# Summary

- Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/public-procurement-bill/summary/
- Published: 2020-02-21T12:55:10+02:00
- Author: dearSA

[ PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BILL](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/public-procurement-bill/)

BILL
 To regulate public procurement; to prescribe a framework for procurement policy
envisaged in section 217(3) of the Constitution; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.

PREAMBLE
 WHEREAS the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa stipulates that
procurement must occur in accordance with a system which is fair, equitable, transparent,
competitive and cost-effective;

AND WHEREAS the Constitution allows for organs of state to implement a
 procurement
policy providing for categories of preference in the allocation of contracts and
the protection or advancement of persons disadvantaged by unfair discrimination 
within a framework prescribed by national legislation;

AND RECOGNISING that the Constitution requires efficient, ethical, effective,
 equitable
and development-oriented public administration in all organs of state and all spheres
of government;

AND IN ORDER TO advance economic opportunities for previously disadvantaged people
and women, the youth and people with disabilities, small businesses, and promote
local production;

AND IN ORDER TO create single regulatory framework for public procurement to eliminate
fragmented procurement prescripts,