[The is misspelt in the Government Gazette, as reproduced above.] word “relating” Functions of Policy Unit 7. (1) In executing any general or specific policy directives issued by the Minister to achieve the objects of this Act, the functions of the Procurement Policy Unit, include among others - (a) to propose various thresholds to the Minister relating to public procurement or disposal to be applied by public entities and the Board; (b) to advise the Minister on policy for introducing e-procurement as a means of simplified and transparent procurement; (c) to prepare guidelines regarding procurement matters, including e-procurement, the letting or hiring of anything or the acquisition or granting of any right for or on behalf of public entities, and the disposal of assets; (d) to advise public entities on all public procurement policies, principles and practices; (e) to monitor, report on the performance of the public procurement systems in Namibia, including preparing an annual report to be tabled in the National Assembly within six months after the end of each financial year, and advise on desirable changes; (f) to prepare and conduct training programmes and approve training curriculum on public procurement as proposed by training institutions for staff members, contractors and suppliers concerning procurement; (g) to set mandatory training standards, capacity building and competence levels, certification requirements and professional development paths for procurement practitioners in Namibia with the consent of the Minister; (h) to prepare, update and issue directives, instructions, guidance notes and manuals, including any other incidental documents for mandatory use by public entities; (i) to issue authorised versions of the standardised bidding documents, standard forms of contracts, pre-qualification documents, procedural forms, requests for proposals and other similar documents for mandatory use by every public entity implementing procurement; (j) to develop and implement procurement performance assessment system; (k) to facilitate the use of information and communications technology in procurement; (l) to inspect or cause to be inspected any procurement activity to ensure compliance with a procurement award by either the Board or a public entity; (m) to institute - (i) contract audits in the course of the execution of an awarded contract; and
[The word “relating” is misspelt in the Government Gazette, as reproduced above.] Functions of Policy Unit 7. (1) In executing any general or specific policy directives issued by the Minister to achieve the objects of this Act, the functions of the Procurement Policy Unit, include among others - (a) to propose various thresholds to the Minister relating to public procurement or disposal to be applied by public entities and the Board; (b) to advise the Minister on policy for introducing e-procurement as a means of simplified and transparent procurement; (c) to prepare guidelines regarding procurement matters, including e-procurement, the letting or hiring of anything or the acquisition or granting of any right for or on behalf of public entities, and the disposal of assets; (d) to advise public entities on all public procurement policies, principles and practices; (e) to monitor, report on the performance of the public procurement systems in Namibia, including preparing an annual report to be tabled in the National Assembly within six months after the end of each financial year, and advise on desirable changes; (f) to prepare and conduct training programmes and approve training curriculum on public procurement as proposed by training institutions for staff members, contractors and suppliers concerning procurement; (g) to set mandatory training standards, capacity building and competence levels, certification requirements and professional development paths for procurement practitioners in Namibia with the consent of the Minister; (h) to prepare, update and issue directives, instructions, guidance notes and manuals, including any other incidental documents for mandatory use by public entities; (i) to issue authorised versions of the standardised bidding documents, standard forms of contracts, pre-qualification documents, procedural forms, requests for proposals and other similar documents for mandatory use by every public entity implementing procurement; (j) to develop and implement procurement performance assessment system; (k) to facilitate the use of information and communications technology in procurement; (l) to inspect or cause to be inspected any procurement activity to ensure compliance with a procurement award by either the Board or a public entity; (m) to institute - (i) contract audits in the course of the execution of an awarded contract; and
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