CIFOZ 2018 ANNUAL

CONGRESS
26 October 2018
Elephant Hills Hotel
Victoria Falls
NEW STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT
Nyasha Chizu (FCIPS)
Chief Executive Officer
Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe
Agenda
Objective of the legal framework

Registration of Suppliers

Public Procurement Methods

Local Preference Provisions

Sanctions for violating the law

Towards e-GP system
implementation
Discussions
Objectives (Section 4 of PPDPA Act)
Transparency, fair, honest, cost-effective
and competitive public procurement

Promoting competition among bidders

Fair and equitable treatment of bidders to

achieve value for money

Integrity, fairness and public confidence

Promoting environmental, social, economic

and other policies authorized by the law
Registration of suppliers (Section 4 of Regs)

Who should register

• Bidders and contractors

Effects of not registering

• You cannot be or be contracted

Classes that can register

• Registered companies
• Partnerships, syndicates or other business entities
• Individuals
Procurement methods Sec 30 – Act)
Competitive bidding

• Domestic tenders
• International tenders

Restricted bidding

• Follows a prequalification exercise

Direct procurement methods

• Limited to circumstances specified under Section 33

Request for quotations

• Low value procurement

Procurement of consultancy and Joint Ventures

• Part VIII and Section 100 of the Act

Thresholds (Sec 10 of Regulations)
Competitive Quotations

• Works – Below US$20,000

• Goods – Below US$10,000
• Services – Below US$5,000

Domestic Tenders

• Works – Between US$20,000 and US$5 million

• Goods – Between US$10,000 and US$300,000
• Services – Between US$5,000 and US$200,000

International Tenders

• Above domestic tender threshold

Local preference provisions (Section 29 –
PPDPA Act)
Considerations No. 1 – Chapter 24:33

• Location of supplier or manufacturer

• Extent of subcontracting of local contractors
• Extent of subcontracting to supply goods or services

Consideration No. 2 – Section 14 of Constitution

• Business predominantly owned by women

• Extent of subcontracting of local women owned construction companies
• Extent of subcontracting of local women owned businesses to supply goods
and services

Consideration No. 3 – Local Research

• Technological, engineering and industrial designs subjects to registration of

intellectual property – Universities and Research Institutions
Margins of preference (Section 8 of
Regs)
Goods and services

• Fifteen percent (15%)

Works

• Seven and half percent (7.5%)

Extent of application of preference

• Entities predominantly owned by women

• Universities and research institutions - consultancy
Requirements for application of
preference (Section 29 of PPDPA Act)

It must be stated
clearly in the bidding
document

It must be applied
strictly according to the
prescribed procedures
Sanctions
Conduct of bidders

• Section 72 of the Act

Derbarment of suppliers

• Part XI of Regulations

Criminal violations

• Section 94 of the Act

Towards e-GP

Government e-GP
strategy

e-GP specifications
and bidding document

Awaits funding of the

procurement
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ceo@praz.org.zw
reception@praz.org.zw
Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe is open for business
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