Section 29, The Public Procurement Act, 2004

(1) All procuring entities shall undertake procurementplanning, with a view to achieving maximum value for public expenditures and the other objects of this Act. (2) The procurement plan to support the procuring entity’s approved programme and budget shall indicate– (a) contract packages, (b) estimated cost of each package, (c) the procurement method, and (d) processing steps and times. (3) A procuring entity shall not divide a procurement order into parts or lower the value of a procurement order to avoid the application of the procedures for public procurement prescribed in this Act. (4) In accordance with the budget preparation procedures issued by the Ministry of Finance, all procuring entities shall submit to the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry responsible for local government (for local councils) for review and approval, their annual procurement plans for the coming financial year. (5) Procuring entities shall, where necessary and on a quarterly basis, review and update their procurement plans and notify any modifications to the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry responsible for local government (for local councils) and the approved and updated plans shall be submitted to the Authority for publication in accordance with paragraph (i) of subsection (2) of section 14.