'By the time we finish the conversion training including the subsequent editions, all officers in the
procurement department of all agencies of federal government would be professional
procurement officers.
The other awards included
Procurement and Supply Chain Team of the year (bronze category) and recognition of the company's Chief Supply Chain Officer, Evelyn Sam, as Personality of the Year.
Public
procurement in Pakistan is governed by federal and provincial public
procurement regulatory authority acts and rules.
Pakistan decided to establish Public
Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) at the federal level, under the Public
Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002 followed by the promulgation of Public
Procurement Rules in 2004.
A most viable solution is to ameliorate the situation is using an ICT tools to manage
procurement. Agriculture Department Punjab has launched, first of its kind,
Procurement Management Information System (PMIS) for transparent and efficient management of public
procurement, leading to good governance and delivering value for taxpayer's money.
He said he has yet to see the report of the Commission on Audit, which pointed out many lapses in the
procurement of vehicles for the PNP.
The ICT based platform, he said, was fully compliant with Punjab
procurement rules.
He says that whenever a tender is floated,
procurement officers often get inundated with calls from their bosses and external people who all want to influence the award of the contract.FAVOURABLEFor external people interested in the tender, cases of name dropping is very common.
Office bearers from several farmers' organizations have blamed the food department for not having started
procurement campaign by mid-April.
The event is taking place from April 8-10 and will focus on the role of creativity and innovation in
procurement, and how businesses can shift their organization's
procurement approach to ensure better results.
The chief guest of the final day's training workshop was former Provincial Minister Sadiq Ali Memon and the Director Sindh Public
Procurement Authority, Jawed Sibghatullah Mehar, Deputy Director Mohammad Ayub Ali Khan and Deputy Director Ali Imran Qadri were also present on the occasion.
Global
procurement intelligence advisory firm, SpendEdge, has announced the release of its 'Network Infrastructure
Procurement Market Intelligence Report,' the company said.
In the private sector,
procurement is viewed as a strategic function working to improve the organization's profitability.
LAHORE -- The Punjab government has established a special reforms committee under Additional Chief Secretary Shamail Ahmad Khawaja to transform the Punjab
Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) into a vibrant organisation.
KARACHI -- The leading oil marketing company of the country Pakistan State Oil held its annual
Procurement Conference titled Taking on Challenges, Creating Greater Value.
