State or municipal contract, civil law contract of a budgetary institution for the supply of goods, performance of works, provision of services
1. A state or municipal contract is a contract concluded by the customer on behalf of the Russian Federation, a subject of the Russian Federation, or a municipal formation for the purpose of meeting state or municipal needs. A civil law contract of a budgetary institution for the supply of goods, performance of works, or provision of services under this Federal Law is a contract concluded on behalf of the budgetary institution. Civil law contracts of budgetary institutions are concluded for a period not exceeding three years, except for civil law contracts of budgetary institutions the subject of which is the performance of works related to construction, reconstruction, restoration, capital repair, maintenance and (or) operation of capital construction objects, as well as educational (higher and secondary vocational education) services, scientific research and experimental design works, which may be concluded for a period exceeding three years, if the duration of the production cycle for performing these works or services exceeds three years. The terms for which the aforementioned contracts are concluded, as well as other types of civil law contracts of a budgetary institution for the supply of goods, performance of works, and provision of services that may be concluded for a period exceeding three years, and the terms for which they are concluded, may be established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Source: Federal Law No. 94-FZ dated July 21, 2005 (as amended on July 20, 2012, with changes from October 16, 2012) "On the Placement of Orders for the Supply of Goods, Performance of Works, and Provision of Services for State and Municipal Needs"