State (municipal) contract as a legal form of satisfaction of public needs and special contractual design

Matveeva Elena Yu.

In order to ensure state (municipal) needs, an agreement is concluded between the customer and the contractor, which is called a state (municipal) contract. The customer under such a contract can be municipal and state authorities, state (municipal) government agencies, state corporations, as well as all budgetary organizations receiving funding from the budgetary system. State (municipal) contracts differ from other civil contracts in their purpose. The main purpose of civil (municipal) contracts is to meet public needs. In the first part of the article, the author examines the features of state (municipal) contracts and the procedure for their conclusion. The second part of the article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of the state (municipal) contract as a special contractual structure by means of which, in order to satisfy state and municipal needs, civil law contracts of various directions can be implemented.

Keywords:state (municipal) contract, customer, contractor, draft contract, civil law contracts, public needs, special contractual design.