The president called it wrong that the contractor rating ignores leased machinery and ordered an electronic database of such equipment.
At a meeting on the construction industry in April 2026, the president said that the Shaffof Qurilish contractor rating unfairly ignores machinery taken on lease. This was reported by Anhor.uz and Spot.uz.
What is known
- with points for leased machinery, the rating of at least 500 companies would rise by 1–2 positions, and a market worth UZS 17 trillion would open up;
- the Ministry of Construction has been instructed to create an electronic database of leased machinery, integrate it into the system and start awarding points; no deadline is given;
- separately, to remove the limit on contractors importing one unit of special machinery per year; no deadline is given;
- in 2025 about 2.6 million construction applications were filed, a third of which were rejected;
- Spot.uz noted that rented machinery could not be registered in the system, so no points were awarded for it.
This is an instruction, not a finished rule: the deadlines and procedure have not yet been published.
What this means for renters
ST24 comment: if points start being awarded for rented machinery as well, contractors' demand for rentals will become more stable. For now this is only a declared direction.
Sources
This material was prepared by the ST24 editorial team from open sources and is not legal advice: check the text of the document before making decisions.
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