The State Procurement Agency of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan

Cabinet of Azerbaijan

The Cabinet of Azerbaijan is the chief executive body of the Republic of Azerbaijan.-The Executive Power:The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the head of state....

 in charge of regulation of activities related to procurement of goods (works and services) purchased by state funds in Azerbaijan Republic. The committee is headed by Isgandar Chandirli

Isgandar Chandirli

Isgandar Chandirli Huseyn oglu is an Azerbaijani politician who serves as the Director of State Procurement Agency of Azerbaijan Republic.He was appointed the Director of the State Procurement Agency in the November 19, 2008 reshuffle of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan...

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History

The State Procurement Agency (SPA) was established by the Presidential

President of Azerbaijan

The country of Azerbaijan is a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government...

 Decree No.583 on May 16, 1997.
Its formal charter was approved by Decree No.855 of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic on February 20, 2003.

Structure

The agency is led by its Director aided by Chief of Staff. The agency contains the Department of Training Organization, International Relations, Law and Hearing Complaints, Sector of Training Organization, International Relations, Department of Economic Analysis and Control, Sector of Economic Analysis, General Department, Department of Regulation of Procurement of goods (works and services) and Sector of Electronic Database Formation. The main functions of the agency are establishment and improvement of the legal base which oversees public procurement in the country; ensuring control over the legality of procurement of goods and services, purchased with the funds provided by the government; control over tender activities of the government; taking measures for improvement of qualification of specialists of procurement organizations in the field of public procurement; ensuring fair competition during tenders held on public procurement, etc. Among the first documents by the agency were the Charter "On procurement of goods (works and services) by budgetary organizations" which regulate public procurement in Azerbaijan Republic which was approved by on December 19, 1996.
According to the agency, it organized 8,636 tenders with the value of signed contracts amounting to AZN

Azerbaijani manat

The Manat is the currency of Azerbaijan. It is subdivided into 100 qəpik. The word manat is borrowed from "moneta" which is pronounced as "maneta"...

998.3 million in 2009.