Governance & Public Sector

Public Procurement Act 2007

Established the Bureau of Public Procurement, mandated competitive bidding for federal contracts, created the Federal Tenders Board.

Signed
2007-06-04
Status
In force

1 Background

The PPA 2007 created the procurement infrastructure that governs federal contracts: the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), the Federal Tenders Board, the National Council on Public Procurement, and the mandatory procedures for open competitive bidding, restricted bidding, and selective tendering. It's the legal basis for the project-tracking work done in our Infrastructure section — every federal project shown there was procured under this Act.

2 Key provisions (6)

01
Bureau of Public Procurement established
02
Open competitive bidding as default for contracts >₦10M
03
Federal Tenders Board for contracts above BPP threshold
04
National Council on Public Procurement
05
Mandatory publication of bid awards
06
Criminal liability for procurement fraud

3 What changed in practice

Foundation for every federal infrastructure project since 2007
BPP "Open Contracting" portal operational since 2020
Several procurement-fraud prosecutions enabled

4 Who it affects

Federal MDAsContractorsBPP

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