The Federal Government has approved a prior review of the thresholds service-wide application for procurements in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, (MDAs).
It was gathered that the Ministerial tenders board can now award a contract of N30 million and above – but less than N1.5 billion – for works, according to a circular signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha.
This represents a 200% increase from the initial approval of N10 million and above — but less than N500 million.
The Board can also award N20 million and above (but less than N300 million) for goods, while the threshold for services is N20 million and above (but less than N300 million). Before now, it could only approve contracts from N5million and above (but less than N100 million) for goods and consultant fees.
According to the circular, Mustapha said the Bureau of Public Procurement, (BPP) would be more disposed to post review, procurement audit, surveillance and monitoring activities to check against abuse procurement processes and enforce appropriate sanctions.
The review States that only BPP can provide a certificate of ‘no objection’ for procurement of goods worth N300 million and above, works from N1.5 billion and above and consultant fees above N300 million in MDAs.
A Certificate of No Objection is an approval showing that a procuring entity conforms with the procurement laws.
The circular added that the approved procurement thresholds supersede all subsisting thresholds except for the special thresholds for expenditures related to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, (NNPC), which is in US Dollar and is self-adjusting to reflect the prevailing Naira equivalent values.
Mustapha said the implementation of the circular is with immediate effect.
