Procurement Risk:
Very High
Score:
21/100
Government Policy
Q57
0/100
Does the country have legislation covering defence and security procurement with clauses specific to corruption risks, and are any items exempt from these laws?
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. On the website of the National Procurement Regulatory Authority (Autorité Nationale de Régulation des…
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Côte d’Ivoire has no defence-specific legislation covering this type of public procurement, as shown in 57A.
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Côte d’Ivoire has no legislation regulating defence and security procurement. Therefore this indicator is marked Not Applicable. Since there is no defence-specific legislation and…
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Q58
13/100
Is the defence procurement cycle process, from assessment of needs, through contract implementation and sign-off, all the way to asset disposal, disclosed to the public?
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The defence procurement cycle from beginning to end is not subject to any legal requirement for public disclosure. Unlike other ministries in Côte d’Ivoire,…
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From 2015-2018 certain aspects of the defence procurement cycle (chaîne d’approvisionnement) are disclosed, though only in a very abbreviated and general way. However, this…
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This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence.
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Q59
8/100
Are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place and are these oversight mechanisms active and transparent?
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Some oversight mechanisms are specific to defence and security operations and administration. Though no evidence of their independence given their lack of transparency. The…
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The General Inspectorate of the Armed Forces and the Comptroller General (CGAFD) oversee defence procurement contracts. But the effectiveness of these institutions is difficult…
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The oversight roles of the General Inspectorate and General Control of the Armed Forces in monitoring defence procurement projects are fully opaque.
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The adoption of the five-year Military Planning Act (Loi de Programmation Militaire, LPM) 2016-2020 serves as a general roadmap for potential purchases through 2020.…
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Highly aggregate figures have been published by Ivorian media about the planned defence investments in equipment and infrastructure, based on the LPM 2016-2020. The…
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Few actual defence purchases are disclosed by Ivorian media. Some information is available via Côte d’Ivoire’s military partners (mainly France) or by international suppliers…
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There is no evidence that the MoD release data on actual purchases in any type of format because there is no legal provision mandating…
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Capability Gap and Requirements Definition
Q62
50/100
What procedures and standards are companies required to have – such as compliance programmes and business conduct programmes – in order to be able to bid for work for the Ministry of Defence or armed forces?
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There are legal provisions in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement on procedures and standards that companies are required to follow when negotiating a…
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There is some evidence that the provisions in Articles 48-49 and 185-187 in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement are sometimes implemented when negotiating…
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Q63
0/100
Are procurement requirements derived from a national defence and security strategy, and are procurement decisions well-audited? Are defence purchases based on clearly identified and quantified requirements?
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The Military Planning Act for 2016-2020 (Loi de Programmation Militaire, LPM 2016-2020) was adopted on January 4, 2016. However, the LPM is perceived as…
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No evidence of published audits by oversight mechanisms (NA, Commission de Securité et Défense, Inspection Générale des Armées, Cour des Comptes) that would confirm…
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The evidence points to an opportunistic policy that does not strictly follow the policy guidelines of the LPM 2016-2020. As a result, the purchases…
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Tender Solicitation, Assessment and Contract Award
Q64
0/100
Is defence procurement generally conducted as open competition or is there a significant element of single-sourcing (that is, without competition)?
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Most contracts are not negotiated via open competitions and even less in the form of a restricted competition. Most of the evidence for large-scale…
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The preferred method for large-scale defence procurement (armoured vehicles, patrol boats, weaponry) is single-sourcing. This suggests that there is no oversight from watchdog institutions,…
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Q65
31/100
Are tender boards subject to regulations and codes of conduct and are their decisions subject to independent audit to ensure due process and fairness?
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement provides for the National Authority for Regulation of Public Contracts and the Special Commission tasked with opening and…
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The audit trails (external verification) that would provide information on how suppliers were selected or how the public tender was designed are not available…
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The activities of the Special Commission tasked with evaluating bids, as per Articles 43-45 of the 2009 Code of Public Procurement, are required to…
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Evidence dating to March 22, 2018, that the ANRMP published an Expression of Interest notice to verify that public tenders in 2017 complied with…
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Q66
19/100
Does the country have legislation in place to discourage and punish collusion between bidders for defence and security contracts?
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There are provisions against collusion in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement and the fact that they only apply to the bidders (soumissionnaires). These…
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The provisions in Articles 185-187 in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement exclude companies found guilty of corruption (fraudulent practices) from applying for future…
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There are prosecuted cases and rescinded contracts through formal processes. However, none of the cases are linked to the Ministry of Defense. It is…
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There are provisions against collusion in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement and the fact that they only apply to the bidders (soumissionnaires). These…
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Contract Delivery and In-Service Support
Q67
13/100
Are there mechanisms and procedures that ensure that contractors meet their obligations on reporting and delivery?
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There are some provisions in the 2009 Code of Public Procurement regarding the monitoring and evaluating of public contracts provide oversight of the performance…
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Neither the 2009 Code of Public Procurement nor Decree No. 2009-260 on the organization and operations of the ANRMP contain provisions for transparency in…
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At least some procurement units are drawing up contract monitoring and completion reports. However, there is no evidence of such monitoring for public tenders…
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The ANRMP acts on at least some of the perceived breaches of contract by suppliers and services providers, as shown by the red-listed companies…
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Q68
75/100
Are there mechanisms in place to allow companies to complain about perceived malpractice in procurement, and are companies protected from discrimination when they use these mechanisms?
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Both Decree No. 2009-260 on the functioning of the ANRMP and Decree No. 2009-259 (Code of Public Procurement) provide for complaint mechanisms for bidding…
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This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence. There are recent (2015-2016) cases in which the ANRMP’s Recourse…
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The activities of the ANRMP’s Recourse and Sanctions Unit (CRS), which has emboldened companies in Côte d’Ivoire to use it as a vehicle of…
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ANRMP officials are empowered by the 2009 Code of Public Procurement to impose sanctions and punish the corrupt activities of a supplier. Though Articles…
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TThere are cases for which rulings are available on the ANRMP website where companies were convicted of irregularities in a public procurement process. The…
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There are recent cases on the ANRMP’s website with the names and individual rulings against companies/suppliers found guilty of irregularities during the procurement process.…
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Offset Contracts
Q70
0/100
When negotiating offset contracts, does the government specifically address corruption risk by imposing anti-corruption due diligence on contractors and third parties?
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement does not contain any provisions regarding offset contracts or evoking the use of this type of legal arrangement.…
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement does not contain any provisions regarding offset contracts or evoking the use of this type of legal arrangement.…
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement does not contain any provisions regarding offset contracts or evoking the use of this type of legal arrangement.…
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement does not contain any provisions regarding offset contracts or evoking the use of this type of legal arrangement.…
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The 2009 Code of Public Procurement does not contain any provisions regarding offset contracts or evoking the use of this type of legal arrangement.…
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Agents / Brokers
Q73
38/100
How strongly does the government control the company’s use of agents and intermediaries in the procurement cycle?
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The behaviour of “private agents” (agents privés) can be sanctioned by the ANRMP during the procurement cycle, as per Articles 11, 183 and 184…
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Though there are some government controls over private agents (agents privés) in the procurement cycle, there was no mention in the ANRMP’s 2017 Annual…
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Financing Package
Q74
0/100
Are the principal aspects of the financing package surrounding major arms deals, (such as payment timelines, interest rates, commercial loans or export credit agreements) made publicly available prior to the signing of contracts?
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Most information detailing the financing of major arms deals is not publicly disclosed in Côte d’Ivoire. Such information is considered a state secret (secret…
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Seller Influence
Q75
NS/100
How common is it for defence acquisition decisions to be based on political influence by selling nations?
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Political and military partnerships with several countries mean it is not uncommon for the…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The government has at times justified its purchases of military equipment by referring to…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Recent evidence suggests that defence acquisitions are driven more by seller nations such as…
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