Laws of Malawi

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC ASSETS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC ASSETS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL OF ASSETS (REGISTRATION FEES FOR SUPPLIERS) ORDER

under s. 54

G.N. 71/2019

1.    Citation

    This Order may be cited as the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (Registration Fees for Suppliers) Order.

2.    Registration of suppliers

    A supplier shall apply for registration with the Director General at any time.

3.    Registration fees

    The registration fees described in the Schedule shall be payable by a supplier at the time of registration.

SCHEDULE

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REGISTRATION FEES FOR SUPPLIERS

Category (Goods and Services)

Value of Procurement Contract

Fees

K t

1.

Up to K10 million

10,000 00

2.

Above K10 million – K30 million

20,000 00

3.

Above K30 million – K80 million

30,000 00

4.

Above K80 million – K100 million

60,000 00

5.

Above K100 million – K500 million

100,000 00

6.

Above K500 million – K1 billion

200,000 00

7.

Above K1 billion

500,000 00

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

    REGULATION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Scope of procurement regulations

    4.    Accessibility of legal texts governing public procurement

PART II
INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROCUREMENT

Division I
Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority

    5.    Functions of the Authority

    6.    Membership of the Authority

    7.    Funds of the Authority

    8.    Quorum requirements

    9.    Functions of the Director General

Division II
Internal Procurement and Disposal Committee

    10.    Composition of Internal Procurement and Disposal Committee

Division III
Ad hoc Evaluation Team

    11.    Ad hoc evaluation team

Division IV
Procurement and Disposal Units

    12.    Procurement and disposal units

    13.    Functions of a procurement disposal unit

PART III
PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Division I
Transparency

    14.    Record keeping

    15.    Disclosure

    16.    Availability of record for oversight

    17.    Annual register

    18.    Contents of a procurement file

    19.    Notice of procurement contract

    20.    Publication of award notice

    21.    Publication of contract award

    22.    Information disclosure

    23.    Project identification

    24.    Project preparation

    25.    Project procurement

    26.    Project implementation

    27.    Project completion

Division II
Accountability

    28.    Declaration and disclosure requirements

    29.    Conflict of interest

    30.    Post-employment restrictions on procurement professionals

    31.    Contingent fee arrangements

    32.    Conspicuous notice of prohibitions

    33.    Prohibition of solicitation of improper inducement

    34.    Prohibition of contract award to a bidder affiliated with a consultant

    35.    Confidentiality of procurement information

    36.    Dissemination of applicable conflict of interest and conduct rules to public employees

    37.    Remedies against breach of conduct standards by public officials

    38.    Reporting of violations by procuring and disposing entities

Division III
Fairness, Economy and Efficiency

    39.    Principles of non-discrimination

    40.    Uniformity of bidding documents

    41.    Economy and efficiency

PART IV
PROCUREMENT METHODS

Division I
General Provision

    42.    Notice of procurement method to be used

    43.    Clarification and notice of procurement method

    44.    Bid security

    45.    Extension of deadline for submission of bid documents

    46.    Receipt and security of bids

    47.    Rejection of late bids

    48.    Bid validity period

    49.    Evaluation of bids in different currency

    50.    Prompt payment discount units

    51.    Unrealistically low bids

    52.    Rejection of bids

    53.    Notice required for rejection of all bids

    54.    Return of samples

Division II
Procedures for Procurement Consultants’ Services

    55.    Preparation of shortlist

    56.    Issuance of request for proposals

    57.    Contents of request for proposals for services

    58.    Avoidance of conflict of interest

    59.    Choice of selection procedures

    60.    Submission of proposals

    61.    Evaluation and selection

    62.    Evaluation of proposals in quality and cost-based selection procedure

    63.    Criteria for evaluation of quality of a proposal

    64.    Relative weighting of criteria

    65.    Subcriteria for evaluation of key personnel

    66.    Quality rating of proposals

    67.    Rejection of unresponsive proposals

    68.    Notification of results of technical evaluation

    69.    Technical evaluation report

    70.    Opening of financial proposals

    71.    Evaluation of financial proposal

    72.    Selection of successful proposal

    73.    Combined technical and financial evaluation

    74.    Negotiations and award of contract

    75.    Failure to reach agreement with successful bidder

    76.    Rejection of all proposals

    77.    Selection based on quality

    78.    Selection based on least cost

    79.    Design contents

Division III
Request for Quotations Procedures

    80.    Conditions for use of request for quotations procedure

    81.    Quotations acceptance procedure

Division IV
Single-Source Procurement

    82.    Requirements for due diligence

    83.    Monetary threshold for low value single-source

    84.    Procurement of functionally equivalent goods

    85.    Single-source procurement on the grounds of…

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