Public Procurement Commission hosts open day for practitioners

Oct 21, 2019 News

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) held an open day event on October, 10, 2019 at its office building at New Garden Street, Queenstown, Georgetown. The open day allowed the procurement practitioners the opportunity to engage in discussions with the representatives from PPC, including the institution’s Chief Executive Officer, Commissioners, Heads of Departments and other specialist staff.
According to the statement, the open day marked the end of the activities in observance of its inaugural Annual Procurement Week.
It stated that the theme for this year’s Procurement Week was “Working towards greater transparency in Public Procurement”.
The event received great attendance as table topics including legislative reform initiatives, explanations of the procurement process, procedure to address irregularities in public procurement, among others.

Procurement practitioners along with higher authorities of the Public Procurement Commission being engaged in the activities of the open day.

The requirements for the submission of procurement plans as well as quarterly procurement expenditure reports from procuring entities were discussed, the statement said.
It added that the Open Day was informative, successful and fruitful by the participants.
The Public Procurement Commission has the role to monitor procurement procedures undertaken by Ministries, public agencies and bodies. As such, it ensures that the procurement of goods, services and execution of works are conducted in a fair, equitable, transparent, sustainable and cost-effective manner. The Commission also investigates complaints received from suppliers, contractors and public entities, and propose remedial action.

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