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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