The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority is an autonomous body endowed with the responsibility of prescribing regulations and procedures for public procurements by Federal Government owned public sector organizations with a view to improve governance, management, transparency, accountability and quality of public procurement of goods, works and services. It is also endowed with the responsibility of monitoring procurement by public sector agencies/organizations and has been delegated necessary powers under the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002.
The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is a
regulatory authority
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government agency, government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous dominion over some area of human activity in a licen ...
in Pakistan responsible for prescribing regulations and procedures for
public procurement
Government procurement or public procurement is the procurement of goods, services and works on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. Amounting to 12 percent of global GDP in 2018, government procurement accounts for a sub ...
by
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...
-owned public sector organizations and monitoring of procurement undertaken by other public sector organizations under the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance of May 2002.
The PPRA Board consists of six ministerial appointments from
central government departments, three private members and the Authority's managing director.
PPRA Board
accessed 5 July 2019
Amendments have been made in the Rules vide S.R.O. No. 442(I)/2020 dated 15th May, 2020 and vide S.R.O. No. 834(I)/2021 dated 28th June, 2021.
All the Tenders i.e. Invitation to Bids are published on its official website. Procurement Plans of Procuring Agencies are also available on website. Standard Bidding Documents are also available on the website i.e. Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (www.ppra.org.pk).
In 2019 the authority was accused of making 32 appointments in a non-transparent manner, and the office of the Auditor General of Pakistan
An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting and a ...
raised objections to the appointments.
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Government agencies established in 2002
Regulatory authorities of Pakistan