Strengthening open contracting in public procurement (NG0047)

Thematic Area: Fiscal Transparency

Brief Description of the Commitment: This commitment addresses the lack of transparency, limited public access to procurement information, risk of corruption and inefficiencies in public procurement processes by promoting Open Data, Civic Oversight and improved service delivery.

General Problem / Challenge Addressed by the Commitment: Despite recent improvement, Nigeria’s public procurement system still suffers from limited transparency, weak enforcement, low citizen awareness and engagement, low community involvement and a lack of coordination and documentation, which undermine accountability, efficiency and fuel corruption.

Specific OGP Issue(s) in Focus: Effective Implementation of open contracting to improve public service integrity and processes, inclusion of actors relevant in the discourse and use of procurement data for improved governance and service delivery.

Rationale for the Commitment: The rationale for strengthening open contracting in public procurement is to ensure public funds are used judiciously, effectively, efficiently and transparently. The commitment aims to reduce opportunities for corruption and improve service delivery. By making procurement data open and accessible, the government empowers CSOs, citizens, the media and the private sector to monitor the public procurement process, hold government officials accountable and contribute to better policy decisions and implementation.

Main Objective: To improve accountability and transparency of public procurement processes, promote wider stakeholder participation and better service delivery through the Open Data Standards.

Anticipated Impact: More transparent and accountable procurement processes leading to increased public trust, improved value for money in government spending, enhanced citizens’ participation and ultimately service delivery

Expected Outcomes | Milestones (Performance Indicators)
1. Increased value for money in public contract delivery with reduced
corruption and fraud in public procurement processes.
● Improved levels of efficiency, transparency, accountability, effectiveness, economy, and equity in public procurement processes.
● Better standing in the global and national corruption ranking index.

2. Increased and timely access to procurement data and information in
both human and machine-readable formats by stakeholders including women, persons with disabilities, private sector and nonState based organizations
● Increased level of access to EGP and other procurement data and information.
● Timeliness in uploads of procurement data in line with OCDS.
● Level of uptake and utilization of procurement data/information by civil society, citizens, media and private sector.

3. Upgraded User feedback and observer page to be added to the eGovernment Procurement (EGP) and the Open data portal (NOCOPO) for better user analysis and experience.
● Level of satisfaction of EGP and other procurement data navigation and analytics features by users .
● Increase in number of visitors to EGP and NOCOPO platforms.
● 20% increase in number of satisfied users of the EGP and NOCOPO platform

4. Improved citizen participation in the entire procurement cycle resulting from wider sensitisation outreaches.
● Level of feedback provided by citizens and responses from the relevant government MDA.

Planned Activities | Start Date End Date | Expected Output(s) Output Indicator(s)

1. Conduct a detailed study on the NOCOPO. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 |
● A comprehensive validated report on best practices and challenges of NOCOPO | ● A validated report

2. Utilising OCDS in the redesign and relaunch of NOCOPO to improve engagement (usability and content). | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 |
● EGP and NOCOPO portals redesigned and relaunched. | ● User-friendly interface

3. Conduct periodic stakeholders’ sensitisation engagements at all levels on the procurement process/cycle in collaboration with NoA, BPP, and Media. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 |
● Sensitisation workshops across the 6 geopolitical zones ● Reports from each engagement | ● Number of sensitisation workshops across the 6 geopolitical zones held. ● Number of radio jingles aired. ● Number of reports from engagements. ● Number of links to news, reports, and articles.

4. Advocate for the professionalisation of public and private procurement officers. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 |
● Advocacy messages and tools developed. ● Advocacy engagement held. | ● Number of advocacy engagements held.

5. Establish a multistakeholder compliance oversight/accountability mechanism| Jan 2026 Dec 2029 |
● Established mechanisms for compliance oversight. ● Number of stakeholders who participated in the meetings for the establishment of the mechansims ● Number of meeting reports

6. Development of a comprehensive framework for the Promotion of community engagement in the procurement process. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● A comprehensive framework developed | ● Validated and comprehensive framework document

7. Conduct advocacy engagements and monitor preferential procurement policies. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● Advocacy messages and tools developed. ● Advocacy engagement held and monitored. | ● Number of advocacy engagements held

8. Advocacy for the implementation of eprocurement and the establishment of the National Council on Public Procurement. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● Advocacy messages and tools developed. ● Advocacy engagement held and monitored. | ● Number of advocacy engagements held

9. Conduct advocacy for the review of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and other procurement policies. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● Advocacy messages and tools developed. ● Advocacy engagement held and monitored. | ● Number of advocacy engagements held

10 . Organise periodic capacity building and sensitisation activities for MDAs, CSOs, media, SMEs, and community leaders on the usage of the new portal to monitor and oversight. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● Capacity building conducted across MDAs. ● Sensitisation workshops held across CSOs, media, SMEs, and community leaders. | ● Number of MDAs, CSOs, Journalists, SMEs, and community leaders trained. ● Number of Sensitisation workshops held across CSOs, media, SMEs, and community leaders

11. Design and develop a Mobile version of the Portal. | Jan 2026 Dec 2029 | ● Mobile version of portal designed and developed. | ● Available mobile app.