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Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Appeals Tribunal

The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Appeals Tribunal (also known as PAT) is a Tribunal that handles Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets disputes in Uganda. The Tribunal’s core function is to hear applications for review of decisions of the Accounting Officers made to it by aggrieved bidders, or persons whose rights are adversely affected by the decision of the Accounting officer.

 

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PPDA Appeals Tribunal 7th Floor Communications House, Plot 1 Colville Street, Kampala, Uganda.
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November 2025
Subamu Investment Limited v Iganga Municipal Council (Application No. 42 of 2025) [2025] UGPPDPAAT 57 (25 November 2025)
Application for procurement review struck out for referral to Tribunal outside the mandatory ten-working-day statutory period.
Public Procurement – Administrative review and appeal – section 115(2) timelines – ten working days – second review to same Accounting Officer impermissible – mandatory jurisdictional time limits – failure to comply renders application incompetent and struck out.
 25 November 2025
Twed Property Development Limited v Office of the Prime Minister (Application No. 41 of 2025) [2025] UGPPDPAAT 56 (21 November 2025)
Whether the respondent lawfully cancelled the award and used a CGV valuation to alter bidders’ prices.
Public Procurement — cancellation under section 81 — Contracts Committee approval required; Accounting Officer’s limits; Chief Government Valuer — due diligence vs determinative bid price; Negotiations Regulations — scope and authorisation; bid validity and bidder locus; remedial relief — setting aside award and remitting for re-evaluation.
 21 November 2025
Tech Planet Development Centre v Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (Application No. 40 of 2025) [2025] UGPPDPAAT 55 (17 November 2025)
Application challenging non-renewal and award of cleaning contract struck out for being filed outside mandatory statutory timelines.
Public Procurement – Non-renewal of framework contract and interim micro-procurement; standing – non-bidders may apply directly to the Tribunal under s.115(1)(b); administrative review before Accounting Officer limited to bidders; statutory ten-working-day limitation for Tribunal applications is mandatory and jurisdictional; late applications are incompetent and struck out.
 17 November 2025
Dentons Advocates v Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Application No. 39 of 2025) [2025] UGPPDPAAT 50 (10 November 2025)
Procurement award set aside for perfunctory staff evaluation and unlawful post-evaluation price adjustment; re-evaluation ordered.
Public procurement — Administrative review — Timeliness of complaint — Disclosure obligations — Confidentiality of evaluation documents — Evaluation procedure — Key staff/sub-contracting — Permissibility and limits of post-evaluation price corrections and negotiations — Remedy: setting aside BEB notice and re-evaluation.
 10 November 2025
Xinjiang Power Transmission and Transformation Limited Company and Beijing Shine Technology Company Limited Consortium v Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Application No. 37 of 2025) [2025] UGPPDPAAT 49 (3 November 2025)
Applicant’s disqualification after lawful due diligence upheld; tribunal dismissed procurement challenge despite late Accounting Officer decision.
Public procurement — Administrative review — Accounting Officer must decide within ten days; late decision is null and enables application to Tribunal under section 115. Procurement evaluation — Due diligence and verification — Procuring entity may verify bid claims with project owners; such verification is within evaluation scope. Evaluation criteria — No use of extraneous criteria; due diligence must relate to bidding criteria. Prequalification — Shortlisting does not guarantee automatic pass at subsequent evaluation/post-qualification. Award — Contract may be awarded to another bidder where a previously recommended bidder is lawfully disqualified.
 3 November 2025