Section 18: Procurement Planning

Subject to regulations as may from time to time be made by the Bureau under the direction of the Council, a procuring entity shall plan its procurement by:(a) preparing the needs assessment and evaluation;
(b) identifying the goods, works or services required;
(c) carrying appropriate market and statistical surveys and on that basis prepare an analysis of the cost implications of the proposed procurement;
(d) aggregating its requirements whenever possible, both within the procuring entity and between procuring entities, to obtain economy of scale and reduce procurement cost;
(e) integrating its procurement expenditure into its yearly budget;
(f) prescribing any method for effecting the procurement subject to the necessary approval under this Act; and
(g) ensuring that the procurement entity functions stipulated in this Section shall be carried out by the Procurement Planning Committee.