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Strategic sourcing – stretching a limited financial kitty – Part 1

Urgent collective action is required to remedy how public sector and corporate organisations in emerging economies strategically acquire products and services and deal with selected suppliers, says Dr Douglas Boateng, SmartProcurement Editorial Board member and President of both the Institute of Operations management Africa and West African Institute for Supply chain Leadership. “Despite marginal improvements […]

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World Cup purchasing irregularities exposed – Download Report

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The report discusses the lack of transparency and accountability in the mega-event’s decision-making and pays particular attention to the tendering practices employed and the effectiveness of South Africa’s existing regulatory framework. Stadia The report explores irregularities surrounding the contracts for Soccer City and introduces evidence of how City of Johannesburg has effectively ceded the

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Corruption in government procurement, how are they doing it?

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It has been estimated unofficially that R30-billion per year, 20% of the overall government procurement budget of R150-billion, is being lost or is disappearing into a black hole of corruption. Much of the loss is through rip-offs, overpricing and the failure of contractors to deliver on their promises, says Carol Paton, of the Financial Mail,

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Professionalising SCM in Government

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Government is ushering in a new benchmark for recognising the qualifications of Procurement and Supply Chain practitioners in the public sector in South Africa.

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Removing complexity from government Tenders

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Print media are awash with articles about the many factors that can and do go wrong with the tenders process, or the pending changes to the process itself. The amendments proposed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), a pillar of public sector procurement in South

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Volume leveraging benefits – Where’s the evidence?

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Public sector Procurement organisations of many of today’s recession-hit territories are responding to demands for savings in various ways, including increasingly desperate attempts (in many cases) to deliver Procurement savings by pressurising suppliers to deliver lower prices, on the largest possible scale. Over the last few years public and pri vate sector volume leveraging strategies

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IPAP 2: Departmental dispute jeopardises plans to overhaul public procurement

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Government’s plans to bolster the domestic economy through procurement reform as set out in the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP2) are in danger because the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and National Treasury reportedly disagree on the scope the proposals should have. “We are concerned that implementation remains a challenge due to an apparent

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Strategic leveraging of public procurement critical to success of industrial policy

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The latest Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) has slated current public procurement for “not delivering adequately on either value-for-money or key industrial objectives.” The plan calls for a reform of public procurement legislation, regulation and practices that result in “ad hoc” rather than strategic purchases. It details how the Government’s R846-billion infrastructure spend over the

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Comment: Draft preferential procurement regulations’ effect on currently exempt SOEs

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Ashney Chetty, Manager of Policy and Governance at Transnet, and her group offer the following commentary on the draft Preferential Procurement Regulations (“the Regulations”) to SmartProcurement readers. It will focus on the impact and effects of the Regulations upon SOEs that are currently exempted from the PPPFA. “It is commendable that National Treasury has decided

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“Box ticking” affirmative procurement does more harm than good

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Over the last 15 years or so, the Government has tried various means to spread South Africa’s wealth more equitably among its people. Good progress appears to have been made, however, there is a growing move towards a complex political box-ticking ‘compliance’ approach to affirmative procurement and associated policies which may, in the long run,

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