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BiP in the Balkans
Source: BiP,
4 April 2008
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
has awarded BiP Solutions the first stage
of major consultancy review of the Macedonian Public Procurement
Bureau (PPB).
The project builds on recent international procurement consultancy
projects delivered by BiP in Kenya, Portugal and the United
Arab Emirates.
This high profile project will involve BiP procurement consultants
delivering the initial three-month phase of a performance
assessment for the Public Procurement Bureau in the Macedonian
capital of Skopje.
A senior BiP consultant will lead the team of performance
experts on the ground in conducting a department wide assessment
of the target institution and it’s associated major
stakeholders.
Macedonia was recently ranked as the fourth 'best reformatory
state' out of 178 countries ranked by the World Bank and
has undergone major economic and political reforms since
independence in 1991.
BiP Solutions will now contribute to the ongoing reforms
and movement towards European Union ascension by introducing
best-practice methods of procurement and bringing industry-renowned
expertise to bear on the Macedonian Public Procurement Bureau.
BiP’s Procurement Advice and Support Service (PASS)
has also been tasked to recommend and tailor tools for the
Performance Assessment and augment the Macedonian central
procurement agency’s business process logic and methodologies
for all procurement conducted through this central government
body.
Project delivery began in mid-March and will involve considerable
ground work and resources to bring the PPB in line with their
targets of better integrated procurement, increased collaborative
procurement, reduction of corruption and the successful positioning
of the Bureau as the model for best practice procurement
in the country.
Following on from this project delivery there are considerable
opportunities to deliver additional consultancy for both
the Macedonian Public Procurement Bureau itself and USAID
for the next stages of the project over the coming18 months.
To discuss commercial opportunities with BiP email: commercial@bipsolutions.com.
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