Procurement - Tracker Namibia transparency compliance check

in Namibia a notice of every procurement together with the execu- According to the Public Procurement Act of 2015, procuring public tive summary of the bid evaluation report within seven days of the entities in all categories have to produce and publish their annual procurement award”. [...] A study by the IPPR in 2022 found While the number of annual procurement plans on websites and on that regional councils and local authorities were generally unre- the e-procurement portal have increased steadily since 1 April 2024, sponsive to requests for information, as well as being negligent in the start of the financial year, the level of compliance remains con- maintaining basic websites. [...] Section 8(1)(d) of the Public Procurement Act of 2015, states that a public entity has to produce an annual procurement plan, which, according to section 1.5 of the Public Procurement Guidelines, should be submitted to the Procurement Policy Unit (PPU) and posted or published on the website of the public entity. [...] Table 1: Transparency compliance of executive offices and ministries Executive Annual Procurement Plan Annual Procurement Executive summaries Department 2024/25 on website Plan 2024/25 on of procurement awards PPU website (2024/25) on website Office of the President ✘ ✔ ✘ Office of the Prime Minister ✔ ✔ ✔ Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security ✘ ✘ ✘ Ministry of International R. [...] All of these entities have to submit an annual procurement plan to the Procurement Policy Unit (PPU), which then publishes the plan on the e-Procurement Portal.