If I have evidence of impropriety in the award of a Government contract, how do I report impropriety to the OCG?

You may report instances of impropriety with the OCG through our online form at: http://www.ocg.gov.jm/ocg/webform/report-impropriety.You may also contact us via e-mail at: [email protected]; by Telephone (876) 929-6460; (876) 929-8560; by Fax (876) 929-7335; in surface mail addressed to: The Contractor-General, 1st Floor PIOJ Building, 16 Oxford Road, Kingston 5.

At which point does the Office of the Contractor-General become involved in the procurement process?

The fact that a part of the OCG's mandate is to ensure compliance with the procurement guidelines, the OCG may therefore be involved from as early as or even before the tender is advertised by the agency, thereby ensuring that all the elements are included in the published Tender Advertisement.

We are a Public Body and are interested in having our new staff trained in the Public Sector Procurement Process. How can the OCG assist?

By copy of a letter dated February 5, 2007, from the MOFP, the OCG was advised that "part of the mandate of the Procurement Policy Implementation Unit(PPIU) of [the] Ministry is the training of public procurement staff." In addition, the Ministry's letter also stated that the "PPIU has continued to train public entities on an identified need basis." As per our response to the MOFP, the OCG "deems it critical for Public Bodies to adhere to the Government Procurement Guidelines, and therefore believes it is imperative for these educational and enlightening workshop sessions to continue." We a

We are a Public Body and would like to place an Invitation to Tender on the Government's online Procurement Notice Board.How do we go about doing this?

Procuring Public Sector Bodies will be assigned a password re the notice board. This empowers each agency to log in and complete its own posting of advertisements. Public Body Procurement officers, or similar posts, who wish to use the Notice Board should send a request to [email protected]. An email detailing the steps for posting the ad will also be provided. The GOJ Procurement Notice Board is found at: http://www.procurement.gov.jm.