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PPRA vows to crack down on tender malpractice

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New direction: Motsumi is charting the new PPRA’s course PIC: DAILY NEWS

The new Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) says it is ready to use its teeth to de-register and delist companies that do not conform to procurement legislation, following growing complaints about poorly delivered projects.

In an interview with BusinessWeek, the CEO of the one-year old regulator, Tumelo Motsumi said that the Authority is aware of concerns about poor delivery of projects by contractors as well as the swelling number of projects that cannot be completed due to litigation tussles by contractors.

“Contract management has been a big issue for us in the country but we have powers as the Authority through the Procurement act to deal with incompliant behaviour. “We have in the past de-registered companies due to incompliant behaviour and we will continue to do so,” she said.

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