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PRESENTATION FRON THE PROCUREMENT UNIT

Public procurement is the acquisition of good works and


services using public funds on behalf of the public
In Sierra Leone there has been public procurement since our
colonial masters and were only using the tender board with a
sole supplier called CROWN AGENT over the years a lot of
reviews and reforms have taken place and in 2004 there was
an act for the establishment of national public procurement
authority ( NPPA) to decentralize public procurement and
over these years again modifications where made to the act
and it was also modified in 2016 that stands the test of time,
which why it now call public procurement act 2016 and is
current and presently used to the fullest, it is under this act
that the functions of the procurement unit are identified
which is my responsibility to give a presentation and it
relations to other units of this ministry.

FUNCTIONS OF THE PROCUREMENT UNIT


According to section 19 of the procurement act 2016
(1) A procurement unit shall be established in each
procuring entity, staffed with persons trained and knowledgeable in
procurement and charged with carrying out, on a continuous basis,
functions related to procurement.
(2) Procuring entities shall ensure that the procurement
units referred to in subsection (1) are established and provided with
adequate staffing and resources.
(3) The functions of procurement units shall include–
(a) planning of procurement;
(b) preparation of invitations to bid and of
bidding documents;
(c) publication and distribution of invitations to
bid;

(d) receiving and safeguarding of bids;


(e) conducting bid opening procedures;
(f) evaluation of bids, including management of
necessary technical evaluation committees
and advisers to properly evaluate the bids;
(g) performance of secretarial services for the
respective procurement committee;
(h) administering the implementation and
monitoring of contracts, to the extent that is
not carried out by end-user departments;
(i) assessment of the quality of the procured
goods, works and services;
(j) sourcing and profiling of all suppliers,
contractors and consultants, and the
maintenance of a database for that purpose;
(k) such other functions as may be conferred by
any other enactment.
(4) Appointment of staff of procurement units shall be
subject to continuing professional education requirements certified
and approved by the Authority.
(5) Procuring entities may establish subsidiary
procurement units for subdivisions of the procuring entity, which
shall–
(a) be located in the provinces;
(b) have a particularly large or specialised
procurement workload;
(c) operate in practice as an independent entity

PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY:


VICTOR SIDIKIE KABIA (PAYAMBA OF YONI)
PROCUREMENT OFFICER

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