Departments

The objectives of the department are:-

(i)  Ensuring the proper implementation of the Public Procurement Act 2007 in Federal Ministry of  Information & Communications.
(ii)  Liaison with Federal Bureau of Public Procurement and other   Institutional and Regulatory  Authorities in ensuring that Procurement activities in the Ministry are in tandem with due process, acceptable bench mark and best practices.
(iii) Ensuring application of fair, competitive, transparent, value-for-money standards and practices for the procurement and disposal of public assets and services.
(iv) Attaining of transparency, competitiveness, cost effectiveness and professionalism in the public       sector procurement system.

Vision
Provision of Procurement advice and services to the Ministry of Information and Communications and responding to the Procurement Act 2007 in a manner that is consistent with the love values of the present administration viz re-branding Nigeria transparency and value for money.

Mission
To deliver efficient and effective procurement services in manner that accords with service excellence to all citizens and ser a benchmark for  all  procurement services in the economic and social spheres of the Ministry’s activities.

FUNCTIONS

•  Keeps record of all Procurement meetings and approvals for procurement
• Facilitate the implementation of Public Procurement  through effective liaison with the Department of Finance and Accounts on the assent to annual budgets by the President
• Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a detail, use of standing prices.
• Respond to correspondence from BPP and conformity with the templates sent from BPP in soft and hard copies for purposes of implementing the Public  Procurement Act, 2007.
•  Initiate Procurement Planning Committee Meetings and serve as Secretary PPC.
• Serves as the Secretariat of Ministerial Tenders Board,
• To carry out corrective Maintenance of all Government Properties in Offices and Radio House, environs.
• To supervise the Comprehensive Maintenance Contract Agreement entered into by the Ministry with various Contractors.

ACHIEVEMENTS
i.  Successful conduct of Procurement Activities
ii. Dissemination of information and awareness on Procurement guidelines and activities to other Departments and Units in the Ministry.
iii. Drawing of FMIC’s Procurement Plan for 2009 with the President’s assent to the 2009 Budget.
iv.Commission of new 1000KVA Cummins Generator set

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