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Technical Note

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATORY AUTHORITY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES STAGE 4: MANAGING THE BIDDING PROCESS

Jamshed Hasan Khan, Muhammad Naiman Jalil

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AREA : Production & Operation Management

ORGANIZATION : Authorities

LENGTH : 52

LUMS No : 03-841-2015-2

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2015

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DESCRIPTION:

This reference note is fifth in a sequence of an eight series technical note written to introduce basic elements of the public sector procurement process as envisaged by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). Generally, all the eight notes elaborate on the steps that need to be followed to ensure that the procurement process is in compliance with Public Procurement Rules 2004 (PPR-2004) and that the objectives of procurement principles are achieved. After going through these readings, the reader will have a comprehensive understanding of the complete procurement lifecycle along with procurement principles. Specifically, Stage 4 of the procurement process explains the standard procedures to follow after the bid document has been drafted. It gives details on when and where the Procuring Agency (PA) has to publish an invitation to bid notice and how it must issue the bid documents to bidders. It provides guidelines on organizing a pre-bid conference and/or site visit for complex procurements. This stage also gives information on handling bidder clarifications, modification to the bid document and extension to the bid deadline. Finally, it concludes in the opening of the received bids. It talks about, and highlights, the difference between one stage – single envelope and one stage – two envelopes bid opening and when each has to be applied.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

This technical note is best suited as reference material for courses/ trainings on public procurement practices.

SUBJECTS COVERED:

Production, Operations Management