Procurement Risk:
High
Score:
36/100
Government Policy
Q57
100/100
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. According to our sources, there is a legislation that clearly provides mandates for the…
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According to our sources, the legislations mentioned in 57A recognise the risk of corruption and provide a path for handling these corruption risks (1,2).…
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According to the Ministry of Defence, there are no items exempt from the control of the different procurement committees, no expenses can be executed…
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Q58
33/100
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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According to our sources, since 2014 all procurement of the state’s ministries are formalised. The defence procurement cycle, from the assessment of needs, through…
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According to our sources, there is a formal decree that obliges the state to make public procurement available, including military, but at present, the…
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As the laws are being implemented there is some unclarity in some articles and in the ongoing development of implementation and monitoring mechanisms. The…
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Q59
42/100
Are defence procurement oversight mechanisms in place and are these oversight mechanisms active and transparent?
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According to our sources, there are oversight mechanisms (oversight units and defined procedures) designed by law to monitor and have oversight over the military…
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According to our sources, there are oversight bodies which have the capacity to issue reports, however, their reports do not include recommendations and they…
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General information about the activities of the special committees of control of expenditures can be found in the annual reports of the High Committee…
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According to our sources, there is a some publication of small military purchases. These purchases are usually logistics, food, uniform, benzin, and similar items(1,2).…
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According to our sources, there are rare times when forward planning purchases are made public. They usually advertise for procurement a few months before…
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According to our sources, strategic purchases are usually published online before the actual purchases occur. However, other items such as ammunitions may not be…
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According to our sources, there is no detailed information about all purchases. It is hard to have access to all data because this information…
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Capability Gap and Requirements Definition
Q62
63/100
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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According to our sources, some laws and regulations define clearly the procedures and the process of discrimination against companies that are engaged in corruption…
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According to our sources, these laws and regulations are applied strictly in all cases (1,2,3). The Ministry of Defence declared that the rules of…
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Q63
33/100
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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According to our sources, although there is a defense strategy, it is no comprehensive and procurement are not derived from it. The procurement are…
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According to our sources, there are several agencies that have a mandate to scrutinise the procurement procedures of the MoD. These instiutions include the…
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According to our sources, major purchases such as tanks, armored vehicles, ammunition, and others are based on real needs and derived somehow indirectly from…
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Tender Solicitation, Assessment and Contract Award
Q64
13/100
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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According to our sources, military procurement is not always conducted in an open competition (less than 15%). Although a big portion of the procurement…
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According to our sources, there is, in theory, a committee that oversees and scrutinises the work on tenders’ commissions. However, this committee can be…
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Q65
38/100
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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According to our sources, the procurement officials are subject to sign a code of conduct and reveal any assets, as well as revealing if…
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Procurements are subject to prior control at each stage of the procedure. There is an audit trail of officials who are members of the…
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Tender board regulations and codes of conduct are only partially transparent when it comes to military procurement procedures. Although the regulations and policies exist,…
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According to our sources, there is no external verification mechanism for the specifications of tenders. The internal procurement officials are the only verification mechanisms…
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Q66
25/100
Does the country have legislation in place to discourage and punish collusion between bidders for defence and security contracts?
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A review of regulations applicable to the defence and security sector confirms the absence of specific provisions for collusion in defence and security. However,…
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Article 177 of Decree n°1039-2014, dated 13 March 2014, organising public procurement, imposes that the public purchaser cancels the tender if the bidder is…
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According to our sources, there are many cases investigated relating to procurement and bidders collusion, however, many cases end up being solved in a…
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Contract Delivery and In-Service Support
Q67
44/100
Are there mechanisms and procedures that ensure that contractors meet their obligations on reporting and delivery?
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Some formal policies and procedures outline how to monitor supplier’s services or delivery obligations. To ensure the contract holders respect this clause, the specifications…
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According to our sources, contract information on contracts, (failed or not failed) are not published or made available for the public. Post-award of Ministry…
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According to our sources, there is an M and E mechanism in place and reports are produced by officials. These reports can be annual,…
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According to our resources, breaches of contract are acted upon. Since 2013, there have been many cases where the breach of contract resulted in…
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Q68
58/100
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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According to our sources, there is an accessible mechanism that allows companies to complain about misconduct or disputes between them and the MoD (1,2).…
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According to our sources, the mechanism is cheap in terms of cost, which includes a letter of complaint and waiting time. This mechanism allows…
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According to our sources, there are few cases of complaints at the ministry level. Given the amount and size of procurement, there are few…
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According to our resources, there is clear and well-defined published legislation (Penal Code Article 82) with regards to sanctions against corruption activities within the…
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According to our resources, there is clear evidence that corruption cases are being investigated, however, there might be political influence on the procedures of…
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According to our sources, there are cases of persecution, but there are no follow ups from the media or the justice department on the…
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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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According to our sources, the Tunisian MoD and armed forces have not had a policy of offset contracts or regulations for a long time(1,2).
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According to our sources, the Tunisian MoD and armed forces have not had a policy of offset contracts or regulations for a long time…
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According to our sources, the Tunisian MoD and armed forces have not had a policy of offset contracts or regulations for a long time(1,2).
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According to our sources, the Tunisian MoD and armed forces have not had a policy of offset contracts or regulations for a long time…
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According to our sources, the Tunisian MoD and armed forces have not had a policy of offset contracts or regulations for a long time…
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Agents / Brokers
Q73
100/100
How strongly does the government control the company’s use of agents and intermediaries in the procurement cycle?
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According to our sources, the use of agents and mediators in military expenditures is forbidden by law in Tunisia. This policy is applied to…
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According to our sources, sanctions are applied in cases of the use of agents and intermediaries. There are clear mechanisms on applying these sanctions(1,2).…
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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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According to our sources, the MoD and the armed forces publish no data on the financing packages (1,2). Other sources argue that this aspect…
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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. According to our sources, Tunisia is one of the few North African countries whose…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. According to our sources, the Government explains and justifies in many cases the military…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. According to our sources, there is no domestic pressure in relation to military purchases.…
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