Councils fail procurement standards test 

By Sharon Siame

The Zambia Public Procurement Authority -ZPPA- says most local authorities are not following the law on the eligibility for participation in open national bidding procurement method.

ZPPA Director General, IDAH CHELLA says this is resulting in a lot of appeals.

Ms. CHELLA says in the first quarter of 2023, ten appeals were considered of which one was withdrawn and two were ongoing as at 31st March, 2023.

She said this during the first quarter press briefing held in Lusaka today.

MEANWHILE, the ZPPA Director General said ten investigations were undertaken during the first quarter, of which seven were concluded and three are on-going.

Ms. CHELLA also noted the low submission of annual procurement plans by the procuring entities and that this shows that most of them are not planning their procurements.

She said this can lead to misapplication of funds, unjustified emergency procurements, delayed procurements and high public expenditure.

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