Section 21: Emergency procurement

21. Emergency procurement (1) A public body may purchase goods, other services or works from a single supplier without competition in cases of extreme urgency. (2) The scope of the emergency procurement shall as far as possible be limited to the period of the emergency, so that appropriate competitive procurement methods may be utilised at the conclusion of the emergency period. (3) For the purpose of this section— “extreme urgency” includes a situation wherein— (a) the country is either seriously threatened by or actually confronted with a disaster, catastrophe, war or Act of God; (b) life or the quality of life or environment may be seriously compromised; (c) the condition or quality of goods, equipment, building or publicly owned capital goods may seriously deteriorate unless action is urgently and necessarily taken to maintain them in their actual value or usefulness; or (d) a capital project may be seriously delayed for want of an item of a minor value. [S. 21 amended by s. 18 (d) of Act 1 of 2009 w.e.f. 16 April 2009; s. 43 (i) of Act 9 of 2015 w.e.f. 15 August 2015.] continued on page P56 – 13 P56 – 12 (5) [Issue 7] Revised Laws of Mauritius