Public Procurement in South Africa: Issues and Reform Options

By Alejandro Simone, Vybhavi Balasundharam

June 26, 2023

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Alejandro Simone, and Vybhavi Balasundharam. Public Procurement in South Africa: Issues and Reform Options, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

The 2015 Supply Chain Management Review lays out a sound agenda for procurement reform. The ongoing work on a new procurement bill and regulations are an important opportunity to spearhead procurement reform and step-up implementation. Several important reform aspects worth prioritizing are the simplification and standardization of aprocurement procedures, the standardization of transparency requirements through the adoption of the Open Contracting Data Standards, transitioning to a new e-procurement system that is linked to the government’s integrated financial management information system (IFMIS) and other systems, making preferential procurement more cost effective and goal oriented, and strengthening staff capacity to carry out procurement. Opportunities to centralize procurement should be further explored to leverage and develop limited capacity.

Subject: Economic sectors, Expenditure, Expenditure efficiency, Integrated financial management information systems, International organization, Monetary policy, Open data, Public financial management (PFM), Public sector, Technology

Keywords: Africa, E-procurement system, Expenditure efficiency, Integrated financial management information systems, National Government Expenditure, Open data, Performance of Government, Procurement contract, Procurement reform, Public Goods, Public Procurement, Public sector, Reform option, Step-up implementation

Publication Details

Pages:

15
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Series:

Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/041
Stock No:

SIPEA2023041
ISBN:

9798400244339
ISSN:

2958-7875

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