Notification / OM No.
No. SO(I&C-I) 5-4/2024
Dated:
19-August-2024
Notification Issued By:
Implementation & Coordination Wing, Services & General Administration Department, Government Of The Punjab
GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
SERVICES & GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
(Implementation & Coordination Wing)
Dated Lahore the 19th August, 2024
NOTIFICATION
No. SO(I&C-I) 5-4/2024. In exercise of the powers conferred under section 26 of the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Act, 2009 (VIII of 2009), Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make the following amendments in the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014, with immediate effect:
AMENDMENTS
In the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014:
1. In rule 2, in sub-rule (1):
- in clause (u), for the word “five”, the word “ten” shall be substituted; and
- in clause (ab), for the word “five”, the word “ten” shall be substituted.
2. After rule 3, the following shall be inserted:
“3A. E-Procurement. – (1) A procuring agency, as and when notified by the Authority, shall carry out the public procurement through e-Procurement:
Provided that a procuring agency, not notified by the Authority, may also carry out the public procurement through e-Procurement.
- A procuring agency shall carry out e-Procurement in such manner
as prescribed in the regulations or guidelines issued by the Authority. - A person, sole proprietor, firm, contractor, company, consultant
and any public or private organization shall be eligible to participate in e-Procurement subject to registration and payment of such fee as fixed by the Authority.”.
3. In rule 38, in sub-rule (2):
- before the words “other than consultants” and after the word “contractors”, the words “in public procurement” shall be inserted; and
- in clause (a), for the words “procurement of such goods”, the words “public procurement” shall be substituted.
4. In rule 46-A, the expression “for purposes such as third party validation, bid evaluation, terms of reference, preparation of documents relating to prequalification and request for proposal, pre-shipment inspection, audit, simple engineering design or supervision of non-complex work, where the cost of consultancy does not exceed three million rupees” shall be omitted.
5. In rule 57, in sub-rule (1), at the end, for the “full stop”, the expression “colon” shall be substituted and thereafter, the following proviso shall be inserted: “Provided that any discount voluntarily offered by the lowest evaluated bidder may be accepted.”.
CHIEF SECRETARY, PUNJAB
