The instruments that constitute the CSME Public Procurement Regime include: the Framework Regional Integration Policy (FRIP) on Public Procurement; the Draft CSME Policy on Public Procurement; the Draft CARICOM Model Bill for implementing the provisions of the Protocol; Procurement Standard Operating Procedures (PSOPs); Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs); and the Community Public Procurement Notice Board (CPPNB) which is in its early stages. Apart from procurement specialists, procuring entities, bidders, suppliers and other stakeholders will also be sensitized to these instruments next week from September 26- 29 in Barbados.

The training workshops in Member States are facilitated by Eurosupport – Fineurop Support srl, the consulting firm contracted to undertake the implementation of the project, ‘Development and Implementation of the Infrastructure and Instruments for an Integrated CSME Public Procurement Regime’.

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