All You Need To Know about Abia State, Enugu State Contract, Procurement Law

All You Need To Know about Abia State, Enugu State Contract, Procurement Law

 FUNCTIONS OF ABIA STATE BUREAU OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

ACCORDING TO LAW NO. 012 OF ABIA STATE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND RELATED MATTERS LAW, 2009.

The Bureau shall;

• • (a) Formulate the general policies and guidelines relating to public sector procurement for the approval of the council;

• • (b) Publicize and explain the provisions of this law;

• • (c) Subject to thresholds as may be set by the Council, certify State procurement prior to the award of contract;

• • (d) Supervise the implementation of established procurement policies;

• • (e) Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a state database of standard prices;

• • (f) Publish the details of major contracts in the procurement journal;

• • (g) Publish paper and electronic editions of the procurement and maintain an archival system for the procurement journal;

• • (h) Maintain a State database of the particulars and classification and categorization of contractors and service providers;

• • (i) Collate and maintain in an archival system, all State procurement plans and information.

• • (j) Undertake procurement research and surveys;

• • (k) Organize training and development programmes for procurement professionals;

• • (l) Periodically review the socio-economic effect of the policies;

• • (m) Prepare and update standard bidding and contract documents;

• • (n) Prevent fraudulent and unfair procurement and where necessary apply administrative sanctions.

• • (o) Review the procurement and award of contract procedures of every entity to which this Law applies.

• • (p) Perform procurement audits and submit such report to the House of Assembly bi-annually.

• • (q) Introduce, develop, update and maintain related database and technology.

• • (r) Establish a single interest internet portal that shall, subject to Section 19(21) serve as a primary and definite source of all information on government procurement containing and displaying all public sector procurement information at all times, and

• (s) Co-ordinate relevant training programmes to build institutional capacity.

FUNCTIONS OF ENUGU STATE BUREAU OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

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