Local Authorities are subject to the conditions of the Public Procurement Act (2015). This Act regulates the procurement of goods, works and services, the letting or hiring of anything or the acquisition or granting of rights for or on behalf of, and the disposal of assets of, public entities. It also prescribes the appointment of bid evaluation committees and their functions; to provide for procurement methods; to provide for bidding process, bidding challenge and review; to provide for preferences to categories of persons, goods manufactured, mined, extracted, produced or grown in Namibia, to Namibian registered small and medium enterprises, joint venture businesses, local suppliers, contractors and service providers; and to provide for incidental matters.