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On the 8^th of October – 19^th October, 2018, the Public Procurement Authority  in  collaboration with the African Development Bank under the GISP project being implemented by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), organized a series of Training Workshops for various High Spending Entities and specific Target Groups on Contract Administration using the Training Modules and Manuals developed for Contract Administration by the Public Procurement Authority.


The objective of the workshop was to provide Practitioners and other personnel with the essential skills required for management of Contracts for Goods, Works, Consultancy and Technical Services.



The Workshop aimed at targeting and equipping One Hundred and Sixty (160) Procurement Practitioners, Review Committees and personnel of Oversight bodies who undertake day to day Contract Management in their respective Institutions with skills in Contract Administration.



The Workshop will ensure that these selected Target Participants appreciate the fundamentals of Contact Administration in order to avoid unnecessary time and cost overruns that are associated with managing Public Contracts in Ghana.

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA), since its establishment, has instituted a number of pragmatic and far-reaching initiatives aimed at ensuring maximum returns of the taxpayers’ money. These have resulted in notable achievements. In spite of these, the procurement system in Ghana continues to grapple with a number of weaknesses and bottlenecks, including weak procurement capacity in both the Public and Private sectors as well as third-party monitoring organizations.



The Annual Procurement Assessments and the recent Audit undertaken by the PPA in the Procurement Entities have revealed that several of these challenges is attributed to the management of contracts awarded by most entities; the absence of credible arrangements for Contract Administration.



As part of the strategies to address the above challenges, the PPA in 2011, commissioned a consultant to develop detailed separate Contract Management Manuals for Goods, Works, Consultancy and Technical Services.

Source: Public Procurement Authority

Eighteen (18) participants from the six (6) pilot entities attended a training session on Ghana’s electronic procurement system – GHANePS.

The twelve (12) days’ workshop was held at the Kofi Annan ICT Center of Excellence from the 1^st October 2018 to the 12^th October 2018. It brought together procurement officers from the Volta River Authority (VRA), Tema Municipal Assembly (TMA), Ghana Health Service (GHS), Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Koforidua Technical University and Department of Feeder Roads. Several officers of the Public Procurement Authority also partook in the workshop.



The participants were taken through the modules of GHANePS which include; Procurement Planning, e- Tendering, e-Contract Management, e-Auctions and e-Catalogues.



The system which caters for end-to-end procurement process, is interfaced with the databases of among others, the Registrar General’s Department (RGD), the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and the Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) of the Ministry of Finance.



The introduction of GHANePS will ensure efficiency, transparency, accountability and fairness in the public procurement process. It will also reduce bureaucracy and promote sustainable procurement measures.

Source: Public Procurement Authority