation, legal scientists’ views, problems in practice and, gathering the information, to give possible solutions to them. The descriptive, dogmatic, historical, comparative and analytical research methods were used in this research. Results - two important principles can conflict when providing information – the principle of transparency and competition. So the contracting authority should evaluate in each situation, which of them should be more important. Keywords: exchange of information, principle of transparency, public procurement. Ievads Introduction Publiskais iepirkums ir nozīmīgs publiskā sektora ieguldījumu aspekts: tas veicina ekonomikas attīstību un ir svarīgs elements vienotā tirgus darbības uzlabošanā. Publiskajam iepirkumam ir liela nozīme — tas veido aptuveni 19 % no Eiropas Savienības (turpmāk - ES) iekšzemes kopprodukta (turpmāk – IKP), un tas ir mūsu ikdienas dzīves daļa (Eiropas Komisija, 2015). Lai gan publiskā iepirkuma laikā nepārtraukti notiek informācijas apmaiņa un Publisko iepirkumu likums (turpmāk – PIL) paredz dažādus informācijas nodrošināšanas veidus,