The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Tuesday held a Stakeholder Meeting with public procuring entities at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown.
A release from the PPC said that in attendance were Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Department from various Ministries and Government Agencies with their procurement staff, and representatives of the Guyana Defence Force, Local Government Commission and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
Matters broached during the meeting included recent legislative developments and their impact on the public procurement system, the requirement for the submission of procurement plans, procurement outlay and contract award information and areas of ongoing training for procurement staff.
The release said that clarifications were sought on the issues discussed and, at the end of the proceedings, the sensitization programme was deemed by the participants to be educative.
The shortage of trained staff has been an area of concern to most of the entities, the release said. This issue will be raised at Governmental level to ensure that procurement departments in all entities are adequately staffed.
Several areas where training will be conducted have been identified by the PPC.
