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    "id": 1152532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "the 30 per cent procurement awards that target women and youth. Without such training and exposure, it becomes very difficult for them to get these opportunities. Once this procurement plans have been submitted to the procuring entity, the National Treasury publishes and publicizes the procurement plan as invitation to trade in the state tender portal. This makes it very transparent. Once you have been invited to tender or procure, this then goes into the State tender plan. This will largely reduce the level of secrecy and lack of understanding. Most of the time, people say that they qualified for a particular procurement and question why they were not awarded. It is very important to indicate the reason for not awarding to any person who qualified for the same. State the problems, shortcomings and what can they be improved. This level of transparency and openness will get us to that place where it becomes possible to really put it out there. Clause 14(2) (a) says – \"The head of procurement function shall carry out market survey(s) to inform the placing of orders or decision making on a procurement by the relevant awarding Authority.” This is the sort of education that we need to put into place. The market surveys, state tender portal and understanding of this process will make it viable. Mr. Speaker, Sir, right now, you will find that most of the people who tend to procure are the same. Some of them have accomplished because they have been able to understand the skill. They quickly bid for these tenders and get them, while there is another category who have been trying for the longest time without any success. This creates a lot of problems. One of the critical functions of the head of procurement shall be to carry out market surveys. Clause 19 states- “Section 69 of the \"Principal Act\" is amended by adding the words \"and delegation of responsibility\" immediately after the words \"procurement approvals\" appearing in the marginal notes.” This will ensure that the levels of responsibilities are carried at the various delegation levels within the Act, so that it is not a one-man show. It is actually responsibilities that cut across. At Clause 19, Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended. It says- “The tender sum as submitted and read out during the tender opening shall be absolute and final and shall not be the subject of correction, revision, adjustment or amendment in any way” This is very critical because sometimes people get insider information. They are then able to adjust their documents according to the information. However, enabling transparency and being able to have those figures right into place is very key. This creates inequalities where a certain category has received information and have been told to either downgrade or upgrade their figures. That is unfair. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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