The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of procurement plan and itsrnimplementation practice in Ethiopia taking the case of Ministry of Urban Development, Housingrnand Construction (MUDHCo). The main assessment areas were on the internal factors,rnincluding: (i) the process and content of procurement plan and its implementation, (iii)rnspecification completeness, and (iii) the planning stage price estimation relation with marketrnrealty. The study focuses on, assessing the plan versus the performance of the past two years,rn(2012/2013 and 2013/2014). The study deploys descriptive statistical method and the selection ofrnthe respondents was done using stratified random sampling techniques. In addition, open-endedrnquestions were used by coded. Accordingly, questionnaires were distributed to potentialrnrespondents selected from the target population; and the responses were 95%. Based on thernanalysis, the Ministry has a trend in the preparing procurement plan. However, having a plan byrnitself does not ensure success; it largely, depends on the extent of implementation. In the casernorganization, the procurement plan, specification and bid documents and market pricernassessments were found poor and incomplete. Moreover, there was a long delay in thernevaluation of technical documents. Despite, the work programs of the departments had affectedrnmuch by the weak performance of procurement functions. Eventually, the study recommendsrnthat, the need for applying a collective effort on developing continuous training programs andrnvigorously and closely tracking the plan against the performance to make early correctivernaction.rnKey words: Effectiveness, Procurement Planning, Specification Completeness and Market PricernAssessment