Hertta-Maria Amutenja The High Court has denied Zhong Mei Engineering Group (Pty) Ltd, the opportunity to apply for an interim interdict on an urgent basis against the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) with regard to the construction of a new head office for Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa). Acting Judge Collins Parker found...
November 8, 2024
Tag: Procurement
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RA victorious as court overturns public procurement decision – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Windhoek High Court last week overturned a decision by the Public Procurement Review Panel, providing a triumph for the Roads Authority (RA) in a case involving tender bids for routine maintenance of bitumen roads across five towns in Namibia. According to the court documents filed at the Windhoek High Court, RA advertised...
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Chinese construction company challenges Namibian procurement decision – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja In a legal showdown, Palladium Civil Engineering (Pty) Ltd and Zhong Mei Engineering Group (Pty) Ltd, have lodged an urgent court application to challenge the decision by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) to disqualify their bids. The dispute revolves around the procurement process for the construction of the Namibia Financial Institutions...
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The role of public entities’ stakeholders towards intentional public procurement efforts in Namibia – Business Express
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nbc apologises to Patrick Swartz and Central Procurement Board
On December 31st, we ran a year-in-review, which recapped some of the stories that made headlines in 2023. One of the stories featured was the awarding of what came to be known as the “condom tender” by the Central Procurement Board of Namibia, in which an insert of the former Board Chairperson Patrick Swartz was...
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Procurement Board warns public against scam
Business Reporter THE Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) is cautioning the public against an advert circulating on social media inviting bidders for a bid titled “Procurement for Construction of 1 500 houses outside Luderitz town on behalf of Luderitz Regional Council. SCAM: Johanna Kambala, spokesperson of the Procurement Board of Namibia. Johanna Kambala (CPRP)...
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Business chamber hosts procurement board for MSM enterprise training
By Freeman Ya Ngulu. The Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) and the Central Procurement Board of Namibia (CPBN) collaborated to host a bidders workshop in Swakopmund this week due to the increased demand for procurement compliance. 55 Micro, Small and Medium (MSM) enterprises attended the educational session. In her introductory statement, the chamber...
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Procurement Act responsible for health supply shortages – Shangula
Health minister Kalumbi Shangula has blamed the Public Procurement Act for the egregious lack of medicines and clinical supplies in public health facilities. Shangula was questioned on the matter by Popular Democratic Movement parliamentarian Elma Dienda in early November. Shangula on Thursday in the National Assembly said that the Public Procurement Act requires the ministry...
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Public Procurement Act impacts availability of medicines, clinical supplies
Health and Social Services Minister, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, says the implementation of the Public Procurement Act has significantly impacted the availability of medicines and clinical supplies. In a ministerial statement on the procurement process for pharmaceutical and clinical supplies in the public health sector, Dr. Shangula made a pointed reference to a multimillion-dollar tender for...