(1) In
the interest of providing employment to local communities, a public body may
decide to execute small construction works, including maintenance and repair,
through local user committees.
(2) For
procurement through a user’s committee, the Policy Office shall establish
procedures to ensure –
(a)
clarity as to the cases in which a
user’s committee can be utilised, which should
normally be labour intensive and where better value may be obtained by the
participation of the community and end user;
(b) that
the arrangement with the user committee is on the basis of an agreement signed
between the public body and the user’s Committee, which stipulates the outputs,
the user’s role, mechanisms for community representation, reporting
obligations, budget, and procedures for supplementary procurement;
(c) effective mechanisms for representation of the user;
(d) effective and accountable use of the funds involved for the
specified objectives and outputs, including the monitoring of implementation;
and
(e) record-keeping
obligations.