Africa-Press – Senegal. The World Bank invited Senegalese civil society and the private sector, on Tuesday, in Dakar, to an awareness-raising workshop intended to make them better understand the rules for the award of public contracts that it finances in the Senegal.
“We have in Senegal a portfolio of more than 3 billion dollars, of which [part] goes through public procurement. This is why we wanted to have this exchange with the private sector, so that it could have more information relating to access to these public markets », explained Laurent Mehdi Brito, the coordinator of the service in charge of procurement at the World Bank office in Dakar.
The purpose of the workshop is to show the local private sector the opportunities and mistakes to be avoided by bidders.
“We are going to talk to the private sector and civil society organizations about how they can access markets and sources of information,” said Laurent Mehdi Brito.
L’atelier sert à présenter aux entreprises sénégalaises les méthodes de présentation des bonnes offres, afin qu’elles puissent gagner des marchés publics avec les critères de la Banque mondiale et de les exécuter, a-t-il précisé.
La Banque mondiale constate qu’il existe au Sénégal beaucoup d’entreprises défaillantes en matière d’exécution des marchés publics, selon M. Brito.
“The contract execution phase is very important. We see that there are often contracts that do not come to an end or that are executed late », he underlined, adding that « there are big markets for international companies, for example in transport, roads and infrastructure”.
Senegalese entrepreneurs access these public contracts by resorting to consortia, recalled the World Bank official.
Selon lui, il existe même de petits marchés publics de l’institution financière internationale auxquels les petites et moyennes entreprises sénégalaises peuvent accéder.
“We see that the forms are often not properly completed, and the information is sometimes missing or inaccurate, which leads to the rejection of offers. This is why we are going to review the mechanisms and identify the major weaknesses” of Senegalese companies, said Laurent Mehdi Brito.
The work of the workshop also focused on over-the-counter markets.
“Over-the-counter contracts are part of the methods that exist”, specifies the World Bank procurement expert, adding that they are “framed” by the rules of the financial institution.
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