Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023

1. Short title etrd comm€trc€menl.- ( 1) This Act shall be called lhe Public Procuremenl ReSulatory Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023. (5) Price : Rs. 6.00 14aeon)lEx Caz.l 6 THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN. I,XTfu{., JANTJARY 13,2023 [PAXT I (2) It shall comc into force at once

2. Am€trdeeul in long litl€, Odinanc. XXII of 2002.-ln the Public Procurement Regulatory Aulhoity ordrnance, 2002 (XXII of 2002), hereinafter called as the said ordinance. in the long title, for thc word "and" a comma shall be substilutci and after the word "works", the words 'and dis?osa.l ofpublic assets" shall be inserted-

3. Ametrdmert ir preemble, Orditrsnce XXII of2002.-ln the said Ordinance, in the preamble, in $e firsl paragraph, for the vrord "and" occurrin8 for the first tirne, a comma shall be substituted and after the word "works", the words "ard disposal ofpublic essets" shall be inserted.

4. Amendment in section 2, OrdiDance XXII of 2002.-{l) In the said Ordinance, in section 2, (a) after clause (c), the followinS new clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(ca) "disposal" means auction, lental, lcasc, dorEtions, destruction and recycling ofpublic assets or any combination thereof;"; (b) for the clause (e), the following shall b€ substituted, namely:- "(e) "goods" means anicles and objccts oI every kind ard description including, raw materials, products, equipment, machinery, spares, scraps. waste mateial and commodities in any form snd includes all type of assets such as immovable property, physical objects ilr any folm or matter, inlrngible assets, goodwill, intellectual prop€(y and proprietary right, as well as service incidental therelo ifthe value ofthese services does not exceed lhc value ofsuch goods:" (c) after clausc (i), the tollolvint new clause shall b€ insert€d, n,rmely:- "(ia) "public ass€t" means all types of goods orvned and possessed by the procuring agcncy.'': and (d) for clause (l), the follo\}ing shall be substirured, oamely:- "(l) "public procurement means acquisition ofgoods, scrvices or conslruction of any works financcd wholly or panly out of the public tund and includes disposal of public asser and comhcrcial tmnsactrons between prmuring agcncy and PART I] THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA,, JANUARY I3,202] 7 private pany, in .terms of lvhich the private party is allowed to:- (i) perform a procuring agenry's assigned functions, including operations and malagement, on its b€half; (ii) assume the use ofpublic asseq or (iii) receive a benefit either fiom budger or rcvenue ofthe Federal Govemment or from fees or charges to be collected by the private party for performing the procuring agency's fiinction or any combination thereof;".

5. Insertiod of section 20A, Ordidancc )OUI of 2002.{l) In $e said Ordinance, affer section 20, the followin8 n€w section 20A shall be inserted, namely:- "20A. lucchrlism for grievance redressrl. Thc procuring agency shall, by rules and regulations made under this Ordinance, have a mechanism for g evance r€dressal ofbidder during procurement.". C}IAUDHRY MUBARAK ALI, Acting Secretary. PNNIED EY THE MAN^GER FRINIINC CO*OXAIION OF PAI(ISTA,I iRt'SI, ISLJrM-^B D, RJAUSHD EY ITG DEUTY d}{TAOLLER. STATIONERY FUIIS. T'NIVELSITY ROAD, X^RTCHI ^ND