Team established to recommend reforms for more inclusive Govt procurement system

President Dr Irfaan Ali has assembled a team to identify key reforms aimed at making the procurement system more inclusive and accessible.
Speaking during a press conference on Tuesday, he emphasised that over the years, the sheer volume of procurement transactions has been exerting new demands on the system.
This, he noted, is as a direct result of the scale and scope of the Government’s agenda for transformation across the country.
In keeping with the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) manifesto promise, he noted that the Government has commenced work geared at modernising the procurement system to ensure more citizens have an opportunity to benefit.
In this regard, he said the team has been tasked with identifying areas for reforms needed in the procurement system to achieve certain objectives.
“…maintaining the open, transparent, competitive system with the highest standards of accountability whilst at the same time promoting the emergence of a wider pool of suppliers of goods and services to Government by facilitating new entrants and creating opportunities for new and small businesses,” President Ali said.
He said the team would have to examine legal, regulatory, administrative and technological changes that may be required to achieve those objectives.
Feedback is expected before the end of the year, the President added.