NASSAU, The Bahamas — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Peter Turnquest announced that this Government administration is keeping its promise to bring greater accountability, transparency and modernity to the Bahamas Government by changing how persons and businesses bid for Government purchasing opportunities, otherwise known as Procurement. Procurement will move from a very paper-based time consuming process to an online automated system …

The Ministry of Finance of The Bahamas is pleased to release for a thirty (30) day consultation period, the draft Public Procurement Bill 2019.The consultation period commences on 15th October and ends on 14th November, 2019. The draft Bill may be found on the government’s website at http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/compliance or on the Public Financial Management & Performance Monitoring Reform (PFM/PMR) Project website at http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/pfmpmr Written comments and questions regarding …

Daniel Ferguson (second from left), newly elected Caribbean representative on the INGP (RICG in Spanish) Executive Committee 2019-2021. Mr. Daniel Ferguson is the first Bahamian to be elected as representative for the Caribbean region on the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Network on Government Procurement (INGP), at its 15th Annual meeting held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 28-30, 2019. The INGP is composed of governmental institutions, …