ABSTRACT
In this chapter, legislative and regulatory perspectives of public procurement in the respective Egyptian and Gulf states, in addition to Jordan and Morocco, are examined. The legal framework of respective states in MENA countries will be explored in an attempt to position the regulation of public procurement with a set of principles and doctrines that correspond to domestic regimes and simultaneously translate to regimes of an international dimension such as the OECD and the World Bank. The objective of this chapter is to identify the principles that underpin public procurement regulation in PPPs in Egypt and the relevant Gulf states, Jordan and Morocco, namely transparency, accountability, objectivity and non-discrimination, trace their evolution, assess their impact on law and policymaking and evaluate their effects on the application of the respective regulatory regimes at national levels. The causality between a proper public procurement system on PPPs and the significant improvement of public services is established to show the reader how to achieve public interests through adopting new PPP patterns. This chapter aims also to explore award criteria in PPPs in MENA countries and it introduces a profile on innovation in PPP public procurement in MENA countries.
Finally, this chapter provides the dynamics of each process and presents any commonalities that have appeared between the different legal regimes. This chapter represents a genuine innovation in the public procurement literature in PPPs, as it provides the reader with a comprehensive set of the assessment tests deployed by MENA countries to ascertain the compatibility with international standards and practice.
