Ekiti State Public Procurement (Reenactment) Law, no. 4 of 2020.

This Law, consisting of 62 articles and divided into 13 Parts, concerns the establishment of Ekiti State Council on public procurement and the bureau of public procurement as regulatory authorities responsible for the monitoring and oversight of public procurement, for harmonising the existing State and local government policies and practices, by regulating, setting standards and developing the legal framework and professional capacity for public procurement in Ekiti State. The Law applies to all procurement of goods, works, and services carried out by all arms of the State and local institutions, departments and agencies whose project cost is at least 35% deriving from the State’s public funds or any funds of a Local Government Area. According to the Law, goods are defined as objects of every kind and description including raw materials products and equipment and objects in solid, liquid or gaseous form and electricity as well as services incidental to the supply of the goods.
Matters covered by this Law include: establishment of State Council on public procurement and definition of its functions; establishment of the bureau of public procurement and definition of its objectives, functions and powers; funds of the bureau; legal proceedings; fundamental principles for procurement; approving authority; procurement planning and implementation; preconditions for qualification demand; procurement methods, open competitive bidding, bid security, conditions for bidding and examination of bids, including environmental benefits and environmental and social impact of the bid, domestic preference in the evaluation of bids, mobilisation fees; special and restricted methods of procurement, two-stage tendering, restricted tendering; procurement of consultancy services, criteria for evaluation of proposal, including: the extent of participation by Nigerian citizens, the economic development potential offered by the proposal including domestic investment or other business activity; investigation and review; code of conduct; offences.