National Assessment of

Public Procurement System

27 January 2011

Procurement Assessment
Phases
1 Objectives: Why Country Assessment?
2 Approach: How the Assessment?
3 Scope: Ministries, Local Govt., Parashatals
4 Methodology: BLI, CPI, API
5 Assessment Design

6 Milestones
7 Budgets
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Why Country Assessment?

Objectives:
To

quantitatively and qualitatively

assess the national public procurement
system, procedures and processes.
To find strengths and weaknesses of
the national procurement system.
To
understand
the
status
of
procurement reform, identify roles, and
To enable strategy formulation for
harmonization.
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Assessment Approach
OECD/ DAC Methodology is best

practice:
by

Round Table Initiative of the World

Bank and OECD.
Used by Developing Countries
assessment.
Assessment by Officials and Consultant
GON,

Entity Officers,
Consultants.
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Assessment Methodology
BLIs

CPIs

How the System is How the System

Structured
Actually Operate

APIs

How System
Actually Applied
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The Assessment
What is Structural
Frameworkcomparing to Best
practice

Base Line Indicators

(BLIs)

What is the
performance level of
Structure we have

Compliance/Perform
ance Indicators
(CPIs)

What is the
performance level of
Structure in an
entity

Agency
Performance
Indicators (APIs)

Base Line Indicators

PILLAR : same weight

Indicators

Sub-Indicators

PILLAR I: Legislative
Framework

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PILLAR II: Institutional

and Management
Capacity

12

PILLAR III: Proc.

Operations & Market

10

PILLAR IV: Integrity &

Transparency

18

Total Indicators

12

54
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BLIs: Methodology
By - GON Procurement Experts
Assessor Group has formed for each pillar.

Assessors are from various Public Entity.

Assessor Group has consist of Procurement
expertise (all have TOT)

Quality and Coordination by- Team Leader of

each Pillar and Secretary (PPMO)
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BLIs: Methodology
Focus Group Discussion and Validation
Each Group draft the results with sufficient
evidences and comments regarding criteria and
awarded weights .
The results (Criteria and awarded weights) shall
be discussed with Focus Group from major
procuring entities, experts and stakeholders.
Number of discussion groups shall be 16 (3 to 5
for each pillars).
Agreed outcomes shall be published based on
OECD Methodology

BLIs Output
Nepal Public Procurement Assessment
OECD Version 4 Method (SAMPLE)
1. PILLAR I: Legislative
Framework
25%
24%
23%
22% 21%
21%
20%
19%
4. PILLAR IV: Integrity &
Transparency

21%

18%

21%

2. PILLAR II: Insitutional

and Management Capacity

Weight
Score

22%

3. PILLAR III: Proc.

Operations & Market
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Compliance/Performance Indicators
CPIs are Based on BLI
Pillar I

Survey based 13 Indicators;

Pillar II

Survey based 9 Indicators;

Pillar III

Survey based 6 Indicators;

Pillar IV

Survey based 6 Indicators;

Total

Total 34 Indicators
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CPIs and APIs Methodology

Eligible Consulting firm shall carry out the

CPIs Surveys and tabulates the out comes.

Each indicator shall be discussed with PPMO,
TWG and Coordination Groups.
The outcomes from APIs shall be discussed
with concern entity for validation.
The final report shall be incorporated into
National Assessment.

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CPI How to be assessed?

CPIs are what actually the structure has

implemented in the public entity.

Sample entity has fixed by TWG 4 Ministries, 3

Local Governments, 2 security agencies and 4
independent entities.

Assessor shall be appointed through competitive

RFP procedure.

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Agency Performance
Indicators
APIs are how actually the law and

procurement structure implemented in

a particular entity.
Sample

is to be assessed by consultants
on the methodology agreed by
PPMO/TWG.

The

sample shall be evaluated within

same entity and marks shall be awarded
in best practiced method.
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Agency Performance Indicators

PILLAR/ Indicators
I
II

Sub- Indicators

Procurement Strategy

6%

Agency Professionalization Measures

16%

16%

Agency Procurement Process- Competition

10%

Agency Procurement .- Transparency

10%

Agency Procurement .- Efficiency

10%

Effectiveness

16%

Accountability Measures

16%

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100%

III Organizational Structure

IV

Weights

Total Indicators

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API Output
What could be the Outputs of APIs?
NA Not Achieved (Less than 20%)
PA Partially Achieved (At least 20% but

less than 70%)

SA Substantially achieved (At least 70%
but less than 90%)
FA Fully Achieved (90% to 100%)
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Cost and Milestones

BLI is assessed by PPMO Assessors and
cost estimated Rs. Rs.15,42,000.00
GON Fund.
CPI and API is assessed by Consultants
Assessors and cost estimated Rs.
Rs.26,27,000.00 GON Fund.
Time estimation is January 18 to July 30,
2011 (6 and a half months)
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Other Country Assessment

There are wide
practice of
assessment of the national public
procurement system. Some example
countries are:
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Ghana,
Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi,
Columbia, Paraguay,
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From NPPSA

Thank you
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