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All bidders are required to be tax compliant at the time of bid submission where the NCB procurement method is utilised. Please see Regulation17 of the Public Procurement Regulations, 2018 for reference.
i. Section 25(1)(b) requires that “the procuring entity, having procured goods, works or services from a contractor, determines that additional supplies must be procured from that contractor”. Therefore, the PE’s justification should demonstrate this prerequisite, which is that a contract would have had to be previously initiated with the contractor in question, for the supply of staff uniforms, to then make the case for additional goods.
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