The Government is taking steps to fulfil a promise to include more micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the multi-billion-dollar public sector procurement process.
“For the upcoming financial year, we will also advance the implementation of the Public Procurement (Set Asides) Framework which allows portions of Government procurement to be reserved for Jamaican suppliers, including micro and small enterprises,” Finance and the Public Service Minister Fayval Williams said Tuesday during her opening contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives.
Emphasising that the Government remains committed to ensuring that MSMEs benefit meaningfully from public procurement opportunities, Williams explained that the Government, in partnership with the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), “will establish and maintain a verified list of qualifying MSME suppliers to enable procuring entities to easily identify eligible businesses when applying the Set Asides provisions”.
