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continued. Eight shared competitive tendering procedures were arranged in 2016, some of which are still ongoing in 2017. The develop- ment of the work of the network comprising the procurement experts of police units con- tinued, and the now traditional police procure- ment event was arranged for the procurement and nancial experts of the police units at the Police University College.
The National Police Board was an active participant in the procurement digitalisation project launched by the Ministry of Finance with the objective of streamlining the overall procurement process and reducing adminis- trative work.
New information systems and procedures supporting the central government's pro- curement function and its development were
deployed, including the common procurement planning model of government agencies, and also the procurement data service to be pub- lished for the general public on the avoindata. website; allowing police agencies to openly and transparently monitor their procurement and increase their ef ciency.
The police also deployed the electronic com- petitive tendering solution required by the EU's procurement directive and the new Act on Public Contracts (1397/2016). The electronic competitive tendering solution allows the entire procurement process to be carried out electronically. The system will be deployed in phases, continuing until the end of 2017. n