According to Act 663 Section 2, the object of the Authority is to harmonize the process of public procurement in the public service to secure a judicious, economic and efficient use of state resources in public procurement and ensure that public procurement is carried out in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory manner.

According to Acct 663 Section 98, works means work associated with the construction, reconstruction, demolition, repair or renovation of a building or structure or surface and includes site preparation, excavation, erection, assembly, installation of plant, fixing of equipment and laying out of materials, decoration and finishing and any incidental activity under procurement contract.

According to Act 663 Section 98, service means the furnishing of labour, time, or effort not involving the delivery of a specific end product other reports, which are merely incidental to the required performance; and includes consulting, professional and technical services but does not include employment agreements or collective bargaining agreements.

According to Act 663 Section 98, goods means objects of every kind and description including raw materials, products and equipment and objects in solid, liquid or gaseous form and electricity, as well as services incidental to the to the supply of the goods if the value of those incidental services do not exceed that of the goods themselves.

Public procurement refers to the purchase by governments and state-owned enterprises of goods, services and works.

A complainant can seek administrative review directly at the Public Procurement Authority within twenty-one (21) days of any of the following instances: The complaints submitted at the Entity level is not resolved with twenty-one (21)days; Dissatisfaction with and/or adversely affected by the written decision of the Head of Entity

Tenderers should note that the following are not subject to review. The selection of a method of procurement; The choice of selection procedure ; The limitation of procurement proceedings A decision by the entity to reject tenders, proposals, offers or quotations

If for some reason/tenderer/supplier is dissatisfied with the conduct, results or communication of a tender, he/she could seek an administrative review.

Tender documents are evaluated on the basis of the terms and conditions stated in the tender documents. No criteria other than those prescribed in the tender document can be introduced at any stage of the evaluation process.

Tenderers willing to participate in the tender opening should be allowed to do so.

A tender document must indicate the deadline for tender submission date, time and venue for the opening

There is no public or government health institution without adequate personnel to form the committee. If there is no big team to form the committee, you should at least be able to form a quorum, which is five.

The old committee must be abandoned and form the new committee according to the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (ACT 663)

You have to go through the structure. If the threshold is above the Entity Head, you move to the ETC, depending on the threshold you move to the MTRB then finally to the CTRB

If a donor funds a project, the law allows the guidelines provided by the donor to be used in that procurement.

Yes. There is room for communication on the procurement document structure

If the supplier has paid tax which covers the contract amount, then there is no need for any tax deduction. Where tax does not cover the contract amount there is the need for tax deduction.