PPA clarifies GHANEPS implementation amidst criticism from IMANI Africa

The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) of Ghana has clarified some concerns raised by Bright Simons, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, regarding the implementation of the Ghana Electronic Procurement System (GHANEPS).

Simons highlighted several issues he perceived with the procurement system.

The PPA, while welcoming the involvement of Civil Society Organisations in public procurement processes, pointed out inaccuracies in Mr.

The authority clarified that as of April 23, 2024, GHANEPS has successfully awarded 5048 contracts from a total of 3205 published tenders.

“Based on the numbers provided, the Authority assumes that Mr Simons was referring to contracts awarded through GHANEPS when he used the term “tender results”.

Another point is that, as part of the change management strategy, a grace period was given to Procurement Entities (PE) to do manual procurement alongside electronic until the completion of the roll-out to all entities.

“This enabled them to use small-value tenders to ease their transition from manual to electronic procurement