ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act
69. Procurement approvals and delegation of responsibility
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
69. Procurement approvals and delegation of responsibility
(1)All approvals relating to any procedures in procurement shall be in writing and properly dated, documented and filed.(2)No procurement approval shall be made to operate retrospectively to any date earlier than the date on which it is made except on procurements in response to an urgent need.(3)In approving procurements relating to an urgent need, the accounting officer shall be furnished with adequate evidence to verify the emergency.(4)No procurement approval shall be made by a person exercising delegated authority as an accounting officer or head of the procurement function unless such delegation has been approved in writing by the accounting officer or the head of the procurement unit, respectively.(5)An accounting officer of a procuring entity shall maintain specimen signatures of all persons authorised to make approvals within the procurement process and these signatures shall be availed to all staff and members where applicable.(6)Responsibility for each approval made in the procurement procedure shall rest with the individual signatories and accounting officer, whether he or she delegated the authority or not.