PPADB to revise tender committee thresholds

John PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
John PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) says it will be assessing the performance and capacity of its tender committees with the view to reviewing procurement threshold in the next financial year.

Officially opening a capacity building workshop for District Administration Tender Committees (DATCs) in Gaborone this week, PPADB executive chairperson, Bridget John said the intention is to increasingly devolve authority to ministries and districts for improved efficiency.

“Challenges that come with the devolved mandate need to be acknowledged and addressed for improved procurement performance,” she said.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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