Ministries, SOEs lead list of procurement culprits

Under the law, tender committees in ministries and parastatals have far higher spending thresholds than local authorities and land boards.

The PPRA’s recently released Annual Report showed that public entities performed dismally in areas such as administration of retroactive approvals, where they scored an average of 26%. The processing of retroactive procurement refers to instances where services or goods are procured outside the scope of the procurement plan for which approval has not been granted.