{"id":13205,"date":"2020-07-02T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=13205"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:29:52","slug":"landmark-public-procurement-bill-soon-up-for-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/landmark-public-procurement-bill-soon-up-for-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark Public Procurement Bill soon up for debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 The Government tabled landmark legislation last week that will substantially change how contracts are awarded throughout the entire public service.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Procurement Bill, 2020, will be debated in the House of Assembly following the adoption of the FY2020\/21 Annual Budget.<\/p>\n<p>The new rules will govern how government contracts for goods and services are issued by all public entities. The Bill creates a Public Procurement Department that will fall under the Ministry of Finance and establishes a new structure for the Tenders Board. Following the Budget Debate, the Ministry of Finance will engage in public education around the new Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the fundamental changes include criminal penalties for unethical conduct by public officials involved in the tender exercise, a requirement for all bids and tenders to be published through the Government\u2019s electronic tender platform, and the implementation of an appeal process for bidders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to advance our government reform agenda with another landmark piece of legislation that will once again, fundamentally improve the standard of government transparency and accountability,\u201d said K. Peter Turnquest, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, there has been little public confidence in the procurement process for government goods and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This new legislation is a massive step forward to bringing more credibility to the procurement process.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.com\/landmark-public-procurement-bill-soon-up-for-debate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0 Alpha Stock Images, The Blue Diamond Gallery<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASSAU, BAHAMAS \u2014 The Government tabled landmark legislation last week that will substantially change how contracts are awarded throughout the entire public service. The Public Procurement Bill, 2020, will be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[166,73,71],"class_list":["post-13205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-bahamas","tag-legislation","tag-procurement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Legislation-gavel-sign-Alpha-Stock-Images-The-Blue-Diamond-Gallery.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-3qZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18775,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/all-systems-go-for-public-procurement-legislation-to-take-effect\/","url_meta":{"origin":13205,"position":0},"title":"All systems go for public procurement legislation to take effect","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Bahamas The government\u2019s landmark public procurement legislation took effect on September 1, after months of preparation and years of legislative reform. 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The Ministry of Finance\u2019s eProcurement and Supplier Registry System (ePSR) enables businesses interested in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News\/Developments&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News\/Developments","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/newsdevelopments\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3769135-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3769135-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3769135-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3769135-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3769135-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31525,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/public-procurement-in-the-bahamas-the-e-procurement-supplier-registry\/","url_meta":{"origin":13205,"position":2},"title":"Public procurement in The Bahamas: the e-Procurement Supplier Registry","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Bahamas One must talk less about transparency but rather strive to be transparent.\u201d In part two of my article\u2019s series, I spoke briefly about the Bahamas government\u2019s e-Procurement Supplier Registry and today I wish to elaborate more on the electronic portal. 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