(1) Any person who contravenes any provision of this Act commits an offence and where no penalty has been provided for the offence, the person is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 1000 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both.

(2) The following shall also constitute offences under this Act:

(a) entering or attempting to enter into a collusive agreement, whether enforceable or not, with any other supplier or contractor where the prices quoted in their respective tenders, proposals or quotations are or would be higher than would have been the case has there not been collusion between the persons concerned;

(b) directly or indirectly influencing in any manner or attempting to influence in any manner the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract;

(c) altering any procurement document with intent to influence the outcome of a tender proceeding and this includes but is not limited to

(i) forged arithmetical correction;

(ii) insertion of documents such as bid security or tax clearance certificate which were not submitted at bid opening; and

  (d) request for clarification in a manner not permitted under this Act.