CA CARICOM PU PUBL BLIC PR C PROCU CUREMENT R REGIME STAKEHOLDERS’ ACCESS TO THE CARICOM PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES ONLINE WEBINAR 20 March 2018 Presenter: Philip McClauren, Deputy Programme Manager - CSME
CO CONTENT OF PRESENTATION q What is the Community Public Procurement Regime? q Policy and Legislative Framework q What types of procurement are covered? q Opportunities for consultants, contractors, SMEs and suppliers q Community Electronic Procurement Notice Board q What is required to Bring the Regime into Force?
Wh Why a Community Public c Procu curement Regime? Challenges - Community Context § Lack of information and awareness on public procurement opportunities § Onerous Pre-qualification criteria and volume of information required to fill out bidding documents § High cost associated with Security Bids and Bid Guarantees § Lack of capacity to bid on high level procurement and therefore as sub-contractors for most projects, SMEs’ do most of the work for less than full payment § Over-emphasis on price which gives larger suppliers/companies a competitive advantage over SMEs for public contacts.
WHA WHAT IS IS THE HE CARIC ICOM OM PUBLIC IC PROC OCUREMENT REGIM GIME? ? q Article 239 of the Revised Treaty q commitment to develop Procurement Protocol Legislative Administrative Draft Protocol on Public Procurement Community Public Procurement Notice Board (Community law) (CPPNB) Draft CARICOM Model Bill on Public Standard Bidding Documents § Procurement (Implementation of the Protocol Procurement Standard Operating § into national law) Procedures
WH WHAT TYPES S OF PROCUREMENT ARE COVERED? § Goods USD$150,000 § Services USD$150,000 § Works USD$3,000,000
EX EXCLUDED ED TYP TYPES OF OF PROC OCUREM REMEN ENT § Agreements between Contracting Parties and: § international organisations § a Member State that is not a Party to the Protocol and Third country § Work of arts, cultural expressions, artistic coordination § Legal advisory and legal representation § Goods and services of a sensitive nature and national security § Goods and services connected to diplomatic missions or consulates § Contracts of service or contracts for service § Public-private partnerships
DEV DEVEL ELOPMENT ENT OF THE E COMMUNI NITY PUBLIC PROCUREM EMENT ENT NO NOTICE E BOARD D (CP (CPPNB) B) Opportunities and Challenges for CARICOM SMEs: § Availability of information regarding Public Procurement Opportunities § Centralisation of Public Procurement Opportunities via the online CPPNB § Simplified Bidding document forms available online for each territory making the application process less onerous § Transparency and accountability in the bidding and awards process § Cross border opportunities for suppliers and bidders § Possibility for collaboration between SMEs and larger firms in bidding for larger contracts § The availability of historical data which can inform public procurement policy
OPPOR OPPORTUNIT ITIE IES S AND CHA HALLENGES Opportunities – Community Context § Prohibition of offsets in the qualification and selection of suppliers for goods, services and works at and above the threshold § National Treatment for all CARICOM nationals in relation to domestic suppliers in procurement opportunities § Opportunities for development of joint ventures, consortiums, associations, joint bidding on procurement opportunities with suppliers in Member States § Thresholds for goods and services [US$150,000]; and works [US$3,000,000] provide leverage in the domestic market at the national level.
AC ACCESS TO PROCUREMENT MARKETS TS IN A DIGITAL AND GLOBAL EC ECONOMY- CARI CARICOM E EXPERI RIENCE CE Development of the Community Public Procurement Notice Board (CPPNB) § CPPNB is a single common IT platform for procurement advertisement across all CARICOM Member States § CPPNB centralises the procurement opportunities, processes and suppliers § National Advertising Portals in 13 Member States integrated into the CPPNB § National e-procurement system to be integrated to the CPPNB
WH WHAT IS REQU QUIRED ED TO OPER ERATIONA NALI LIZE E THE E REGIME § CPPNB used by Member States § Protocol to be adopted by the Conference § Signature and Ratification of Protocol by CARICOM Member State § Protocol comes into force once ratified by 5 Contracting Parties § Implementation of Legislation
EN END O OF F PRE PRESENT ENTATIO ION THANK YOU
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