Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations, Government Notice no. 1 of 2026
Made 2025-12-30 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Mauritius
- Subjects
- General
- Keywords
- contracts, public procurement, small and medium enterprises
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1. These regulations may be cited as the Public Procurement (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
2. In these regulations - "principal regulations" means the Public Procurement Regulations 2008.
3. Regulation 47C of the principal regulations is revoked and replaced by the following regulation -
47C. Reserved works contracts for microenterprises, small enterprises and medium enterprises (1) Subject to this regulation, contracts for works not exceeding 50 million rupees shall be reserved to microenterprises, small enterprises and medium enterprises. (2) (a) A microenterprise shall be eligible to bid for any contract not exceeding one million rupees, irrespective of its annual turnover. (b) A microenterprise which has an annual turnover not exceeding 10 million rupees shall be eligible to bid for any contract not exceeding 10 million rupees, provided that its actual annual turnover meets the qualification requirements specified in the bidding document. (3) A small enterprise which has an annual turnover between 10 million rupees and 30 million rupees shall be eligible to bid for any contract not exceeding 30 million rupees, provided that its actual annual turnover meets the qualification requirements specified in the bidding document. (4) A medium enterprise which has an annual turnover not exceeding 100 million rupees shall be eligible to bid for any contract above 30 million rupees but not exceeding 50 million rupees. (5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), a public body may - (a) open the bidding exercise to bidders with higher turnover for specialised types of works where microenterprises, small enterprises or medium enterprises do not have the expertise; or (b) carry out a single open invitation for bids to all bidders, provided that priority of consideration for award shall be given to microenterprises, small enterprises and medium enterprises. (6) In this regulation - "medium enterprise" has the same meaning as in the Small and Medium Enterprises Act; "microenterprise" has the same meaning as in the Small and Medium Enterprises Act; "small enterprise" has the same meaning as in the Small and Medium Enterprises Act. Made by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Procurement Policy Office, on 30 December 2025.