New Rules for Government Tenders

Myanmar has precious little regulation governing Government tenders, but what it does have, has just been revamped and enlarged. Presidential Notification 1/2017 dated 10 April 2017 (the Notification) has reset and strengthened rules on certain types of Government procurement.

Highlights of this note

• To which tenders does the Notification apply?
• Is a tender obligatory in all cases?
• Who can authorize a tender?
• Funding and currency issues
• How are tenders to be publicised?
• Who is on the Tender Committee?
• How to decide who wins?
• Security
• Disputes