S.L. 601.12 Art. 15Joint procurement.

(1) After obtaining the prior written approval of the Director and subject to the conditions the latter may impose, two or more contracting authorities may jointly procure property in terms of these regulations.

(2) The procurement procedure shall be administered by the contracting authority or by the Director, as the case may be, in terms of regulation 6 depending on the estimated value of the joint procurement.

(3) Where the conduct of a procurement procedure in its entirety is carried out jointly in the name and on behalf of all the contracting authorities concerned, they shall be jointly responsible for fulfilling their obligations pursuant to these regulations.

(4) Where the conduct of a procurement procedure is not in its entirety carried out in the name and on behalf of the contracting authorities concerned, they shall be jointly responsible only for those parts carried out jointly. Each contracting authority shall have sole responsibility for fulfilling its obligations pursuant to these regulations.

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