PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT The Government has set aside 30% of all public entities procurement spend within a given financial year for youth, persons with disability and women. It has in addition developed legislation to facilitate the implementation of this objective through The Public Procurement and Disposal (Preference and Reservations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 (Legal Notices Nos 106 and 114 of 2013). This is an affirmative opportunity for youth, women and persons with disability to do business with the Government, generate employment for themselves and others and help in socio-economic development of the country. Equally, the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) within its mandate ensures that all public entities implement this provision by including preference and reservation schemes in their procurement plans, tender advertisement notices and contract awards and subsequently reporting to PPOA on status of implementation. Requirements As youth, woman and person with disability you are required to do the following to enable you access to these opportunities and to compete for procurement opportunities within a category: 1.Form a group and register an enterprise with the Registrar of Companies’ Offices in Nairobi or anywhere else wherever they are located. You may do so as a sole trader, partnership, limited company, association, etc. 2.Get clearance from the Youth Enterprise Fund if you are youth; Women Gender Directorate if a woman; and, certification from National Council for Persons with Disability if you are a person with disability. 3.Register the enterprise with the National Treasury in Nairobi or any County Treasury office. PPOA shall publish the names of all registered groups in the PPOA website (ppoa.go.ke). 4.Visit any public entity of the National or County Governments anywhere in the country to seek for procurement opportunities. Public entities may advertise procurement opportunities in their respective websites, notice boards or local dailies which may also be published in the PPOA website (tenders.go.ke). 5.Contact PPOA for any clarifications on matters that arise out of your interactions with the public entities on this issue. 6.You are not required to submit a Tender Security in order to participate in the procurement process but you shall sign a Tender Security Declaration Form provided for in the tender documents which will bind you to perform the service once awarded the contract(s). Failure to adhere to the terms of the Form shall make you liable to Debarment pursuant to Section 115 of the Public procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. 6.PPOA shall publish the list of the disadvantaged groups who have been registered for easy access by public entities. 7.If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the procurement proceeding, you may lodge your complaint to the Director General (PPOA) or file a review with the Secretary Public Procurement Administrative Review Board within 10 calendar days after notification of award of contract. 8.You shall benefit from this preference and reservation scheme for a period of five years renewable once only. DANIEL KIPCHUMBA @FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION.
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