Gov Procurement Intelligence

The Auditor-General has issued a critical disclaimer for the North West Department of Health, citing a complete breakdown in supply chain management controls and widespread irregular expenditure in medical supply contracts.

National Treasury has published the draft regulations for the new Public Procurement Act. Key changes include revised preferential procurement scoring mechanisms and mandatory localization targets for infrastructure projects.

Effective immediately, all organs of state must utilize the new API integration for verifying supplier tax compliance status prior to award. Manual verification is no longer permitted.