(1) The Public Procurement Unit is responsible for managing public procurement procedures of a procuring entity under this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the functions of a Public Procurement Unit are —
(a) to manage the public procurement of the procuring entity, except adjudication and the award of a public procurement contract; (Substituted by Act 13 of 2020)
(b) to support the functioning of the Public Procurement Committee;
(c) to implement the decisions of the Public Procurement Committee;
(d) to plan the public procurement of the procuring entity; (Substituted by Act 13 of 2020)
(e) to prepare specifications or terms of reference, tendering documents, advertisements and public procurement contracts;
(f) to issue notifications and orders to tenderers on behalf of the Public Procurement Committee;
(g) to maintain and archive records of public procurement and a list or register of all public procurement contracts awarded; (Substituted by Act 13 of 2020)
(h) to prepare reports for the Public Procurement Committee on the implementation of the annual public procurement plan;
(i) to manage clarifications to a tenderer at the tendering stage and to solicit clarifications from a tenderer at the evaluation stage; and (Substituted by Act 13 of 2020)
(j) to monitor the management of public procurement contracts assigned to the procuring entity and ensure a report on outcomes of the public procurement contract is provided.