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CONCESSIONS COMMISSIONThe objective of government procurement of inputs (goods, works, and services) is to ensure the quality, economy, efficiency, transparency, fairness, and timeliness of the acquisition of inputs. Good procurement allows the government to fulfill its obligations to citizens and visitors to the country. It is always good to purchase the right quality materials, at the right time, in the right quantity, from the right source, and at the right price.
Is a dashboard that provides businesses as well as procurement/concession practitioners with access to all procurement and concession related actions that takes place within a given annual circle.
PPCC collaborates with UNDP to create awareness on e-GP System.
The Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC), with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has concluded a one-week awareness campaign on the newly developed and installed Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System, and other public procurement initiatives.
The campaign ran from May 26-30, 2025, and it sought to educate the public, media stakeholders, and local procurement entities on the functions and benefits of the Electronic Government Procurement(e-GP) System-a digital platform designed to strengthen public procurement, reduce corruption, ensure value for public expenditure, and improve service delivery in Liberia.
Speaking during the opening session of the awareness campaign in Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, the Chief Executive Officer, Bodger Scott Johnson emphasized the importance of sensitizing the public and various public procurement stakeholders about the public procurement reforms and the innovative Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System- that is set to shift the paradigm of public procurement in Liberia.
Hon. Johnson informed the gathering that the e-GP system is a critical milestone in Liberia’s digital transformation journey, as it enables government to manage procurement processes by providing a level playing field for all businesses to participate in public procurement.
He urged the participants to always take advantage of the public procurement awareness engagements to strengthen their capacity in public procurement. The participants included civil society actors, media practitioners, vendors, public sector officials and the general public.
During the engagement, the participants expressed satisfaction about the initiative and highlighted the importance of conducting additional engagements, with a view to create awareness on the e-GP System. Similar public awareness engagements were held in Sanniquelie, Nimba County, Gbarnga, Bong County, and Kakata, Margibi County. Other counties visited during the exercise include Bomi County, Grand Cape Mount County, and Montserrado County.
Imposition of harsh loan conditions worsens Economic Instability PPCC Boss ties harsh Loan conditions to Economic Instability
The head of Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, Bodger Scott Johnson, says the imposition of harsh conditions by International Monetary Fund (IMF) while offering loans to developing countries is largely responsible for the worsening economic instability in Africa.
Mr. Johnson accentuated that the imposition of such conditionalities is leading to long-term dependency with potential consequences on sustainable development and increased hardship for the poor in Africa and other developing countries in the World. He cited the harmonization program in Liberia as a classic example of effects associated with the imposition of harsh conditions when offering loans. The IMF conditionality for Asian countries is quite different from African countries, for example the IMF request Asian countries to increase taxes and low spending, while the request for African countries is harmonization of wages, creating hardship for African countries.
Drawing from his experience on the implementation of Liberia’s Public Procurement Reform Agenda, Mr. Johnson mentioned the ongoing public procurement modernization effort in Liberia, and how such effort seeks to address corruption in public procurement and delivery of basic services to the people and country. He explained that Liberia has configured, tested and rolled-out the Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System to six public sector institutions, and is in the process of deploying the System to 50 additional institutions through the support of the World Bank.
The e-GP System is an innovative public procurement enabler designed to enhance transparency, increase efficiency & effectiveness, and restore public confidence in the procurement processes, with the ultimate goal of ensuring best value for public money.
The PPCC boss made the assertions when he delivered a presentation at the high-level seminar organized by the IMF Legal Department and IMF AFRICTAC 2 in Accra, Ghana, from April 8-10, 2025. The Seminar was organized to support continued progress in improving governance and rule of law, promote constructive exchange and engagement in leading and developing well-governed institutions capable of effectively addressing macro-critical corruption vulnerabilities and rule of law deficiencies.
Drawn from different countries and sectors, the delegates at this Year’s IMF Seminar shared their experiences and highlighted success stories from the region while at the same time discussed responses that allow them to deepen their analytical skills and develop concrete approaches to addressing corruption.
President Boakai Awards PPCC for Excellent Performance
The Public Procurement and Concessions Commission (PPCC) has been recognized and certificated by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, for its outstanding contributions to public sector excellence in Liberia.
In a well-attended ceremony held at the Ministerial Complex on June 12, 2025, President Boakai presented the Performance Excellence Award in recognition of PPCC’s outstanding commitment to service delivery, accountability and achievement of performance targets.
The PPCC was among fifteen public sector institutions from the list of ninety entities of government to have received the special awards from President Boakai, under the approved Service Delivery Charter implementation modalities, which require or mandate appointed officials and heads of public sector institutions to achieve the approved performance targets as contained in the 2024 Performance Management and Compliance System (PMCS).
Part of the performance targets achieved by PPCC during the period under review include, but not limited to the reduction of lead time of procurement requests from five to three days, introduction and operationalization of Quick Book Accounting Software for effective financial management and reporting, initiation and implementation of personnel and performance management, improvement of office infrastructure to create favorable work environment, provision of office equipment to strengthen staff capacity and enhance performance, as well as development and publication of the Service Delivery Charter.
The presentation of the award marks a significate milestone in the work of PPCC and implementation of the public procurement reform agenda of Liberia, especially during this period in our nation history where the public procurement sector is transitioning from paper-based procurement to electronic procurement, with the ultimate objective of achieving greater transparency and accountability in public procurement.
The head of PPCC, Hon. Bodger Scott Johnson, is by all accounts the touch-bearer of these achievements, owing to his steadfastness, capability, leadership charisma and inordinate pursuit for excellence.
Also, his style of leadership and diligent working spirit have added more values to the forward march of the PPCC and ignited stronger collaboration with international development partners and different public procurement stakeholders.
As matter of information, the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, with support from the World Bank and other development partners, has developed an Electronic Government Procurement(e-GP) System, based on Software-As-A- Service (SAAS) module, and has rolled it out to six Ministries, Agencies and Commissions (MACs). The roll-out is part of Phase One of the e-GP Project that was initiated in 2024.
The e-GP System currently accounts for over four hundred (400) businesses from the private sector and One Hundred Fifty-four (154) users from the six piloted MACs. Almost one hundred percent of the entities’ procurement transactions is done through the system. This signals a new dawn in the public procurement system of Liberia and a shift from a manual public procurement approach, that is mostly prone to corruption and individual discretion.
Fifty(50) additional institutions of the Liberian government, including state owned enterprises (SOEs), will be enrolled to the e-GP System, beginning this year, 2025, and all procurement transactions for the earmarked institutions will be done through the e-GP System.
Is a dashboard that provides businesses as well as procurement/concession practitioners with access to all procurement and concession related actions that takes place within a given annual circle.
The vendor registry enables the collection of key information from vendors that supply/render goods, works, and services for all public entities, and those information relating to each vendor are recorded into an online and offline systems for use by public procurement institutions. All vendors listed within the vendor’s registry are eligible to participate in government procurement activities.
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