Section 8Part 3 — CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE
Public Procurement Committee
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There is established a Public Procurement Committee the constitution of which shall be as set out in Schedule 3.
The Committee shall provide external oversight of the public procurement process in accordance with the prescribed thresholds and shall have the responsibilities set out in Schedule 4.
No Member of the Cayman Islands Parliament or of the Judiciary is eligible for appointment to the Public Procurement Committee.
Members of the Public Procurement Committee, except public officers may, at the discretion of the Deputy Governor, be paid such remuneration, whether by way of salary or fees and such reasonable allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred by a member in the performance of duties under this Act.
Meetings of the Public Procurement Committee shall be in accordance with Schedule 5.
The Chief Officer of the Ministry of Finance shall appoint a person, not being a member of the Committee, to be the recording secretary of the Public Procurement Committee.
The recording secretary shall be responsible for preparing and distributing the agenda for meetings of the Committee and the taking of minutes.
The remuneration and expenses of the recording secretary shall be an expense of the Ministry of Finance.
In the event that a Chief Officer or a Chief Executive Officer does not accept the assessment of the Public Procurement Committee or the entity procurement committee, in a given procurement project, the Chief Officer or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, shall inform the Director of Procurement of the reasons for departing from the recommendation of the committee.
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Public Procurement CommitteeDeputy GovernorChief OfficerMinistry of Financerecording secretaryChief Executive Officerentity procurement committeeDirector of Procurement