Yes, there will be an independent mechanism for whistleblowing where you can report issues of wrongful dismissals as it pertains to breaches of the Act or any other related issue which may result in an investigation by the Office.
Section 40(a) provides that a person shall not be dismissed, suspended, demoted, disciplined, harassed, denied a benefit or otherwise negatively affected because –(a) he, acting in good faith and on the basis of a reasonable belief, has –(i) notified the DPP, the Police, the Integrity Commission or the Office that his employer or any other …
According to section 27 (1) (a) of the Act a procuring entity shall publish on its website or any other electronic format, information regarding all planned procurement activities for the following twelve months, no later than six (6) weeks after the approval of the National Budget. Therefore, you are required to indicate in your plan …
The Act defines bid rigging as “collusion between persons for the purpose of manipulating the proceedings”. As such, the Procurement Officer is strongly advised against manipulating any public procurement or disposal process to achieve a particular outcome. In accordance with section 60 of the Act, “a person who is involved in or participates in bid …
Section 59 of the Act addresses conduct influencing public officers. Specifically, section 59(7) states that “where aprocuring entity is satisfied that an inducement was offered, or any corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, coercive or obstructive practice was carried out in relation to a tender or proposal, the procuring entity shall reject or revoke the tender or proposal …
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Section 46 of the Act states that “No person shall withhold, conceal, destroy or refuse to produce any book, record or document required for the purpose of an examination or investigation under this Act”. The Procurement Officer and the Accounting Officer are responsible for ensuring that the records for procurement proceedings are maintained for audit …
The THA or a Division of the THA is identified as a public body under section 4 of The Act. As such, the THA and each Division of the THA ought to have a ‘Named’ Procurement Officer and should therefore also have a PDAC. If the Assembly decides to have one ‘Named’ Procurement Officer then …
The Accounting Officer or equivalent selects the members of PDAC.
Persons sitting on the Disposal Committee should not sit on the PDAC. This is to ensure that there is a segregation of duties and that internal controls are maintained. Of note, the Disposal Committee and the PDAC are two separate Committees. The Disposal Committee acts as an operational committee responsible for recommending the best method …
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Section 61(3) of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act 2015 (as amended) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) states that “a reference in this Act to the commission of an offence by a public body shall be construed as a reference to the commission of an offence by the procurement officer referred …
