Preamble, The Public Procurement Act, 2004

THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT, 2004 Being an Act to establish the National Public Procurement Authority, to regulate and harmonise public procurement processes in the public service, to decentralise public procurement to procuring entities, to promote economic development, including capacity building in the field of public procurement by ensuring value for money in public expenditures and the participation in public procurement by qualified suppliers, contractors, consultants and other qualified providers of goods, works and services and to provide for other related matters. [ ] E NACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. 43. Request for proposals. 44. Request for quotations. 45. Basic procedures for request for quotations. 46. Sole-source. 47. Basic procedures for sole-source procurement. 48. Invitation to bid. 49. Bidding documents. 50. Submission of bids. 51. Bid security. 52. Bid opening. 53. Examination, evaluation and comparison of bids. 54. Non-disclosure of bid evaluation details. 55. Prohibition of negotiations. 56. Award of contract. 57. Acceptance of bid and signature of contract. 58. Two-stage bidding. 59. Request for consultant’s services. 60. Selection based on quality and cost. 61. Selection based on quality. 62. Contract award. PART VI–COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE 63. Right to review. 64. Review by head of procuring entity. 65. Review by Independent Procurement Review Panel. PART VII–DISPOSAL OF STORES AND EQUIPMENT 66. Authority to dispose. 67. Disposal procedures. PART VIII–MISCELLANEOUS 68. Regulations. 69. Act to prevail. SCHEDULE iii S IGNED this 7th day of December, 2004 ALHAJI AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH, President. LS PART I–PRELIMINARY