Under the direction and oversight of Elsa Pilichowski, OECD Director for Public Governance, Janos Bertók, OECD Deputy Director for Public Governance, and Edwin Lau, Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division, this review was co-ordinated by Kenza Khachani, Policy Analyst of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division, with the support of Paulo Magina, Deputy Head of the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division. The main authors of this report are Kenza Khachani and Masayuki Omote from the Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division of the Directorate for Public Governance. Sandy Sleiman from IDEA Management Consulting Services Limited also contributed to the report. Simon Cox provided relevant comments and Thibaut Gigou provided editorial assistance.
The action was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in cooperation, with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support (DG Reform) of the European Commission. The OECD expresses its gratitude to the European Commission for their support to this project, particularly Mr. Daniele Dotto, Deputy Director of DG Reform and Head of Unit, Governance and Public Administration and Athina Manta, policy officer in the same unit and coordinator of the project in DG Reform.
The OECD is particularly thankful to the Maltese Government for their commitment to this work and wishes to express its gratitude to all those who made this report possible. In particular, the OECD expresses its gratitude to Mr. Paul Zahra, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Employment, Malta, Mr Anthony Cachia, Director General – Department of Contracts (DoC) within the Ministry of Finance and Employment in Malta, Mr John Degiorgio (Director - Sectorial Procurement Directorate of the DoC) and coordinator of the project, Ms Lorraine Mangion Duca (Director – Procurement Policy and Quality Assurance, DoC), and Ms Jacqueline Gili (Director-Operations, DoC).
The engagement and consultation with key stakeholders of the public procurement system in Malta were critical for the successful completion of this review. The authors would also like to thank all contracting authorities and other stakeholders who provided key input to help understand the system in place.