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  "title": "Pakistan Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2002 and Public Procurement Rules 2004",
  "domain": "Public Sector & Government Procurement",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-08",
  "bluf": "The Pakistan Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Ordinance 2002 (Ordinance No. XXII of 2002) and the Public Procurement Rules 2004 issued thereunder are the principal Pakistani federal legal instruments governing procurement of goods, services, and works by federal procuring agencies including federal ministries, federal divisions, attached departments, subordinate offices, public sector companies, autonomous bodies, statutory bodies, and federally-controlled corporations. The PPRA Ordinance 2002 established the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Finance to regulate federal procurement and to monitor procurement compliance. The Public Procurement Rules 2004 issued under the PPRA Ordinance prescribe the procedural framework. The Pakistan Electronic Procurement System (e-PADS / eprocure.gov.pk) is the federal e-procurement platform. Procurement methods established by the Public Procurement Rules 2004 comprise (a) Open Competitive Bidding (Rule 36, the default method - single stage one envelope, single stage two envelopes, two stage, or two stage two envelopes), (b) Limited Tendering (Rule 22, where Open Competitive Bidding is not feasible), (c) Request for Quotations (Rule 42, for items below prescribed value thresholds), (d) Direct Contracting (Rule 42, sole-source under prescribed exceptions including emergency, sole supplier, repeat orders, and specialised services), and (e) Negotiated Tendering (under prescribed exceptions). The PPRA framework operates within Pakistan's trade obligations under SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area), and Pakistan is NOT a party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Provincial procurement is governed by parallel provincial procurement regulatory authorities including the Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (SPPRA, Sindh PPRA Act 2009), the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA Punjab, Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Act 2009 and 2014 Punjab Procurement Rules), the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (KPPRA, KPPRA Act 2012), and the Balochistan Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (BPPRA, BPPRA Act 2009).",
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