Public Procurement Regulatory Authority - Togo (PPRA-TG)follows the central purchase policy to save effort and money and controls the process of expenditure and purchase. Therefore, the Procurement Department has been established as a part of Logistics Directorate to implement the central purchase policy. Briefly, Procurement Department provides all requirements and services to the departments and divisions of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority - Togo (PPRA-TG)either from local or foreign markets. The Procurement Department is divided into four sections-

• Tenders and Auctions Section
• Local Purchase Section
• Foreign Purchase Section
• Contracts Section

Core Objectives of the PPRA-TG

• Economic Efficiency
• Competition - Providing level playing ground for all strata of bidders
• Value for money
• Tranparency

Core Functions of the PPRA-TG

• Supervise the implementation of established procurement policies;
• Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a national database of standard prices;
• Publish the details of major contracts in the procurement journ
• Publish paper and electronic editions of the procurement journal and maintain an archival system for the procurement journal;
• Maintain a national database of the particulars and classification and categorisation of federal contractors and service providers;
• Collate and maintain in an archival system, all federal procurement plans and information;
• Undertake procurement research and surveys;
• Organise training and development programmes for procurement professionals;
• Periodically review the socio-economic effect of the policies on procurement and advise the Council accordingly;
• Prepare and update standard bidding and contract documents;
• Prevent fraudulent and unfair procurement and where necessary apply administrative sanctions;
• Review the procurement and award of contract procedures of every entity to which the procurement act applies;