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Public Procurement in South Africa: Issues and Reform Options
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Mr. Alejandro Simone https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Vybhavi Balasundharam https://isni.org/isni/0000000404811396 International Monetary Fund

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Series:
Selected Issues Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2023: Issue 041
Language:
English
Publication Date:
26 Jun 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400244339.018
ISBN:
9798400244339
ISSN:
2958-7875
Pages:
15
Keywords:
National Government Expenditure; Performance of Government; Public Goods; Public Procurement; Expenditure efficiency; procurement reform; reform option; e-procurement system; step-up implementation; procurement contract; Public sector; Integrated financial management information systems; Open data; Africa
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The 2015 Supply Chain Management Review lays out a sound agenda for procurement reform. The ongoing work on a new procurement bill and regulations are an important opportunity to spearhead procurement reform and step-up implementation. Several important reform aspects worth prioritizing are the simplification and standardization of aprocurement procedures, the standardization of transparency requirements through the adoption of the Open Contracting Data Standards, transitioning to a new e-procurement system that is linked to the government’s integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) and other systems, making preferential procurement more cost effective and goal oriented, and strengthening staff capacity to carry out procurement. Opportunities to centralize procurement should be further explored to leverage and develop limited capacity.
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