Preamble, The Public Procurement Act, 2016

THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT, 2016 Being an Act to make provision for the continuance in existence of the National Public Procurement Authority, to further regulate and harmonise public procurement processes in the public service, to decentralize 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. [ ] ENACTED by the President and Members of Parliament in this present Parliament assembled. Date of commencement. SIGNED this 11th day of February, 2016. DR. ERNEST BAI KOROMA, President. LS PART I – PRELIMINARY