Procurement is a means by which an organization acquire good and services in arnscientific manner. More than two third of the organization annual budget is spendrnthrough procurement. Every activity of the organization, either service or goods provider, isrnhighly attached with the procured product. Thus, failure of the procurement unit has a directrnimpact on the failure of all other department. This study focused on the evaluation ofrnprocurement process in Selected Governmental Colleges of Addis Ababa City Administration.rnThe purpose of the study was to assess the procurement system of Selected GovernmentalrnColleges of Addis Ababa City Administration, the satisfaction of the user departments, thernchallenges faced by the procurement department and the adverse effect of the perceptionrntowards the departments of each college. For the accomplishment of this, the study wasrnemployed through descriptive designee in whom the selection of respondents is carried out byrnusing purposive sampling technique. 72 employees and deans and higher officers arernconsidered as a sample unit. Furthermore, exclusive interview has made with the procurementrnsupport team leaders and the procurement officer, Addis Ababa city administration financernand economic development employees and higher officers and Addis Ababa cityrnadministration procurement and property disposal agency officers. Both primary andrnsecondary data are used. The major finding indicates that, the performance of thernprocurement departments of each college is found in unsatisfactory level and the departmentsrndonâ€™t support the colleges to achieve their goal and mission. The departments work flow isrntoo long and bureaucratic nature which is not flexible for new idea. Even though trailing tornavoid rent seeker is admirable, most of the time the adverse effect has forgotten. Therndepartment is not fully authorized to make decision in every procurement step and method.rnBesides, the qualification of the staff and training held is not well enough to fill therngap. The preparation of specifications, evaluation conditions and contract management is toornpoor, though they are highly important.