ULGs as in PAP Transparency and Fairness MC/ Program The cities have agreed to DLI 1 institute all procedures and Most cities use incomplete bidding avail legal document before documents without preset qualification PAP effectiveness MC will check and evaluation criteria and complete Annually and on this; conditions of contract for the tender continuous Familiarization training will which would impact on transparency and be conducted on the use of DLI 9 Continues fairness in bid evaluation and contract the program systems; administration. Though it is the PAP/ Annual Performance Audit requirement of the procurement and IPA will be conducted DLI 4 regulations of all regions, the contracts Program and deliver an acceptable administration and Complaints handling Annual Independent set up and mechanism, in most cities, is procurement audit report inadequate. PAP/ along with a satisfactory Management response as to DLI 2 how the audit issues have been resolved; Continues capacity building will be provided following the Program Action Plan (PAP); All regions will institute/establish complaint management Board , following the requirement of their RPP laws; Competitiveness ULGs will (a) justify to the Covenant Program BoFEDs the use of There are some government owned government owned enterprises in sectors of supply of goods, enterprises where private works and services and there have been sector suppliers exist in observed preference to use them or allow advance of contracting; (b) them to compete alongside private sector. exclude award to Bank High margin of preference of up to 18 debarred firms through percent are applied in bids evaluation and providing regular in many regional states, there are information; and (c) mandatory provisions to support medium MUDHCo will provide and small enterprises through guidance to ULGs on policies reservations or preferences. Though this on support to micro and small approach has a lot of strategic benefits, it enterprises (MSEs) and the has to be balanced with the principle of level of preferences that fairness to the private sector competitors’ would be acceptable across as well. board to ensure uniformity and minimize abuse (this guidance will be part of participatory and performance agreement, PPA and Program Operating Manual.)
ULGs as in PAP Transparency and Fairness Most cities use incomplete bidding documents without preset qualification and evaluation criteria and complete conditions of contract for the tender which would impact on transparency and fairness in bid evaluation and contract administration. Though it is the requirement of the procurement regulations of all regions, the contracts administration and Complaints handling set up and mechanism, in most cities, is inadequate. The cities have agreed to institute all procedures and avail legal document before effectiveness MC will check on this; Familiarization training will be conducted on the use of the program systems; Annual Performance Audit and IPA will be conducted and deliver an acceptable Annual Independent procurement audit report along with a satisfactory Management response as to how the audit issues have been resolved; Continues capacity building will be provided following the Program Action Plan (PAP); All regions will institute/establish complaint management Board , following the requirement of their RPP laws; MC/ DLI 1 PAP DLI 9 PAP/ DLI 4 PAP/ DLI 2 Program Annually and continuous Continues Program Competitiveness There are some government owned enterprises in sectors of supply of goods, works and services and there have been observed preference to use them or allow them to compete alongside private sector. High margin of preference of up to 18 percent are applied in bids evaluation and in many regional states, there are mandatory provisions to support medium and small enterprises through reservations or preferences. Though this approach has a lot of strategic benefits, it has to be balanced with the principle of fairness to the private sector competitors’ as well. ULGs will (a) justify to the BoFEDs the use of government owned enterprises where private sector suppliers exist in advance of contracting; (b) exclude award to Bank debarred firms through providing regular information; and (c) MUDHCo will provide guidance to ULGs on policies on support to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) and the level of preferences that would be acceptable across board to ensure uniformity and minimize abuse (this guidance will be part of participatory and performance agreement, PPA and Program Operating Manual.) Covenant Program
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