Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

• 1.   Short title and Commencement

• 2.   Interpretation

• 3.   Purpose

• 4.   Application

• 5.   Functions of Director

• 6.   Powers of Director

• 7.   Functions of procuring entity

• 8.   Public procurement agent or public procurement service provider

• 9.   Functions of Public Procurement Unit

• 10.   Functions of accounting officer

• 11.   Establishment of Central Public Procurement Board

• 12.   Functions of the Board

• 13.   Powers of the Board

• 14.   Composition of the Board

• 15.   Duration of appointment

• 16.   Revocation

• 17.   Secretary to the Board

• 18.   Staff of the Board

• 19.   Meetings of the Board

• 20.   Oath of office

• 21.   Disclosure of interest

• 22.   Funds

• 23.   Appointment of Public Procurement Committee

• 24.   Composition of Public Procurement Committee

• 25.   Functions of the Public Procurement Committee

• 26.   Appointment of Tender Evaluation Committee

• 27.   Composition of Tender Evaluation Committee

• 28.   Functions of Tender Evaluation Committee

• 29.   Appointment of Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee

• 30.   Composition of the Steering Committee

• 31.   Functions of the Steering Committee

• 32.   Meetings of the Steering Committee

• 33.   Appointment of Public-Private Partnership Project Team

• 34.   Composition of the Project Team

• 35.   Functions of the Project Team

• 36.   Appointment of Public-Private Partnership Core Team

• 37.   Functions of the Core Team

• 38.   Conflict of interest

• 39.   Public procurement plan

• 40.   Public procurement requirement

• 41.   Specifications and descriptions of public procurement

• 42.   Initiation of public procurement procedure

• 43.   Notice of expression of interest

• 44.   Short listing

• 45.   Request for proposals

• 46.   Submission of proposal

• 47.   Evaluation of technical proposal

• 48.   Consideration and evaluation of financial proposal

• 49.   Selection of proposal

• 50.   Negotiation of proposal

• 51.   Request for sealed quotation

• 52.   Direct public procurement

• 53.   Emergency public procurement

• 54.   Minor value public procurement

• 55.   Public procurement of bulk purchases

• 56.   Public procurement under framework agreement

• 57.   Open competitive tendering

• 58.   Restricted tendering

• 59.   Two-stage tendering

• 60.   Pre-qualification procedure

• 61.   Invitation to tender

• 62.   Eligibility of tenderer

• 63.   Qualification of tenderer

• 64.   Tendering document

• 65.   Clarification and modification of tendering document

• 66.   Tendering deadline

• 67.   Submission of tender

• 68.   Period of validity of tender

• 69.   Withdrawal and modification of tender

• 70.   Tender security or tender securing declaration

• 71.   Receipt of tender

• 72.   Opening of tender

• 73.   Examination and evaluation of tender

• 74.   Post-qualification

• 75.   Negotiation with successful tenderer

• 76.   Award of public procurement contract

• 77.   Debriefing of unsuccessful tenderer

• 78.   Public procurement not to be split or inflated

• 79.   Lots

• 80.   Cancellation of public procurement procedure

• 81.   Record of public procurement

• 82.   Statement and declaration

• 83.   Failed public procurement procedure

• 84.   Review

• 85.   Contents of public procurement contract

• 86.   Amendment of public procurement contract

• 87.   Commencement of work

• 88.   Transfer or assignment of public procurement contract

• 89.   Inspection of goods

• 90.   Acceptance report

• 91.   Payments

• 92.   Advance Payment

• 93.   Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• 94.   Deficient performance, breach and termination

• 95.   Dispute resolution under public procurement contract

• 96.   Project identification and screening

• 97.   Project concept note

• 98.   Development of business case

• 99.   Public-private partnership transaction

• 100.   Expression of interest and pre-qualification of tenderers

• 101.   Shortlist of potential tenderers

• 102.   Preparation of public-private partnership transaction document

• 103.   Submission of tender under the transaction

• 104.   Evaluation of tender under the transaction

• 105.   Selection of preferred tenderer

• 106.   Determination by Cabinet

• 107.   Vetting of public-private partnership contract

• 108.   Finalization and negotiation

• 109.   Public-private partnership contract

• 110.   Unsolicited proposal

• 111.   Public-private partnership contract management

• 112.   Disposal of surplus assets

• 113.   Confidentiality

• 114.   Suspension of tenderer and contractor

• 115.   Conduct of tenderer and contractor

• 116.   Design contests

• 117.   Immunities

• 118.   General penalty

• 119.   Amendment of Schedules

• 120.   Regulations

• 121.   Repeal

• 122.   Transitional provisions

• Schedule 1

• Schedule 2

• Schedule 3