The Bureau of Public Procurement has the following functions amongst others:

• Formulate the general policies and guidelines relating to public sector procurement for the approval of the Council;
• Publicise and explain the provisions of the procurement act;
• Subject to thresholds as may be set by the Council, certify Federal procurement prior to the award of contract;
• Supervise the implementation of established procurement policies;
• Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a national database of standard prices;
• Publish the details of major contracts in the procurement journal;
• Publish paper and electronic editions of the procurement journal and maintain an archival system for the procurement journal;
• Maintain a national database of the particulars and classification and categorisation of federal contractors and service providers;
• Collate and maintain in an archival system, all federal procurement plans and information;
• Undertake procurement research and surveys;
• Organise training and development programmes for procurement professionals;
• Periodically review the socio-economic effect of the policies on procurement and advise the Council accordingly;
• Prepare and update standard bidding and contract documents;
• Prevent fraudulent and unfair procurement and where necessary apply administrative sanctions;
• Review the procurement and award of contract procedures of every entity to which the procurement act applies;
• Perform procurement audits and submit such report to the national Assembly bi-annually;
• Introduce, develop, update and maintain related database and technology;
• Establish a single internet portal that shall serve as a primary and definitive source of all information on government procurement containing and displaying all public sector procurement information at all times; and
• Co-ordinate relevant training programs to build institutional capacity