Zimbabwe Government Tender Board (Zimbabwe)

The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) formally, the State Procurement Board (SPB) was created through an Act of Parliament, Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act[Cap 22:23] which repealed the  Act, No. 2/99 [Cap. 22:14] through S.I. 152 of  December 2017. The new mandate of the Authority is to supervise public procurement proceedings to ensure transparency, fairness, honesty, cost-effectiveness and competition as required by Section 315 of the Zimbabwean Constitution.

 Our Objectives:-

to ensure that procurement is effected in a manner that is transparent, fair, honest, cost-effective and competitive; and
to promote competition among bidders; and
to provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all bidders, leading to procurement contracts that represent good value for money; and
to promote the integrity of, and fairness and public confidence in, procurement processes; and
to secure the implementation of any environmental, social, economic and other policy that is authorised or required by any law to be taken into account by a procuring entity in procurement proceedings.
 Our Functions:-

 to ensure that public procurement is effected in a manner that is transparent, fair, honest, cost-effective, competitive and in compliance with the Act; and
to monitor and supervise procuring entities and the public procurement system in order to secure compliance with the Act, and to implement electronic means of monitoring and supervising procuring entities and the public procurement system; and
to issue technical guidelines and instructions regarding the interpretation and implementation of this Act; and
to prepare standard documents and templates to be used in connection with public procurement and to enable procuring entities to maintain records and prepare reports; and
to develop the use of electronic tools for procurement, including a public procurement website and statistical databases containing information on public procurement in Zimbabwe, and specify the conditions under which such databases will be availed to the public; and
to enable the publication on the Authority’s website of documents that are required to be published by procuring entities; and
on request, to give advice and assistance to procuring entities: Provided that no such advice or assistance shall limit the responsibilities of a procuring entity for compliance with this Act; and
to promote the training and professional development of persons engaged in public procurement so as to ensure their adherence to high ethical standards; and
to develop and implement a transparent and equitable framework for the registration of bidders or contractors; and
to develop and advise the Government on ways in which the environmental, social and economic policies of Zimbabwe, including those designed for economic empowerment and domestic preferences, may be implemented through public procurement; and
to refer contraventions of this Act to appropriate enforcement or disciplinary authorities; and
to establish and implement an independent review mechanism to deal with challenges brought by aggrieved bidders in accordance with Part X of the Act or by other persons in accordance with Part XII of the Act; and
to consult regularly with persons in the public and private sectors who have an interest in the public procurement system, in order to assess their perception of the system; and
to recommend amendments to the law regarding public procurement, in the light of international practices and experience; and
to exercise any other function conferred or imposed on the Authority by or under this Act or any other enactment.
 Powers of the Authority

 In exercising its functions, the Authority shall have powers, subject to the Act, to:-

issue directions of a general nature to procuring entities regarding the manner in which they are to conduct procurement proceedings in order to ensure compliance with the Act:
require procuring entities to collect information regarding procurement and to provide the Authority with such information in such form, and at such intervals or within such periods, as the Authority may direct;
require any procuring entity or bidder to produce or disclose to the Authority, or to an officer or agent of the Authority, any information, document, record or report regarding any aspect of the procurement, contract implementation or disposal process where a breach, wrongdoing or mismanagement has been alleged, reported or proven against any procuring entity;
co-operate with other organisations, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe, in the exercise of its functions;
exercise any of the ancillary powers set out in the Second Schedule of the Act;
generally, take such measures as the Board reasonably considers are necessary or desirable to ensure compliance with the Act.
 Our Values

Transparency
Fairness
honesty
cost-effectiveness and
competition