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Promise 23: Ensure government procurement produces the best

value for taxpayer’s money.

The amount spent by the Malaysian Government for public

procurement is very large, estimated to be more than RM100 billion a year
through various projects and contracts. With such a large amount, it is

important to ensure there is no wastage. The government holds taxpayer’s

money in trust, and it is the duty of the government to spend the money
with prudence.

To ensure that every cent of taxpayer’s money is spent well, the Pakatan
Harapan Government will reform the public procurement system and the

way contracts are awarded. This is to ensure that it is more competitive and

it will generate the best value for taxpayer’s money. We will ensure that the
open tendering is used extensively and transparently, particularly for large

projects.

Under the Pakatan Harapan Government, the Ministry of Finance will be

instructed to review all giant infrastructure projects with foreign countries

so that its benefits can be shared by Bumiputera and all Malaysians fairly.

The Pakatan Harapan Government will review the practice of government
procurement and tendering system, as well as the processes to issue public-

private partnership contracts by the Public-Private Partnership Unit (UKAS).

Our aim is to make sure that the criteria for bidding is transparent and
consistent.

UKAS currently operates without transparency under the Prime Minister's
Department. We will move it to the Ministry of Finance and all procedures to

grant contract will be revamped to check the powers of the Minister and to
eliminate corruption.

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