No. S 485
Government Contracts Act
(CHAPTER 118)
Government Contracts
(Authorisation) (Amendment)
Notification 2019
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Government Contracts Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Notification:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Notification is the Government Contracts (Authorisation) (Amendment) Notification 2019 and comes into operation on 8 July 2019.
Amendment of First Schedule
2.  The First Schedule to the Government Contracts (Authorisation) Notification 2019 (G.N. No. S 62/2019) is amended —
(a)by deleting items 9 to 14 of Part 1;
(b)by inserting, immediately after item 19 of Part 5, the following item:
 
“19A.Director,
Networked Trade Platform Office,
Singapore Customs
(a)Contracts for goods, services and construction services not exceeding $1 million.
(b)Purchase Orders/Works Orders not exceeding $1 million.
(c)Contracts relating to the provision of value‑added services on the Networked Trade Platform.”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after item 21 of Part 5, the following item:
 
“21A.Deputy Director, Networked Trade Platform Office, Singapore Customs
(a)Contracts for goods and services not exceeding $6,000.
(b)Contracts relating to the provision of value‑added services on the Networked Trade Platform.”;
(d)by deleting the words “of cash and quasi‑government bonds portfolio” in the second column of item 2(a) of Part 8;
(e)by deleting the words “Senior Director, Procurement & Logistics Division/Director Procurement, Procurement & Logistics Division,” in the first column of item 3 of Part 8 and substituting the words “Director Procurement,”;
(f)by deleting “$80,000” in the second column of items 6, 7(d), 10(a), 23(b), 28(a), 29(b), 33(b), 43(a), 46, 47(a), 48(a), 50(a), 52, 54(a) and 55(a) of Part 8 and substituting in each case “$90,000”;
(g)by deleting the words “/Director (Finance)” in the first column of item 7 of Part 8;
(h)by deleting the words “not exceeding $10 million” in the second column of item 7(a) of Part 8;
(i)by deleting paragraph (b) of item 7 of Part 8;
(j)by deleting item 8 of Part 8 and substituting the following items:
 
“7A.Director (Finance), Finance & Administration Division,
MHA
(a)Contracts relating to the management and administration of the INVEST Fund not exceeding $10 million.
(b)Purchase Orders/Works Orders/other contracting instruments (as specified in the contract), not exceeding $1 million, raised under Period Contracts or Framework Agreements.
(c)Contracts for goods, services and construction services not exceeding $90,000.
(d)Tenancy Agreements.
(e)Lease Agreements.
(f)Licence Agreements relating to residential and commercial properties.
 
8.Assistant Director (INVEST),
Finance & Administration Division,
MHA
Contracts relating to the management and administration of the INVEST Fund not exceeding $10 million.”;
(k)by inserting, immediately before the word “Director” in the first column of item 3 of Part 15, the words “Senior Director/”;
(l)by inserting, immediately before the words “Deputy Director” in the first column of item 4 of Part 15, the words “Senior Deputy Director/”;
(m)by deleting the words “Deputy Director (Organisational Excellence)” in the first column of item 5 of Part 15 and substituting the words “Senior Deputy Director/Deputy Director (Corporate Services)”; and
(n)by deleting the words “(Organisational Excellence)” in the first column of items 6 and 7 of Part 15 and substituting in each case the words “(Corporate Services)”.
Made on 2 July 2019.
TAN CHING YEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[E2.9.01 PT.1 V36; AG/LEGIS/SL/118/2015/1 Vol. 12]