Procurement Section Mission Statement
The mission of the General Civil Aviation Authority’s Procurement Section is to provide cost effective and competitive procurement of supplies and services necessary to provide the highest quality standards in the aviation industry.  The Procurement Section is committed to assisting our departments with their growing purchasing needs in order to meet our organizational mission.  

Our Goal and General Objectives
The Procurement Section's continuous goal is to be responsive to the needs of those we support; that is the GCAA Head Quarters in Abu Dhabi, The Sheik Zayed Air Traffic Centre, Dubai Regional Office & and the Montreal Office in Canada.
The professional purchasing staff ensures that all departments/sections in GCAA receive the highest quality products at the best possible price while maintaining the integrity of the open competitive bidding process.
All items are purchased in accordance with Materials Management Policy Manual and the Section's internal guidelines. Using our purchase order process and contracts, guarantees that all necessary legal mandates have been followed.

Our Achievements
Building on years of experience, we enhanced our supplier evaluation progress in 2009, helping to ensure that GCAA becomes part of everyday practice in all purchasing processes.

The year’s main achievements included development of a fully integrated assessment approach, to evaluate suppliers’ ethical, social, environmental and safety practices. By the year end, we had achieved a key objective set in 2009: more than 75% of our global procurement volumes (including product-related purchases, project sourcing, general expenses, subcontracting, etc.) came from suppliers whose best practices had been assessed.

Goals for 2010 and beyond
Integrating the new ERP solution is among our top priorities for 2010. This solution provides third party input and analysis, presents assessment results according to internationally recognized indicators, enables improved communication of results to buyers and enables our teams to concentrate on developing improvement plans with suppliers. This solution also allows us to assess evaluation of any new supplier during the selection process.
By the end of 2010, we aim to fully implement the new ERP system in all of all of our key locations. We also aim to have a full plan in place for managing all suppliers with below average ratings by the year end. . We are establishing a systematic improvement program with suppliers assessed below satisfactory to ensure that by the end of 2011, 90% of the active suppliers assessed are satisfactory or above and action a plans will be in place for the remaining 10%.

Materials Management Policy & Procedure Manual – To Develop and update procurement manual and authority matrix and implementation of the same.

Procurement's Strategic Objectives
GCAA Procurement section is the focal point for all contacts with suppliers concerning the commitment of company funds for materials and services. It is instrumental in establishing and managing effective supplier relationships. It is Purchasing’s responsibility to locate and maintain the best source of supply. Our mutual success depends on every supplier supporting us in achieving the following strategic objectives:

Total Quality: In order to achieve excellence and customer satisfaction worldwide, our focus is on continuous improvement in the quality of all products, processes and services. This section and its suppliers strive to examine and improve all of the systems by which we get things done. By making our suppliers an integral part of our overall quality process.

Supplier Collaboration: The Procurement section success in achieving Total Quality depends on viewing suppliers as a valuable extension of our own business. Our goal in Procurement is to build long-term business relationships with a group of suppliers who share our total quality vision by consistently delivering the highest quality products and services. Ultimately, this focus means selecting suppliers with high competence.

Availability: Our Suppliers do response to the rapid growing needs of the authority and strategies. Reducing the time it takes to deliver materials and services to our facilities. The speed of technological changes drives our need for reduced cycle times, shorter lead-times, 100% defect-free materials, and on-time delivery.