PPRA rebuffs Boko's direct tenders :: Mmegi Online

President Duma Boko's insistence on doing away with the established open bidding in favour of direct tendering has once again been challenged, this time around by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA).

PPRA recently ordered the cancellation of the disputed Ministry of Child Welfare and Basic Education P662m direct tender and directed the ministry to use competitive bidding methods for this project, and/or sufficiently test the market before any short-listing of potential bidders. PPRA joins other government bodies in differing with Boko on public procurement.

On Friday, PPRA, the authority that enforces public procurement, released a statement directing the ministry to cancel the procurement activity for the Implementation of an Integrated STEAM E-Learning Solution, Early Childhood Learning Solution, Coding & Robotics Solutions & Teacher Capacity Building with immediate effect.

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