Public Bodies covered by the Act

Section 3 of the Act provides that, except for procurement undertaken to protect national security or defence, the Act is applicable to any procurement undertaken by a public body. "Public Bodies" that are covered by the Act are:

• all Government Ministries and Department
• all local authorities i.e. all Municipalities, District Councils and The Rodrigues Regional Assembly
• all parastatal bodies i.e.any organization set up under an enactment whether body corporate or not and which depends wholly or partly on government funding.
• such other bodies listed in the Schedule of the Act.

List of Organisations covered by the Act

Government Ministries and Departments

Municipal Councils

District Councils

Rodrigues Regional Assembly

Parastatal Bodies

Agricultural Marketing Board	Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation	Mauritius Revenue Authority	Road Development Authority
Beach Authority	Mauritius College of the Air	Mauritius Standards Bureau	Rodrigues Educational Development Company Ltd
Central Electricity Board	Mauritius Educational Development Company Ltd	Mauritius Sugar Authority	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden Trust
Central Water Authority	Mauritius Examinations Syndicate	Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority	Small Enterprises and Handicraft Development Authority
Farmer's Service Corporation	Mauritius Film Development Corporation	Mauritius Wastewater Management Authority	State Trading Corporation
Financial Services Commission	Mauritius Institute of Health	National Computer Board	Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund
Industrial & Vocational Training Board	Mauritius Meat Authority	National Transport Corporation	Sugar Planter's Mechanical Pool Coorporation
Information and Communication Technologies Authority	Mauritius Oceanography Institute	Outer Islands Development Corporation	Tea Board Tertiary Education Commission
Irrigation Authority	Mauritius Ports Authority	Private Secondary Schools Authority	Tourism Authority University of Mauritius
Mahatma Gandhi Institute	Mauritius Qualifications Authority	Public Officers Welfare Council	University of Technology

Any other body set up by an enactment whether body corporate or not and which depends wholly or partly on government funding.

Other Bodies:-

Airports of Mauritius Ltd

Cargo Handling Corporation Ltd

Development Bank of Mauritius Ltd

Enterprise Mauritius

Mauritius Housing Company Ltd

Mauritius Shipping Corporation Ltd

National Housing Development Company Ltd

State Informatics Ltd

State Investment Corporation Limited

State Property Development Company Ltd