Learn more about the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Procurement Commission - Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Procurement Commission - Ghana (SSARPC-GH) follows the central purchase policy to save effort and money and controls the process of expenditure and purchase. Therefore, the Procurement Department has been established as a part of Logistics Directorate to implement the central purchase policy.
Briefly, Procurement Department provides all requirements and services to the departments and divisions of the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Procurement Commission - Ghana (SSARPC-GH) either from local or foreign markets.
The Procurement Department is divided into four sections:
Our guiding principles for procurement excellence
Ensuring optimal use of resources and maximizing value in all procurement activities.
Providing level playing ground for all strata of bidders to ensure fair participation.
Ensuring that all procurement activities deliver optimal value for the resources invested.
Maintaining open, clear and accountable processes in all procurement activities.
Our key responsibilities in the procurement ecosystem
Supervise the implementation of established procurement policies
Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a national database of standard prices
Publish the details of major contracts in the procurement journal
Publish paper and electronic editions of the procurement journal and maintain an archival system
Maintain a national database of the particulars and classification of federal contractors and service providers
Collate and maintain in an archival system, all federal procurement plans and information
Undertake procurement research and surveys
Organise training and development programmes for procurement professionals
Periodically review the socio-economic effect of the policies on procurement and advise the Council accordingly
Prepare and update standard bidding and contract documents
Prevent fraudulent and unfair procurement and where necessary apply administrative sanctions
Review the procurement and award of contract procedures of every entity to which the procurement act applies