The second workshop in APLU’s project to facilitate a national conversation on procurement reform in South Africa took place at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre on 21 July 2023. Like the first workshop in February 2023, this second workshop brought together a large range of stakeholders in South African public procurement, including public procurement practitioners, academics, representatives of government suppliers, and policy-makers.
The second workshop focused specifically on the Public Procurement Bill B18-2023 that was tabled in the South African Parliament on 30 June 2023. The Bill proposes to consolidate all procurement regulation under a single regulatory regime and introduce significant reform to the procurement system in South Africa.
Delegates deliberated on a range of topics under the Bill, organised under five core themes:
| THEME 1: | INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS |
| Topics | Institutional arrangements under the Public Procurement Bill |
| Nature and powers of the Public Procurement Office | |
| Download slides for the theme 1 presentation by Dr Peter Volmink | |
| THEME 2: | PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY |
| Topics | A debarment system for South Africa |
| Professionalisation of public procurement | |
| Download slides for the theme 2 presentation by Prof Sope Williams | |
| THEME 3: | TARGETED PROCUREMENT |
| Topics | What principles should drive targeted procurement in South Africa? |
| Download slides for the theme 3 presentation by Mr Tshiamo Sedumedi | |
| THEME 4: | PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES |
| Topics | The procurement procedures that should be provided for in the South African procurement system. |
| Download slides for the theme 4 presentation by Mr Shaun Scott | |
| THEME 5: | DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
| Topics | The optimal mechanisms to resolve disputes in public procurement |
| Download slides for the theme 5 presentation by Ms Thandiwe Seboletswe | |
