Famieva Karina Ildarovna,

lawyer of the administration of the municipal purchase of the city of Chelyabinsk, Soni Krivoy Str., 32, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 454080 – Administration of the municipal purchase of the city of Chelyabinsk, E-mail: zvillinga@mail.ru.

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This article examines the question of the essence of the concept of purchase of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs in the contract system. The law of the contract system introduces a new scope for the legal term “purchase”, which has some common features with the concept of “placing an order”, but is somewhat broader. The main objectives of the article are the analysis of the concept of “buying” and the investigation of its legal interpretation. Based on the analysis of the current legislative system and scientific publications the author develops an entirely new definition to reflect the main features of the purchase procedure. The author comes to the conclusion that the purchase begins with the planning and forecasting of state and municipal needs and the end-stage performance of obligations under the contract.