Proposal to Increase Special Groups Registered on NeST to 300,000 by 2050
Latest Tanzania public admin news · Proposal to Increase Special Groups Registered on NeST… explained · updated Aug 20, 2026 · breaking news · latest updates · explained
TLDR
- The Director General of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), Denis Simba, announced that the electronic public procurement system (NeST) has prevented the printing of over 288.6 million tender documents.
- Simba stated that NeST has reduced costs and time for bidders participating in public procurement processes by allowing electronic submissions instead of physical document delivery.
- The NeST system has improved transparency and efficiency in public procurement and is integrated with over 30 systems, including banking and licensing systems.
- Compliance with the Public Procurement Act has increased from 65% in 2023/24 to 76% in 2024/25, and is projected to reach 79% in 2025/26.
- A total of 27,996 special groups have been registered on NeST, including 13,317 youth, 14,400 women, 643 elderly, and 586 persons with disabilities, who have collectively secured tenders worth 56 billion Tanzanian.