(1) The Minister may issue directions for the procurement of goods, services and works for an emergency procurement where —
(a) the country is seriously threatened by a disaster, war, force majeure or there is a threat to national security; (Amended by Act 13 of 2020)
(b) the country is impacted by a disaster, war or force majeure, or national security is compromised; (Amended by Act 13 of 2020)
(c) life or the quality of life or environment may be seriously compromised;
(d) the condition or quality of goods, equipment, building or publicly owned capital goods may seriously deteriorate unless action is urgently and necessarily taken to maintain them in their actual value or usefulness; or
(e) an investment project may be seriously delayed for want of an item of a minor value.
(Amended by Act 13 of 2020)
(2) The scope of the emergency public procurement is, as far as possible, limited to the period of the emergency, so that appropriate competitive public procurement procedures may be utilised at the conclusion of the emergency period.