The Health Sector has made significant strides in its quest to ensure that appropriate products are available for service delivery at all levels. However, there are weaknesses inherent in the process of procuring goods, services and works in the Sector that need to be addressed. The Public Procurement Authority Assessment exercise in 2016 revealed a […]
This article focuses on the perception of the Public Procurement Act 663 as amended from a practitioner’s point of view. In view of this, an interview was conducted with the Procurement Manager for the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority Mr Benjamin Baidoo. Below are excerpts from the interview. Q4. How has the amendments affected the practice[…..]
This article focuses on the perception of the Public Procurement Act 663 as amended from a practitioner’s point of view. In view of this, an interview was conducted with the Procurement Manager for the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority Mr Benjamin Baidoo. Below are excerpts from the interview. Q1. Were you in support of the Amendment[…..]
Pay attention to the basics: Presentation and orderliness is very important Page numbering, spell-check and a grammar check should be very well done. Use numbered sections and clear headings Provide an index, or a section divider to ensure that the evaluating panel can locate thighs easily. Get someone who did not write it to prove[…..]
The Public Procurement Authority is glad to announce to you that the Authority has been selected for Awards in the upcoming Africa Public Sector Conference & Awards (APSCA) on April 20, 2018 at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The Authority will be recipient of two Awards namely: Outstanding Contribution to[…..]
According to a World Bank Group Study on Local Content Policies in 2013, Local Content requirement is a regulation that provides for a specific fraction of final goods, works and services to be procured domestically. Some nations include other parameters in their local content definitions by requiring that some proportion of national ownership in the production[…..]
The reconstituted governing board of the Public Procurement Authority, (PPA) have been tasked to work assiduously to ensure value for money in government procurement. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Mrs. Abena Osei-Asare made this statement during the inauguration of a nine member reconstituted board of the PPA. She entreated them to put measures in place[…..]
The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) of Ghana and its Chief Executive Officer Mr. Agyenim Boateng Adjei have received international recognition at the just ended Public Sector Conference & Awards (APSCA) held in Kigali, Rwanda on Friday, 20th April, 2018. The PPA was awarded for its Outstanding Contribution to Public Procurement whiles its CEO was honored[…..]
The Chief Executive of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) is attending the inaugural meeting of the World Bank’s International Advisory Group on Procurement scheduled to take place in Washington-DC from 4th -5th June, 2012. Hon. Samuel Sallas-Mensah has been appointed by the World Bank to serve as member of this Advisory Group which is mandated[…..]