ISLAMABAD, March 10: Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has begun a complete redesign of its rules and regulations framework with Public Procurement Rules, 2004 keeping a target of elite global standards. It is also overhauling its staff training and modernization.
MD PPRA has advised the PPRA Board that in compliance with the mandates of the Prime Minister, a global expert was contracted to survey the entire set of rules of the Authority and its Public Procurement Rules, 2004.
The expert shared the edited draft of renewed set of Public Procurement Rules, 2025 which have been looked into by the PPRA staff and indigenous experts in keeping country’s laws in perspective.
The comparison of existing Public Procurement Rules, draft of Rules 2025 arranged by the global experts and draft of Rules 2025 organized by the specialist was sent recently to the PPRA Board in its 88th, 89th, 90th and 91st Board meeting.
The PPRA Board looked into the archive and proposed a few revisions, which were properly consolidated into the changed draft.
PPRA redrafting administrative framework
After finishing the inside audit, taking into thought the Board’s bits of knowledge, the new draft (Newly designed Public Procurement Rules, 2025) was submitted to the universal specialist for master assessment and response (on the off chance that any).
The response obtained from the global specialist has been sent to a local consultant for review, in case any, who is as of now within the handle of investigating the modern set of Public Procurement Rules, 2025 and working on the proposed changes.
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Redrafting of Public Procurement Rules Underway
This incorporates aligning certain segments with the leading hones prescribed by the universal expert and refining it to guarantee clarity and accuracy in modern set of Public Procurement Rules, 2025.
In November 2024, Prime Minister Sharif had coordinated the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority to evacuate non-performers and inept staff from current positions and stop them at the overflow pool immediately.
PM had moreover asked that no procuring entity ought to be permitted to divide the obligatory limit of Rs 70 million for third-party appraisal.
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HR System Upgradtion Sought
The Prime Minister had suggested that whereas drafting modern rules, PPRA must guarantee framework of pre-shipment assessments by autonomous assessors at the taken a toll of securing organization, for all noteworthy and/ or worldwide procurements.
While concluding the HR regulations, the PPRA Board must guarantee that the Specialist might be vertically free having its own consultant HR, selected on qualification and no appointments shall be made through posting/ exchange/ deputation.
The session recommended that the method of fresh enlistment should be sped up and the HR Committee of PPRA should guarantee that the finest HR is enrolled on justify, as per the organisation’s requirement in a straightforward way which is beneath process.
To begin with, initiall class of HR should be sent overseas for tight quality learning and completely different disciplines of procurement. On return frm training, that HR staff should also work as early trainers for others.
The Prime Minister coordinated that all services/ associations and securing organizations might make acquirements as it were through e-Procurement framework (e-PADS). Devoted obtainment units/ cells might be set up in all Services/ Associations staffed by prepared HR. Controller General of Accounts (CGA) should prepare procurement-related installments solely through the e-PADS.
