Overview
This policy establishes a coherent framework for managing the Government of the Republic of Zambia’s vehicles, plant, and equipment across Ministries, Provinces and Spending Agencies (MPSAs). It responds to previously high and uncoordinated expenditures by standardizing procurement, promoting fit-for-purpose assets, leveraging bulk buying, and instituting pooling systems and comprehensive insurance. Key objectives include standardizing acquisition, improving operational management, ensuring equitable allocation, creating a digitalized national fleet database, enhancing cost efficiency (including leasing and hiring options), and enforcing transparent disposal aligned with the Public Finance Management Act. It also strengthens access to the Public Service Motor Vehicle Loan Scheme to reduce pressure on the Treasury. The implementation framework assigns roles to Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Works and Supply through the Government Transport Control Unit (GTCU), Transport Units in MPSAs, and other ministries and bodies such as the Plant, Vehicle and Equipment Committee (PVEC) and the Standing Accidents Board. The legal basis spans the Roads and Road Traffic Act (2002), Public Procurement Act (2008), Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics Act (2014), Public Finance Management Act (2018), and Public Private Partnership Act (2009). Monitoring and evaluation, capacity building, and stakeholder coordination underpin delivery.