The Department of Procurement performs the under-listed functions and responsibilities as saddled by the Accounting Officer in line with the Public Procurement Act (PPA), 2007.

• Aggregates the needs assessment and evaluation of all the Departments of FCDA and identifies the goods, works, or services required.
• Carries out appropriate market and statistical surveys and on that basis prepares an analysis of the cost implications of the proposed procurement.
• Liaises with the Implementing Departments in the preparation of Procurement Plan, Tender Documents, and together manage, implement, and monitor the execution of all approved Procurements.
• Collate vets and standardizes requirements of each project from procuring departments in the preparation of advertisement for prequalification and Expression of Interest (EOI) in line with the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
• Issuing and receiving Bid documents from Contractors and Service providers (Consultants) for planned procurements.
• Process all the advertised procurements up to the various Approving Authorities depending on the threshold. This includes the recommendation of Sub-Technical Evaluation Committees, Opening of Bids, and Obtaining necessary Management approvals of the Evaluation Reports.
• Serves as the Secretariat to both Procurement Planning Committee and Tenders Board whose Chairman is the Executive Secretary (FCDA).
• Makes submissions to the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) for the Certification of Projects for Works over N1.5 Billion and Goods and Services over N300 Million thresholds in liaison with the Implementing Departments.
• Processes all procurements from all Departments of FCDA
• Vets payment Certificates and invoices and recommends same to the Executive Secretary, for approval and subsequent payment.
• Prepares and maintains good procurement records for BPP inspection and for office use
• Processes decisions of the Tenders Board meeting to the Honourable Minister for implementation.
• Requests for a letter of “No Objection” from BPP on contracts that requires them.
• Issues contract award letter(s) to successful Bidders after the Honourable Minister’s approval.
• Facilitates the conduct of Due Diligence on companies before the award of contracts.
• Project monitoring and physical verification of Goods supplied with a view to providing information on performance, output, and compliance with specifications and targets (Cost, Quality, and Time).