The Ministerial Tender Board (MTB) is a Board set up within the Ministry of Aviation and Communication (MCA) to advertise, issue tender documents for, evaluate and award contracts that require the Ministry to spend between $100,000 and $500,000 to secure such contracts.
These contracts are often tied to large projects and generally require three types of procurements namely:
- Procurement of Goods;
- Procurement of Consultancy Services and;
- Procurement of Works (Infrastructure).
Tenders open for bidding to the MTB may be open to all Suppliers of goods and services or restrictive in nature at the discretion of the MTB.
MTB Members
- Permanent Secretary MCA (Chair)
- Two Senior Public Officers appointed by Chair
- Financial Controller MCA (Secretary)
Purchasing Limit
The Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA) advertises various tenders for potential Suppliers of goods and services (contractors) to bid for. However, the way in which each contract is advertised, evaluated and issued depends on the estimated annual value of purchases.
Chapter 7, Section 9.1 of the Financial Instructions (FIs) outlines the following as the purchasing limits and procurement procedures of goods and services that are to be purchased from Suppliers:
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Purchasing Limits
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Procurement Procedure
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Up to $10,000
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Ministry PS must approve the sole supplier based on previous experience. Verbal quotation or price confirmation prior to requisition and recorded.
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More than $10,000 up to $20,000
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Ministry PS must approve the supplier based on three verbal quotations.
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More than $20,000 up to $100,000
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Ministry PS must approve the supplier based on three written quotations.
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More than $100,000 up to $500,000
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Ministerial Tender Board must approve the supplier based on competitive tender.
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More than $500,000
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Central Tender Board must approve the supplier based on competitive tender.
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Advertising Tenders
The Ministry of Communication and Aviation (MCA), invites bids for contracts through tenders that it advertises on this website’s ‘Tenders’ page.
These tenders are categorised into:
Airport Tenders are further categorised into Henderson Airport and Provincial Airport Tenders. Henderson Airport Tenders are issued according to specific ‘Landside Block Locations’ and details of these locations can be downloaded from this website.
Airport Maintenance Tenders are subject to strict requirements of the airport’s management and details of those requirements can also be seen on this website in the form of a ‘Prequalification Evaluation Flowchart’. A template for expressing interest (Expression of Interest - EOI) in the Airport Maintenance Tenders issued by the Ministry is also available on this website.
Procurement procedures will vary for each contract advertised by the Ministry depending on which category of the Ministry’s purchasing limit they fall under.
Templates for the Solomon Islands Government’s Tender processes can be obtained from the Director of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) and enquiries for airport tenders should be directed to the MCA’s Property Manager.
More Information
pdf View Henderson Landside Block Location (531 KB)
pdf View Prequalification Evaluation Flow Chart (374 KB)
pdf EOI Template - Henderson Maintenance (492 KB)