PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT

The Procurement Department is responsible for the procurement planning and implementation of all projects and programmes of the Ministry. The Department has Fifteen (15) staff and is headed by a Director. The Department has two divisions:

1. Capital Procurement; and
2. Recurrent Procurement.

Functions

Procurement Department has the responsibility for;

1. Procurement Planning and Implementation in the ministry;
2. It serves as the secretariat to the ministerial Tenders Board. It processes all Procurement matters;
3. Ensuring that all procurement in the Ministry are carried out in accordance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007; and
4. Liaising with stock verifiers and user departments / units to ensure that goods, works and services delivered are in conformity with specifications and contract terms.

Activities

The department carries out the following activities;

1. Preparation and forwarding to BPP yearly Procurement Records and Procurement Plans;
2. Establishing of Procurement Planning Committee for every financial year;
3. Attending to petitions on Procurement processes and procedures;
4. Correspondence with BPP for Certificates of NO Objection and other Procurement Issues;
5. Secretariat to Ministerial Tenders Board;
6. Secretariat to Procurement Planning Committee Meeting; and
7. Attending to Procurement matters.