The Chamber of Commerce has issued 36 recommendations for greater efficiency and transparency in the public procurement process.
“There is an institute in place, but there needs to be more enforcement to ensure that bidders who break the law are blacklisted and that this institute is strengthened,” said Clement Mifsud Bonnici, senior associate at Ganado Advocates.
Speaking during the launch, Mifsud Bonnici who was appointed as technical advisor for the report, said the current system is inefficient, with poor enforcement when it comes to blacklisting and banning bidders who break laws.
The Commercial Standards Tribunal received only two complaints for blacklisting bidders in the past five years, he said.