Singapore legislation

Section 4

of Government Procurement Act 1997

Section 4

Application

Amended by28/20042/2014

(1)

The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare any ministry or department of the Government, Organ of State or statutory board as a contracting authority for the purposes of this Act.

(2)

The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare a procurement to be subject to the Act.

(3)

An order made under subsection (2) may identify the procurement by one or more of the following:

(a)

the means by which the procurement is undertaken;

(b)

the contracting authority undertaking the procurement;

(c)

the goods or service, or combination of goods and service, to be procured;

(d)

the value of the procurement.

(4)

An order made under subsection (2) may specify —

(a)

the method by which the procurement is to be valued;

(b)

the circumstances under which the procurement is not a procurement subject to the Act;

(c)

the grounds on which the contracting authority may exclude a procurement, or an act or measure to be taken in relation to a procurement, from the application of all or any of the regulations made under section 6; and

(d)

the effect of an exclusion referred to in paragraph (c).

(5)

An order made under subsection (2) —

(a)

must specify that the procurement is a procurement subject to the Act in relation to all or any of the following:

(i)

all relevant States or a specified relevant State;

(ii)

all relevant Protocol States or a specified relevant Protocol State; and

(b)

may specify any supplier or class of suppliers as —

(i)

a relevant supplier or class of relevant suppliers in relation to that procurement for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant supplier” in section 2; or

(ii)

a relevant Protocol supplier or class of relevant Protocol suppliers in relation to that procurement for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “relevant Protocol supplier” in section 2.

Amended by28/20042/2014