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Country : Sao Tome and Principe

Summary : Procurement of Goods and Services, Consultancy Services for Institutional Support Project for Customs and Public Expenditure Management (ISP-CAPEM))

Deadline : 31 Mar 2024

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TOT Ref.No.: 97908843

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Competition : ICB

Financier : African Development Bank (AfDB)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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General Procurement Notice for Procurement of Goods and Services, Consultancy Services for Institutional Support Project for Customs and Public Expenditure Management (ISP-CAPEM))


The project consists of the following components:
Component 1: Modernization of customs administration and sustainable management of public debt.
This component aims to strengthen capacities for revenue collection and sustainable management of public debt, and will be implemented through two sub-components:
Sub-component 1.1: Modernized Customs Administration and Trade Environment. The objective of this sub-component is to modernize customs administration with a view to increasing the collection of trade revenues and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the control of legitimate trade operations.
Main activities include pprovision of technical support from the United Nations Conference on Trade
2 and Development (UNCTAD) for the upgrade and migration of the ASYCUDA 2010 global system (version 4.3) to its latest Windows version, including the purchase of information technology equipment to support the upgrade of the electronic system.
Sub-component 1.2: Capacity Building and Transparency in Public Debt Management: The main
objective of this sub-component is to strengthen capacity and transparency in public debt management.
Main activities include provision of technical assistance to the Public Debt Management and Monitoring
Office (BGSDP), for (i) the development of a medium-term debt strategy and a debt plan, (ii) the review
of the legal debt framework (Decree-Law 1/2014), (iii) develop new regulations and clarify the objectives
of loans and the roles of stakeholders and (iv) develop operational manuals on public debt.
Component 2: Strengthening the management and control of public expenditure. This component aims
to strengthen transparency and accountability for greater effectiveness and efficiency in the
management of public expenditures, and will materialize through two sub-components, namely:
Sub-component 2.1: Strengthening the financial management information system. The main objective
of this sub-component is to support the development and implementation of an improved and
integrated financial management information system. Key activities under this sub-component include
provision of technical assistance to design and develop an improved integrated financial management
system.
Sub-component 2.2: Capacity building in public resource management. This sub-component aims to
support the implementation of the new Public Procurement Law and strengthen the government's
capacity to implement PFM reforms. The sub-component also aims to support interventions to
strengthen PFM capacity in specific areas, including the implementation of the new public procurement
reform, legislation and government capacity building in internal and external audit, public procurement
management and countering illicit financial flows, and ensuring that PFM reforms take into account
gender and climate change.
6. The procurement modes will be:
CONSULTING SERVICES:
• Technical Assistance for development of (a) public procurement regulations, (b) standard
procurement documents for goods works and services and/or procurement procedures
manual, (c) procurement training modules and training of trainers, and (d) sustainable
procurement strategy - CQS (Consultant-s Qualifications).
• Consultancy for undertaking training needs assessment for all project beneficiary institutions
and develop training plans - ICS (Selection of Individual Consultant).
• Technical Assistance for (a) development of a National AML/CTF Strategy and Action Plan and
a National AML/CTF Policy, and (b) review of various statutes (Law 3/2018 - Law against
terrorism and its financing; Decree No. 60/2009 - creation of Financial Information Unit (FIU)
and Decree No. 25/2012 - drafting of Internal regulation and completion of draft organic
statute of the FIU - CQS (Consultant-s Qualifications).
• Technical Assistance for SAFE-e quality assurance - ICS (Selection of Individual Consultant).
• Technical Assistance for the development of a medium-term debt strategy, borrowing plan
including capacity building to debt management office and National Debt Management
Committee, on development of public debt management, debt borrowing planning, debt
sustainability and reporting. - ICS (Selection of Individual Consultant).
• Technical Assistance for stakeholder engagement, awareness, and capacity building on implementation of public procurement law and development of regulations and other
operational tools.
PROCUREMENT OF GOODS:
• Acquisition of 1 pallet scanner for non-intrusive customs control at entry of good at the airport/Port and training in operationalization by the supplier - OCB (Open Competitive Bidding)
• Acquisition of SAFE-e (integrated financial management system) application development, including, (a) supply of ICT equipment, (b) staff training and (c) system interface with core government systems - OCB (Open Competitive Bidding)
• Procurement of IT Equipment and software for customs and Procurement Authority - OCB (Open Competitive Bidding)

Interested bidders may obtain more information and should confirm their interest by contacting:
The project implementation team, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Planning Directorate Building, 1st floor,
Largo das Alfândegas-São Tomé-São Tomé and Príncipe. E-mail: Capemstp@gmail.com or
monizfilipe@yahoo.com.; Mobile: +239 9977073; Contact person: Manuel Filipe Moniz.

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