Nairobi, March 11 -- Public agencies have been handed a boost after the Treasury activated a new law allowing them to engage more than one vendor for the same item sought.

The new regulations by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u enable the agencies to sign agreements that allow for the supply of goods or services whose quantities and delivery schedules are not definable at the beginning of the contracting period.

"Pursuant to section 141(1) of the Act (Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act,2015), an accounting officer shall apply framework contracting arrangements with respect to (a) indefinite delivery contracts; (b) multiple awards of indefinite quantity; and (c) multiple awards of definite quantity," he said in a legal n...