Bangkok: Procurement law expands coverage

16 Sep, 2017: The Government Procurement and Supplies Management Act of 2017 has extended adoption of the state procurement process to over 9,000 state agencies in central, regional and local areas from only 1,000 under the previous regulation. The new law, which took effect from Aug 23, requires central, regional and local state agencies, independent bodies and organisations under the constitution to apply the state procurement process, said...