GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN CABINET SECRETARIAT CABINET DIVISION NOTIFICATION Islamabad, the 13" December 2006 S.R.O. (1)2006.- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 26 of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002 (XXII of 2002), the Federal Government is pleased to direct that the following amendments shall be made in the Public Procurement Rules 2004, namely: In the aforesaid rules; - (a) Inrule 12, - (i) In sub-rule (1), (a) for the words “forty”, the words “one hundred” shall be substituted. (b) for the words “one million” the words “two million” shall be substituted. (c) for the full stop at the end the colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely: - “Provided that the lower financial limit for advertisement on Authority's website for open competitive bidding shall be the prescribed financial limit for request for quotations under clause (b) of tule 42”, and (ii) _ in sub-rule (2), for the words “one million”, the words “two million” shall be substituted. (b) in rule 13, in sub-rule (1), for the words “working days”, twice occurring, the word “days” shall be substituted. _ (c) in rule 14, for the words “forty thousand rupees” the words, brackets and figures “prescribed financial limit which is applicable under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of rule 42” shall be substituted. (d) in rule 21, for the words “forty thousand rupees the words, brackets and figures “the prescribed financial limit which is applicable under sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of rule 42” shall be substituted; and5 (e) ‘inrule 42. (i) in clause (a), for the words “ten thousand” the words “twenty- five thousand” shall be substituted. (ii) in clause (b). (a) in sub-clause (i), for the words “forty thousand’, the words “one hundred thousand” shall be substituted and. (b) for the semicolon, at the end, a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:- “Provided that the respective Boards of autonomous bodies are authorized to fix an appropriate limit for request for quotations method of procurement subject to a maximum of rupees five hundred thousand which will become financial limit under this sub-rule” (iii) in sub-clause (vi), for the full stop at the end, the semicolon and word “, and” shall be substituted and thereafter the following new clause shall be added, namely: - “(vii) for purchase of motor cars from local original manufacturers or their authorized agents at manufacturer's price”. F.No.5/37/2005-M.11/Admn (PPRA) / (Muhammad Mehrul Aziz) Section Officer (M.II!) Ph: 9206213 The Manager, Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press, Islamabad Copy to 1. MD,PPRA, Islamabad 2. Accountant General of Pakistan, Islamabad 3. Controller General Accounts, Islamabad 4, All Members of the’PPRA Board ‘ (Muhammad Mehrul Aziz) Section Officer (M.III)