National Treasury: Draft General Public Procurement Regulations

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National Treasury: Draft General Public Procurement Regulations

• 14 May 2026
• Legal and Compliance
• South African Accounting Academy

The draft General Public Procurement Regulations seek to provide for matters that must be prescribed through regulations in terms of the Act and for other procedural and administrative matters necessary to be regulated for the implementation on the Act.

The draft General Public Procurement Regulations provide:

1. a procurement framework within which procuring institutions may develop and implement their procurement systems, which includes the promotion of strategic procurement, procurement methods, requirements and procedures, and criteria and weighting for the evaluation of bids;
2. for a bid committee system and bid validity periods;
3. for security vetting of bidders;
4. for contract management;
5. for the use of other organs of state for purposes of acquiring goods, services and infrastructure; constructing, repairing or maintaining infrastructure or capital assets; and letting, transferring or disposing of assets;
6. specifically for the procurement of infrastructure and capital assets, travel and accommodation, legal services and leases;
7. for threshold and conditions for preferential procurement through set-asides, pre-qualification and subcontracting as a condition of bid;
8. appropriate steps for interventions by the Public Procurement Office and provincial treasuries;
9. competency requirements for officials involved in procurement;
10. declarations of interest, codes of conduct for officials, accounting officers, accounting authorities and members of bid committees;
11. debarment periods and a debarment register;
12. for the use and management of Information and Communication Technology systems, access to information and the retention of information; and
13. for transitional measures.

The operationalisation of the Act is dependent on the promulgation of these supporting regulations. It is expected that the regulations will be operationalised as soon as all the necessary processes required for promulgation thereof are concluded.

The General Public Procurement Regulations will take effect on a date to be determined in terms of section 63(5) of the Act.

Comments are due by 15 June 2026.

Access the related Media Statement at https://www.treasury.gov.za/public comments/ProcReg/2026041901 Media statement - Draft General Public Procurement Regulations for public comment.pdf

Access the Government Gazette No. 54528 at https://www.treasury.gov.za/public comments/ProcReg/GG No 54528 Notice Draft General Public Procurement Regulations, 2026.pdf

Click here to download the 102-page Regulations:
https://www.treasury.gov.za/public comments/ProcReg/Draft General Public Procurement Regulations 2026 for consultation ito section 63(3) of Act.pdf

Relevance to Auditors, Independent Reviewers & Accountants:

• The Public Procurement Act (and Regulations) is yet another piece of legislation that your parliament and provincial legislature clients must comply with, and which you must assess compliance with. If they don't comply with the relevant laws and regulations, you have certain reporting obligations in terms of NOCLAR (NOn-Compliance with Laws And Regulations) – this could include reporting to management, qualifying your audit opinion, reporting a Reportable Irregularity, etc.
• As an auditor and independent reviewer, you need to consider amendments to legislation that are gazetted relating to parliament and provincial legislatures – specifically Public Procurement legislation.

Relevance to Your clients:

• Relevant entities (specifically parliament and provincial legislatures) have a duty to comply with the Public Procurement Act and Regulations, otherwise they could be held liable.
• Relevant parliament and provincial legislature entities should be aware of amendments to legislation that are gazetted relating to FIC – specifically Public Procurement legislation.

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