Procurement Risk:
Critical
Score:
5/100
Government Policy
Q57
0/100
Does the country have legislation covering defence and security procurement with clauses specific to corruption risks, and are any items exempt from these laws?
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995 is the only law available…
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It has become clear so far that Jordan has a legal framework that covers defence procurement, namely for the Armed Forces. However, a close…
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In light of available information and evidence, it is impossible to assess the effectiveness of Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995…
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Q58
25/100
Is the defence procurement cycle process, from assessment of needs, through contract implementation and sign-off, all the way to asset disposal, disclosed to the public?
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Military Supplies System No. 3 of the year 1995 [1] is the closest available law to procurement regulations in Jordan. Whilst the law has…
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Although Jordan has shown some effort to make aspects of its governmental procurement public, evidence points to the fact that the public does not…
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Military Supplies System No. 3 of the year 1995 [1] is the closest available law to procurement regulations in Jordan. Whilst the law has…
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Q59
0/100
Are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place and are these oversight mechanisms active and transparent?
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It has been established already that the defence sector is subject to little oversight, if any. There is no evidence that there are oversight…
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This sub-indicator has been marked Not Applicable because there is no evidence to support that there are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place, particularly…
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This sub-indicator has been marked Not Applicable because there is no evidence to support that there are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place, particularly…
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There is planning within the armed forces. This planning is less than five years or every two years. The planning is meant to serve…
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There is no publicly available information on forward purchase plans for the defence sector. As discussed in the previous sub-indicator, there is no evidence…
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Capability Gap and Requirements Definition
Q62
0/100
What procedures and standards are companies required to have – such as compliance programmes and business conduct programmes – in order to be able to bid for work for the Ministry of Defence or armed forces?
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Q63
0/100
Are procurement requirements derived from a national defence and security strategy, and are procurement decisions well-audited? Are defence purchases based on clearly identified and quantified requirements?
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In 2018, the U.S. claimed that it provided support to the Jordanian military through developing a five-year procurement plan for the Jordanian Armed Forces…
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There is no scrutiny of actual defence purchases, and there is little room for defence scrutiny in Jordan in general. For example, the Parliament…
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As has been established above, Jordan does not seem to have a national security and defence strategy, or if it does, the strategy is…
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Tender Solicitation, Assessment and Contract Award
Q64
0/100
Is defence procurement generally conducted as open competition or is there a significant element of single-sourcing (that is, without competition)?
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Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995 [1], and Military Works System No. 4 of the year 1995 [2], explicitly set out…
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It has been established throughout this assessment that defence decisions, budgets, expenditure and procurement are never scrutinised. In fact, instead of scrutiny over defence…
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Q65
0/100
Are tender boards subject to regulations and codes of conduct and are their decisions subject to independent audit to ensure due process and fairness?
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Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995, and Military Works System No. 4 of the year 1995, which are the main legislations…
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There are no oversight mechanisms for defence, whether in relation to decisions, budgets, expenditure or purchases and contracting. For this reason, it is impossible…
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There are no specific regulations and codes of conduct that are concerned with the conduct of tender boards. Despite the fact that Military Supplies…
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There are no oversight mechanisms for defence, whether in relation to decisions, budgets, expenditure or purchases and contracting. For this reason, it is impossible…
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Q66
0/100
Does the country have legislation in place to discourage and punish collusion between bidders for defence and security contracts?
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Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995, Military Works Law No. 4 of the year 1995, and the Ministry of Finance’s Tenders…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because the procurement committee has limited authority to exclude companies and senior company officials where there…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because there have been no cases of investigation of persecution. As a source informed us: “For…
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There is no evidence that training on collusion is provided to procurement officials [1,2].
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Contract Delivery and In-Service Support
Q67
25/100
Are there mechanisms and procedures that ensure that contractors meet their obligations on reporting and delivery?
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Both Military Supplies Law No. 3 of the year 1995, and Military Works Law No. 4 of the year 1995, are the main sources…
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There is no transparency at all in the reporting and delivery obligations of contractors. It has been established so far that the only defence…
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Although defence institutions do not release any information about defence procurement, whether concerning contracting or delivery, there are clear procedures in the law, where…
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There have been very rare instances where breaches were reported upon. These include incomplete number of goods or poor quality of food and clothes,…
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Q68
0/100
Are there mechanisms in place to allow companies to complain about perceived malpractice in procurement, and are companies protected from discrimination when they use these mechanisms?
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In relation to defence procurement there are only two available legislations relevant to armed forces contracts and purchases. Military Supplies Law No. 3 of…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because there are no complaints mechanisms in Jordan that allow companies to complain about perceived malpractice…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because there are no known complaints mechanisms in place for companies to complain, and there is…
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The only sanctions imposed on suppliers are related to failure in delivery, and there are no sanctions to punish corrupt activities of a supplier.…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because cases are rarely investigated but not often prosecuted. In studied affairs, political level interferes to…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable because there is no clear evidence if any investigated cases would result in a sanctions [1,2].
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Offset Contracts
Q70
25/100
When negotiating offset contracts, does the government specifically address corruption risk by imposing anti-corruption due diligence on contractors and third parties?
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Although the law allows the Commander in Chief to sign offset contracts, there is no evidence that such agreements take corruption risk to be…
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It has already been established that the only defence institution that publishes its tenders is the Royal Jordanian Airforce, whilst the largest defence institution…
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The only legislation related to defence procurement and contracting does not include any policies about the reporting and delivery obligations for offset contracts. Military…
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The government does not make details about off-set contracts transparent. There is a total lack of transparency in relation to defence contracting (see Q70).
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Due to the total lack of transparency in offset contracting (Q70), it is impossible to assess reporting on these contracts as no such information…
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Due to the total lack of transparency in offset contracting (Q70), it is impossible to assess reporting on these contracts as no such information…
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The Government does not reveal information about defence contracting procedures. There is no possible way to assess the level of competition over offset contracts,…
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Agents / Brokers
Q73
0/100
How strongly does the government control the company’s use of agents and intermediaries in the procurement cycle?
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Procurement laws in Jordan do not include any policies about the use of agents and intermediaries in the procurement cycle. However, both also allow…
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This sub-indicator has been marked as Not Applicable, as defence institutions in Jordan do not have restrictions on the use of agents and intermediaries.
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Financing Package
Q74
0/100
Are the principal aspects of the financing package surrounding major arms deals, (such as payment timelines, interest rates, commercial loans or export credit agreements) made publicly available prior to the signing of contracts?
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There is no transparency of defence decisions, budgets, expenditure, procurement and contracting. In fact, the only defence institution that publishes its tenders is Royal…
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Seller Influence
Q75
NS/100
How common is it for defence acquisition decisions to be based on political influence by selling nations?
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Almost all deals are politically influenced. Jordan is not a major buyer of weapons,…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Almost all deals are politically influenced. Jordan is not a major buyer of weapons,…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Defence decisions are rarely made public in Jordan, and there is no information around…
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