Youth access to government procurement opportunities yagpo program

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YOUTH Youth means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years and has not attained the age of thirty-five years and includes a company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated in which at least seventy percent of shareholders are persons who have attained the age of eighteen years and have not attained the age of thirty-five years. WOMEN Woman means a person of the female gender who has attained the age of eighteen years and includes a company, association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporated in which at least seventy percent of the shareholders, members or persons and a majority of its directors are of the female gender.

Published Goverment Tenders. Kenya Universities and Colleges central place Resource Center Access and download key documents for government procurement Explore. A youth-owned enterprise refers to a legally registered business in the form of a sole-proprietorship, partnership or limited company.

A procuring entity shall allocate at least thirty percent of its procurement spend for the purposes procuring goods, works and services from micro and small enterprises owned by youth, women and persons with disabilities. For the purpose of implementing paragraph I , a procuring entity shall implement the requirement through its budgets, procurement plans, tender notices, contract awards and submit quarterly reports to the Authority.

For the purpose of benefiting from preference and reservations schemes,an enterprise owned by youth, women or persons with disabilities shall be a legal entity that:. Eligibility Criteria Pursuant to section of the Act, a person shall be qualified to benefit from preference and reservation scheme, if the person meets the requirements of section 55 of the Act. A person shall not be qualified to benefit from a preference and reservation scheme- as a contracting firm, unless that person is qualified as a local contractor or a citizen contractor; or as a micro enterprise or an enterprise owned by a disadvantaged group unless the person is registered by the National Treasury as such upon application.

Home AGPO. The National Treasury. The program was launched in a bid to provide more opportunities for women, youth and persons living with disabilities to gain more access to government tenders by ensuring that 30 per cent of all tenders are allocated to them as a way to empower them. The program is founded on the Constitution of Kenya, Article on the fair equitable, transparent and cost-effective public procurement of goods and services, the Constitution of Kenya, Article 55 on affirmative action and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, The enterprise owned by youth, women or persons with disabilities shall be a legal entity that -.