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Procurement Law

Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, 2020

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Last reviewed 2026-11-04 Applies to: Legal Notice No. 69 of 22 April 2020; check later amendments

Short answer: the Regulations set the detailed rules that operate the Act. They were published as Legal Notice No. 69 in Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 53 (Legislative Supplement No. 37) on 22 April 2020.

Methods of procurement

Part IX of the Regulations covers, in order: the threshold for advertising an open tender (regulation 85), time for preparing open tenders (86), two-stage tendering (87), design competition (88), restricted tendering (89), direct procurement (90), request for quotations (91), low value procurement (92 and 93) and force account (94 and 95).

Why read the Regulations directly

Monetary thresholds, minimum tender periods and procedural steps sit in the Regulations and are updated by amendment. This page does not repeat figures, so check the official text for the amounts that apply to your procuring entity.

Review proceedings

Decisions of the Review Board refer to regulation 203 of the 2020 Regulations in handling requests for review. See administrative review.

Edition and currency

Last reviewed 2026-11-04. This material refers to the Constitution of Kenya, 2010; the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, No. 33 of 2015, which has been revised and amended since enactment; and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, 2020 (Legal Notice No. 69), for which Kenya Law publishes a consolidated version dated 31 December 2022. Laws change, so read the current authoritative text at the links below and check the date of the edition you are using before relying on any provision.

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Related guides

Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 (PPADA): OverviewProcurement Methods under the PPADA

Official and source references