Tanzania : Country Procurement Assessment Report, Volume 2. Main Report and Annexes
This Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR)intends to determine the compatibility of national procurement law, and practices, with the principles of economy, and with international procurement practices. This CPAR, the second of its kind in Tanzania, looks at the legislative framework, the performance of regulatory functions, the enforcement regime, and the capacity of public sector institutions to conduct procurement, including the effects of corruption on procurement. Recommendations suggest to disseminate the new Local Government Authority Procurement regulations, and, establish the Public Procurement Appeals Authority with its necessary amendments of decentralizing procurement operations, while introducing mandatory time limits on various steps in the procurement process. Current procedures, and practices should further enforce rules on advertising, pre-qualification, submission and opening of bids, and the use of an evaluation criteria through regular audits, and effective sanctions. In addition, a credible complaints mechanisms should be in place, by strengthening the capacity of the Central Tender Board (CTB). In the short-term, operational, and regulatory functions should be separated from the CTB, decentralizing procurement to the ministerial level, establishing a Regulatory Authority (RA) to report directly to the Minister of Finance. In the medium-term, an information management system should link the RA with procuring entities, and, for the long-term, Government stores should be closed, introducing instead a system based on framework agreements.
| Summary: | This Country Procurement Assessment
Report (CPAR)intends to determine the compatibility of
national procurement law, and practices, with the principles
of economy, and with international procurement practices.
This CPAR, the second of its kind in Tanzania, looks at the
legislative framework, the performance of regulatory
functions, the enforcement regime, and the capacity of
public sector institutions to conduct procurement, including
the effects of corruption on procurement. Recommendations
suggest to disseminate the new Local Government Authority
Procurement regulations, and, establish the Public
Procurement Appeals Authority with its necessary amendments
of decentralizing procurement operations, while introducing
mandatory time limits on various steps in the procurement
process. Current procedures, and practices should further
enforce rules on advertising, pre-qualification, submission
and opening of bids, and the use of an evaluation criteria
through regular audits, and effective sanctions. In
addition, a credible complaints mechanisms should be in
place, by strengthening the capacity of the Central Tender
Board (CTB). In the short-term, operational, and regulatory
functions should be separated from the CTB, decentralizing
procurement to the ministerial level, establishing a
Regulatory Authority (RA) to report directly to the Minister
of Finance. In the medium-term, an information management
system should link the RA with procuring entities, and, for
the long-term, Government stores should be closed,
introducing instead a system based on framework agreements. |
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