Challenges and opportunities: The Caribbean Approach to Public Procurement Reform Inter-American Network on Government Procurement Annual Conference Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic October 28-30, 2015
Objective of presentation I.How is the Caribbean different from other regions? II.How is public procurement different in the Caribbean? III.What is driving public procurement reform in the Caribbean? IV.What are the challenges going forward?
How is the Caribbean different from other regions?
Source: World Bank Development Report 2014
How is the Caribbean different from other regions? Source: World Bank Development Report 2014
How is public procurement different ? Source: Margaret Rose, 2014
How is public procurement different? Tender boards Line Ministry Service Unit Line Ministry Service Unit Service Center Line Ministry Service Unit Service Center
How is public procurement different? Public Procurement Operations and Market Administrative function Procurement operations Civil service Small relative purchasing power of each country. Few suppliers eGP
What is driving public procurement reform in the Caribbean? Focus on doing more with less – more efficient use of resources resources
What is driving public procurement reform in the Caribbean? Procurement Legislation CountryUnder separate actsUnder reviewApproved Antigua Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Montserrat St. Kitts St. Lucia St. Vincent Suriname T&T
What is driving public procurement reform in the Caribbean? CARICOM World Trade Organization - GPA Commonwealth
What are the challenges going forward? Central PP unit Line Ministry Service UnitService Unit Line Ministry Service UnitService Unit Line Ministry Service UnitService Unit Line Ministry
What are the challenges going forward? Agreggation of demand
Leslie Harper Modernization of the State Specialist