Monday September 17, 2018
Kabul (BNA) Chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, the National Procurement Commission (NPC) held meeting, during which 10 procurement projects were reviewed and eight of them worth over 821 million Afghanis were approved, BNA reported. The contracts approved during the meeting are as follow:
– Procurement project on consumption materials needed for the health facilities of the Ministry for Public Health and reforms projects for the Ministry of Higher Education.
– Consultancy project for the design of the first and second section of Qaisar-Laman road, lengths 28 km, related to the Ministry of Public Works.
– Procurement of spare parts and services of the generators for the Defense Ministry.
– Procurement of firewood for the kitchens of the army units and divisions for the fiscal year 1397.
– Contract for the fiber optic project to be implemented in 43 sites related to the Defense Ministry.
Besides, the meeting approved an approval request to increase the enterprises’ authorizations related to the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing. The meeting also stressed that enterprises’ works should be supervised by civil society entities and people. NPC returned a procurement contract of 650 biometric devices with their all components related to population registration administration. Stressing on supporting private sector, the President added the projects should go on bidding to domestic companies to create job opportunities in the country. The meeting attended by national and international observers including parliament’s national economic, budget and financial commissions, Afghanistan Transparency Watch, SIGAR and Resolute Support Representatives.
