The Federal Government (FG) has announced that contractors bidding for public projects will soon be required to present a certificate of subscription to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria’s (SON) Digital Standards Platform (DSP) as part of their prequalification documents.
The directive was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and SON on July 11, 2025, following a strategy meeting held at the BPP Headquarters in Abuja.
The statement explained that the move supports the integration of Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) into federal procurement, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s “Nigeria First” policy and a May 27, 2025, circular from the SGF, which mandates preference for Made-in-Nigeria goods and compliance with approved national standards.