Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Application
(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:
the means by which the procurement is undertaken;
the contracting authority undertaking the procurement;
the goods or service, or combination of goods and service, to be procured;
the value of the procurement.
(4)
An order made under subsection (2) may specify —
the method by which the procurement is to be valued;
the circumstances under which the procurement is not a procurement subject to the Act;
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
the effect of an exclusion referred to in paragraph (c).
(5)
An order made under subsection (2) —
must specify that the procurement is a procurement subject to the Act in relation to all or any of the following:
all relevant States or a specified relevant State;
all relevant Protocol States or a specified relevant Protocol State; and
may specify any supplier or class of suppliers as —
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
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.