The Public Procurement Rules 2008 - LGED

12. Approval of Delegated Procurement |—(1) If a Ministry, Division, Department, or
Directorate does not posses adequate technical capability for certain procurements of Goods,
Works or Services, in that case it may delegate the task to a Procuring Entity, hereafter referred
to as executing agency, competent for such procurement..
(2) The Head of the Procuring Entity and the Procuring Entity of the designated
executing agency for such delegated procurement shall act as the Head of the Procuring Entity
and the Procuring Entity respectively and shall perform as follows-
(a) undertake the procurement in accordance with the provisions of these Rules;
(b) give approvals as per the Delegation of Financial Powers;
(c) administer the Contract and supervise the project implementation.
(3) The owner Ministry, Division, Department, or Directorate shall designate officers to
participate in the whole procurement and implementation process including Tender Evaluation
and shall arrange for monitoring the proper implementation of the procurement and take over its
authority from the Executing Agency upon completion.
Example
If the Ministry of Youth and Sports or Department of Youth Development delegates
implementation of any work o the project to the PWD, in that case the Head of the
Procuring Entity and the Procuring Entity of the PWD will act as the Head of the
Procuring Entity and the Procuring Entity respectively and shall be its implementing
party. The Ministry of Youth and Sports or Department of Youth Development, being the
Owner, shall take over the authority from the PWD upon completion.
(4) The Executing Agency shall obtain the approval of the owner Ministry, Division or
Department or Directorate with regard to location of procurement, design, construction materials
and other matters ancillary to such delegated work.
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