Selection of Procurement Method for Goods
An Interpretation of Republic of Ghana Public Procurement Public Procurement Act and Schedule 3
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Single-Source
Procurement
Subject to approval by
PPB
Yes
Only One
Prospective
Tenderer or
Sources?
No
Urgent Need ?
Restricted
Tendering
Yes
No
Additional deliveries\ works?
No
National
Security
Issues?
No
Limited number of
Suppliers
The Dynasty Restaurant, Ous
No
Estimated Value of Procurement?
Less than GHC 200 million
Request for
Quotations
Between GHC 200 million and GHC 15 billion
When the requirement can only be supplied by one tenderer for physical or technical reasons.
The urgent requirements only may be procured by this method. Non-urgent requirements must be purchased separately by the normal methods.
When additional goods, services or works are required within the limits specified under an existing contract and a change of supplier is not desirable. When the Procurement
Entity conducts procurement of concern to national security, and determines that singlesource selection is appropriate When there is a limited number of suppliers, or the time and cost required to examine and evaluate a large number of tenders is disproportionate to the estimated cost.
Above GHC 15 billion
Is competition effective without foreign
Bidders?
Is Value Above than GHC 35 billion? Note: The Financial Thresholds for each Procurement Method are :
Request for Quotations
Open Tender (NCT)
Open Tender (ICT)
Prequalification
Restricted Tender
Single-Source Procurement
Under GHC 200 million
Between GHC200 million and GHC15 billion
Over GHC 15 billion
Over GHC 35 billion
Subject to approval by PPB
Subject to approval by PPB
No
Yes
No
Prequalification
Process
Important Note: This chart only illustrates the decision process to determine the procurement method to be used for a particular requirement.