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Publish Date : 12-Sep-2015

Finance Minister Calle Schlettwein has given notice in the National Assembly that he will table a much-awaited Procurement Bill, which aims to eliminate corruption from the public sector.

The government withdrew the bill from parliament in October 2013, with some legislators at the time raising concern over the contents of the Bill, arguing the role of government and that of new institutions to be developed under the proposed law is not clear, and that the Bill can disadvantage black Namibians-run businesses.

The minister said the bill would regulate he procurement of goods, works and services, the leasing or hiring of anything, or the acquisition or offering of rights, and the sale of assets of public entities.

Schlettwein said the Bill would also to set up a Procurement Policy Unit and a Central Procurement Board of Namibia to provide for procurement committees and procurement management units, and their powers and functions.

The law, if enacted, will also provide for the appointment of bid assessment committees and procurement methods.

The minister said the Bill is designed "to provide for the bidding process, bidding challenges and reviews; to provide for the employment of Namibian citizens; to provide for preferences to categories of persons, goods manufactured, mined and extracted."

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