{"id":36018,"date":"2024-08-29T23:19:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=36018"},"modified":"2024-08-29T19:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T00:27:26","slug":"government-opens-doors-for-msmes-in-public-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/government-opens-doors-for-msmes-in-public-procurement\/","title":{"rendered":"Government opens doors for MSMEs in public procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamaica<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), through the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), successfully concluded a four-part island wide Public Procurement Readiness Project Workshop series, aimed at building the capacity of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to successfully bid for public sector contracts.<\/p>\n

The workshops facilitated by the Office of Public Procurement Policy (OPPP) within the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MoFPS) saw, in total, a turnout of 130 MSMEs.<\/p>\n

The first workshop held in Kingston on March 27-28, 2023, had 43 MSMEs in attendance; the second in Mandeville, Manchester on May 28-29, 2024, with 20; the third workshop in St James on June 11-12, 2024, with 19; and the final workshop, held at the JBDC Incubator and Resource Centre in Kingston on July 11-12, 2024, had 48 MSMEs joining the initiative.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Jamaica\u2019s Business Ministry, the Ministry for MSMEs, it was important for us [MIIC] to drive this initiative and empower our MSMEs with the knowledge and tools needed to thrive in a competitive marketplace,\u201d stated Karen Hylton, Small Business Financing Specialist at MIIC, in her opening statement at the final workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis workshop not only serves to train MSMEs in how to prepare bid documents but also to break down the Set-Aside Orders and the fundamentals of the public procurement process \u2013 what the intricacies are, what it means to MSMEs, the benefits and opportunities available and what the requirements would be to meet the eligibility criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chantol Dormer, Manager, Project Management and Research at JBDC echoed similar sentiments by adding that \u201cOur goal was to ensure that not only MSMEs in our clientele but also MSMEs in the general populous have the opportunity to access the information that this training provides.\u201d<\/p>\n

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