 about about the procurement department falls under the projects planning procurement monitoring and management unit pppmmu the procurement department is responsible for administering procurement for all departments in accordance with the responsibility and authority delegated by the university of guyana procurement guidelines and procurement manual the procurement unit has responsibility for planning and executing ug s procurement programme  guiding principles of procurement activities of the university of guyana  the preceding principles require that goods works and services of the highest quality are procured at the best possible price procurement activities conform with the procurement plan of the university and completed within standardtime guidelines goods works and services are procured by utilizing the method that allows for the greatest participation of suppliers contractors suppliers and contractors are selected based on the established evaluation criteria contracts are awarded to the lowest responsive bidder that is the bidder who satisfies all the evaluation criteria and submits the lowest priced bid suppliers contractors are provided with information regarding procurement opportunities at the university at all time and those engaged have access to information at every stage of the procurement process and suppliers and contractors are confident that the university s procurement system is fair transparent and equitable  methods of selection contracts shall be awarded on the basis of competitive tendering the purpose is to ensure the procurement procedure is in accordance with the principles and standards governing public procurement and to obtain quality goods equipment services and works at the best possible price method of procurement type of procurement threshold open goods and services more than 5 million open works and construction more than 5 million restricted goods and services less than 10 million restricted works and construction 20 million request for quotations goods and services  less than 5 million request for quotations works and construction  less than 5 million request for proposal consultancy based on the conditions shopping goods and services  less than 300000 single sole goods and services works and construction or consultancy based on the conditions no threshold andydindial thu 9012022 1349  