(1) The Minister must prescribe a framework within which a procuring institution must develop and implement its procurement system, referred to in section 8(1)(b), which includes—
(a) the promotion of strategic procurement—
(i) for procurement in other countries for use in those countries;
(ii) for infrastructure, capital assets and goods or services related to maintenance of infrastructure and capital assets;
(iii) for the disposal and letting of assets; and
(iv) to stimulate innovation;
(b) types of procurement methods;
(c) the requirements and procedure to be followed for each prescribed method; and
(d) the criteria for evaluation of bids, which must include, but are not limited to, cost-effectiveness, capability, functionality and technical requirements, without limiting new entrants or emerging suppliers or both.
(2) The Minister may determine—
(a) by notice in the Gazette, procurement thresholds; and
(b) different thresholds for—
(i) different categories of procuring institutions; and
(ii) different categories of procurement.
(3) A procurement system referred to in subsection (1) must provide for the following matters in a manner consistent with this Act:
(a) Procurement policy;
(b) institutional and governance arrangements;
(c) demand management;
(d) procurement planning and budgeting;
(e) acquisition management;
(f) contract management, including assessment of projects against outcomes;
(g) risk management;
(h) logistics management;
(i) disposal management;
(j) monitoring and assessment of procurement performance; and
(k) reporting.
(4) The Public Procurement Office may, by instruction, determine standard bid documents.
(5) A procuring institution must stipulate in the bid documents, irrespective of the procurement method, that bidders may only quote in South African currency, inclusive of all applicable taxes.
(6) The Public Procurement Office must create and maintain a database in terms of section 5(1)(i) for prospective suppliers.