Brown W Ateke
Ateke, B. W. is an enthusiast of academics with a strong penchant to build a scholarly profile.
Address: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University Port Harcourt.
Address: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University Port Harcourt.
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professional body in Nigeria, established by an Act of the National Assembly, with the primary
responsibility to develop and strengthen the manpower needs of the Purchasing and Supply
Management profession. Recently, however, the World Bank published a Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project report (P169405) 2019 which scathes the Institute’s standing, functions and efforts as the umbrella body of Purchasing and Supply Management professionals in the country. This paper critically analyses the core functions, roles and
responsibilities of the Institute as enshrined in the enabling Act and compares its syllabus with the
World Bank (2002) Procurement Consulting Services Manual, the World Bank Standard Bid Evaluation Form (SBEF) (April 1996), the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in Nigeria Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) and the syllabus of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, United Kingdom (2018) syllabus. The paper found that the CIPSMN syllabus compares very well with all the documents mentioned and is even richer in content than some of them. The paper thus concludes that CIPSMN is adequate in terms of syllabus, legal standing and functional effectiveness and efficiency, as the rallying point of all procurement practitioners in the country, and that the World Bank report on SPESSE is either an error or a mischief intended to mislead the general public. The paper recommends
that the report should be withdrawn and conciliatory publication made to redirect National and International thinking about manpower development in procurement and supply management in Nigeria; and that the World Bank should support the CIPSMN in its efforts to enhance the capacity of procurement practitioners in Nigeria’s public and private sectors who desire to become procurement
professionals, rather than circumvent the CIPSMN and its establishment Act in Nigeria.
professional body in Nigeria, established by an Act of the National Assembly, with the primary
responsibility to develop and strengthen the manpower needs of the Purchasing and Supply
Management profession. Recently, however, the World Bank published a Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project report (P169405) 2019 which scathes the Institute’s standing, functions and efforts as the umbrella body of Purchasing and Supply Management professionals in the country. This paper critically analyses the core functions, roles and
responsibilities of the Institute as enshrined in the enabling Act and compares its syllabus with the
World Bank (2002) Procurement Consulting Services Manual, the World Bank Standard Bid Evaluation Form (SBEF) (April 1996), the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) in Nigeria Standard Bidding Documents (SBD) and the syllabus of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, United Kingdom (2018) syllabus. The paper found that the CIPSMN syllabus compares very well with all the documents mentioned and is even richer in content than some of them. The paper thus concludes that CIPSMN is adequate in terms of syllabus, legal standing and functional effectiveness and efficiency, as the rallying point of all procurement practitioners in the country, and that the World Bank report on SPESSE is either an error or a mischief intended to mislead the general public. The paper recommends
that the report should be withdrawn and conciliatory publication made to redirect National and International thinking about manpower development in procurement and supply management in Nigeria; and that the World Bank should support the CIPSMN in its efforts to enhance the capacity of procurement practitioners in Nigeria’s public and private sectors who desire to become procurement
professionals, rather than circumvent the CIPSMN and its establishment Act in Nigeria.