I. Vision

To make Rwanda the centre of regional excellence in public procurement.

The mandate of the Rwanda Public Procurement Authority is derived from chapter two of the law n°25/2011 of 30/06/2011 establishing the Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) and determining its mission, organization and functioning which stipulates the RPPA’s mission and powers respectively.

II.  Mission

To achieve the best value for money for the Government of Rwanda by setting up procurement standards, guidelines, and procedures, building capacity and monitoring procurement proceedings in order to ensure competition, economy , transparency, fairness, efficiency, accountability and zero tolerance to corruption in all public procurement activities.

III.   CORE FUNCTIONS

• To advise the government and other public procurement organs on the policies, strategies and organization of public procurement;
• To monitor activities of public contract award and execution. In this regard procuring entities shall be obliged to provide any information and documentation requested by the RPPA;
• To develop human resources and professionalism in public procurement;
• To develop teaching materials, organize training programs, set required qualifications for public procurement professionals;
• To collect and disseminate  procurement information on public procurement;
• To suspend or approve the suspension and debarment bidders in public procurement;
• To provide technical support where possible, to public procuring entities;
• To organize public awareness campaigns on matters related to public procurement;
• To establish relations and cooperate with other regional and international agencies of the same responsibilities.

IV. CORE VALUES

The Rwanda Public Procurement Authority is based on the following Principles:
Transparency; Competition; Economy; Efficiency; Fairness; Accountability.

1.Transparency
Public participation in procurement to allow free and fair competition minimizes corruption in the system, creating confidence, credibility, and reflects good governance on the part of the county's leadership. Transparency is practiced through public advertisement in public media, national and international papers of high circulation.

2.Competition
the key principle generally accepted that underlies the modern system of public procurement is open competition, universal access is unrestricted procurement. This ensures the best efficiency in the use of public funds. Its implementation allows to attract the maximum number of candidates and to achieve the objective of quality at the best price. Similarly its implementation is a struggle against corruption and similar acts.

3.Economy
Public procurement entails efficient use of public funds to ensure value for money, achievable and realizable public programs and projects at minimum cost.
While implementing public policy, competition based and guided by both quantitative and qualitative criteria is conducted to achieve best quality at minimum.

4.Efficiency
Efficiency to expedite procurement functions is of high essence so as to avoid bogging down implementation of public programs at the expense of transparency.

5.Fairness
Considerations of fairness is an aspect of good  governance where benefits from public resources  are evenly distributed to minimize monopolistic tendencies that may come about due to uneven distribution of capacity and other influencing factors.

6. Accountability
 Accountability is an administrative necessity in public administration, more so with regard to public financial management.
This principle implies sound management of the process of procurement.