Annual general report of the controller and - Parliament of Tanzania

PPRA on the composition of the tender boards was not done
as required by law, general procurement notice were not
published and other procurement related gaps as detailed
below:
7.1 General Observation
7.1.1 Lack of procurement management unit
Section 34 of the Public Procurement Act, 2004 requires
the procuring entity to establish Procurement Management
Unit staffed to an appropriate level. Study on the
compliance with the above provision has revealed
significant weaknesses whereby Chief Executive Officers of
Public Authorities have not been able to establish the units
as per requirement of the law. Detailed analysis of the
findings for selected entities can be provided in the table
below:
Entity
Tanzania National Parks
National Social Security Fund
Mwanza Urban Water and Sewerage Authority.
National Council of Technical Education
Bank of Tanzania
Institute of Social Works
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
Tanzania Institute of Education
Cashew nut Board of Tanzania
Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority
7.1.2 Lack of Annual procurement plans
Section 45 of the procurement Act, 2004 a procuring entity
is required to plan its procurement in a rational manner
and in particular to avoid emergency procurement,
aggregate its procurement requirements whatever possible
both within the procuring entity to obtain value for money.
Also procuring entities are required to reduce procurement
costs and avoid splitting of procurement to defeat the use
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