Public Procurement and Concessions Commission

In the Needs Assessment undertaken in 2003 by the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) in conjunction with the United Nations and World Bank, it was determined that Public Procurement Reform was critical to Liberias transition from war to recovery. This was because the over fourteen (14) years of civil war in the country left the public procurement policies, practices, and procedures loosed ended. Skills of procurement practitioners and the structures of institutions were destroyed. Public officials were not held accountable for the use of public funds, and procurement and concessions records were not properly kept. As part of efforts to generate transparency in the public procurement practices and the granting of concessions, the Government of Liberia with the technical and financial support of the World Bank and international partners prepared the Public Procurement and Concessions Act (Act or PPCA) of September 2005. The PPCA came into force on January 16, 2006 following the inauguration of the elected Government of Liberia. The PPCA established the Public Procurement &a; Concessions Commission (PPCC), which has the mandate to implement the public procurement and concessions reform program of Liberia. The PPCC is the successor of the Contracts and Monopolies Commission (CMC) which exercised oversight responsibility of all contract and concession agreements entered into by Government during the tenure of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (October 14, 2003 to January 16, 2006). In March 2006, the President of Liberia, Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf constituted the PPCC by appointing a 7-member Board of Commissioners. On May 10, 2006, The Liberian Senate confirmed the Chairman and members of the Board thereby authorizing the Commission to begin its work. The Secretariat was setup to run the day to day administration of the PPCC and is headed by an Executive Director, and supported by a team of competent professionals recruited under the guidelines of the Civil Service Agency(CSA). The ...