State Procurement Agency (Azerbaijan)

The State Procurement Agency of Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Satınalmalar üzrə Dövlət Agentliyi) is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of activities related to procurement of goods (works and services) purchased by state funds in Azerbaijan Republic.

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

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.

[1] According to the agency, it organized 8,636 tenders with the value of signed contracts amounting to AZN 998.3 million in 2009.