Procurement process

Comply with gov’t procurement process

This was stressed by the Provincial Finance Advisor, Marsha Paulias during a two-day Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) in-house training which started yesterday for Section 32 officers and Authorised Requisition Officers (AROs).

The Section 32 officers comprise of the Provincial Administrator, Deputy Provincial Administrators, Sector Advisors, District Administrators and LLG Managers; while AROs are the administration officers.

East New Britain was one of the first provinces to pilot the IFMS in 2017 which replaced the old Provincial Accounting System.

Procurement process to be overhauled

Finance Minister James Marape recently told parliament that the entire procurement process needs to be revamped to ensure all procurement have a common registry and common filing system across the board.

“This is so that registry is able to be part of the government planning process.”

The process of the expenditure acquittal of provincial and district funds has also come under the radar, with the Minister stressing on the importance of daily reports culminating in a monthly and quarterly reports.