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Public Procurement Act, 2015 (No. 15 of 2015).

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia No. 5922 of 31 December 2015.
Long title
An Act to regulate the procurement of goods, works and services, the letting or hiring of anything or the acquisition or granting of rights for or on behalf of, and the disposal of assets of, public entities; to establish the Procurement Policy Unit and the Central Procurement Board of Namibia and provide for their powers and functions; to provide for the procurement committees and procurement management units and their powers and functions; to provide for the appointment of bid evaluation committees and their functions; to provide for procurement methods; to provide for bidding process, bidding challenge and review; to provide for preferences to categories of persons, goods manufactured, mined, extracted, produced or grown in Namibia, to Namibian registered small and medium enterprises, joint venture businesses, local suppliers, contractors and service providers; and to provide for incidental matters.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, General
Keyword
Framework law Agricultural development Business/industry/corporations Governance Procedural matters Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Gender
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Act makes provision with respect to the acquisition of goods, works, consultancy services or non-consultancy services by any means, including purchase, rental, lease or hire-purchase by public entities. The objects of this Act are: (a) to promote integrity, accountability, transparency, competitive supply, effectiveness, efficiency, fair-dealing, responsiveness, informed decision-making, empowerment of women, consistency, legality and integration in the procurement of assets, works and services; (b) to promote, facilitate and strengthen measures to implement the empowerment and industrialization policies of the Government; (c) to regulate the letting and hiring of anything or the acquisition or granting of any right and the disposal of assets. For all procurement under international and national competitive bidding, prescribed incentives and conditions must be used to promote partnerships, joint venture arrangements and foreign entities to team up with Namibian bidders in the bidding process and for the period of the execution of procurement contracts. The Act establishes the Central Procurement Board of Namibia and, within the Ministry of Finance, a specialized Procurement Policy Unit. The Act promotes preferential treatment in the allocation of procurement contracts to Namibian registered entities that promote the protection of the environment, maintain ecosystems and sustainable use of natural resources.

Full text
English

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Public Procurement Regulations, No. 47 of 2017

Legislation | Namibia | 2017

Keyword: Agricultural development, Business/industry/corporations, Governance, Procedural matters, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX