Public Procurement Act, no. 33 of 2008

This Act, divided into twelve parts and consisting of 110 sections, provides for the basic principles and procedures to be applied in public procurement of goods, public works, consultancy services, and other services. The Act defines goods as objects of every kind and description including raw materials, manufactured products and equipment, objects in solid, liquid or gaseous form, electricity, as well as works or services or both, incidental to the supply of the goods, if the value of those incidental works or services or both do not exceed that of the goods themselves. The Act covers the following matters: procurement oversight unit; establishment and composition and functions of national tender board; establishment and specification of powers and functions of Procurement Committee and other institutions; use of funds; general procurement rules; methods of procurement; procurement process; bidders and suppliers; procurement integrity and responsibilities and duties of chief executive officers and public bodies; offences.