On 20 January 2021, the Malta Chamber of Commerce launched its
Report on Public Procurement Reform 2021. This Report is the
product of months of work by a dedicated Working Group made up of
individuals from different industry sectors and who have had their
fair share of tendering for government contracts. The Report
identifies core challenges faced by enterprises and attempts to put
forward constructive and pragmatic recommendations for reform,
rather than simply criticise. I was privileged enough to have
assisted this Working Group in this exercise.
This article will not attempt to get into each and every
recommendation; there's the Report for that, which I strongly
encourage you to read . Rather, this article attempts to make the
case why the public procurement framework in Malta needs to be
reformed. Change for the sake of change is certainly not what the
Report is advocating and it is important that all stakeholders
understand why we are saying that things need to
