Existing Authorities

According to our Public Procurement Act, The Minister formulates and issues directives and policies relating to Public Procurement

The Public Procurement Act also set out the following authorities:

- The Central Public Procurement Board has the authority to approve all major value procurement.

- A Procurement Committee within each department has the authority to approve all procurement of a value between 100,000 and 500,000

- All procurement of a value below 100,000 shall be authorised by the Accounting Officer.

Legislation

The existing legislative framework:

The Public Procurement Act, Chapter 15.01 (revised 31 Dec 2020)

The Public Procurement Regulations

The Public Procurement Manual

Guidelines

The Director of Finance under the authority granted by the Procurement and Stores Regulations to the Finance Administration Act has issued Procurement Guidelines (PDF) to assist the procurement function in agencies.

Additionally instructive circulars issued by the Director of Finance give further guidance to agencies to address specific areas of concern.

User manuals issued by the Accountant General guide agencies in issuing purchase orders, receiving deliveries of goods and performing the payables aspect of the procurement process which has to be done via the financial system.

Procurement Opportunities

Information on existing Procurement opportunities can be accessed at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/goslprocurement

Reports

Reports on Contract awards, Procurement performance statistics to be provided soon.

Case Studies

Not available as yet.