Contracts with a value equal to or greater than 11 billion kwanzas (AKZ) will henceforth be submitted, by the President of the Republic, as holder of executive power, to the Court of Auditors (TC, acronym in Portuguese), to preventive inspection purposes.

According to the General State Budget Law (OGE) 2021, already published in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), budgetary units of central and local state administrations and other similar entities must submit contracts of 'worth 600 million kwanzas or more to the Court of Auditors, also for inspection.

The text, to which ANGOP had access, specifies that the preventive inspection is exercised by means of the visa, its refusal or the declaration of conformity issued by the Court of Auditors, without prejudice to the competences of the bodies of inspection, control and inspection of the state administration.

For contracts requiring a preventive inspection, they only take effect after obtaining the visa or the declaration of conformity from the Court of Auditors, with the modifications imposed by Law No. 19/19 of August 14.

The document also specifies that the income resulting from the costs and emoluments of the Court of Auditors should be donated, at 60%, to the financing of projects for the reform of the judicial system.

"Whenever the contracting public entities (EPC) conclude contracts under the delegation of powers of the President of the Republic, as Holder of the executive power, the limits of the amount to be considered, for the purposes of the preventive inspection, are 11 billion kwanzas, regardless of which body executes the expenditure,” the diploma reads.

Angola has a new Public Procurement Law (No. 41/20, of December 23), which, among several novelties, provides for the creation of a new procedure called "electronic dynamic procedure", which allows for rapid judgments, in less than 24 hours and competitions, by prior registration of companies on the Public Procurement Portal.

It also stipulates the creation of the system of emergency contracts to deal with situations of calamities, disasters and states of emergency.

The new text also envisages the creation of the Center for the Resolution of Conflicts in Public Procurement, as a means of accelerating the resolution of possible conflicts between the parties and, consequently, of increasing the confidence of market operators.

The inclusion of rules on the execution of public works and public service concession contracts, to fill the void in the current regulatory framework, the insertion of a sanction regime for public contracts, long requested, are other elements of the diploma, of December 23.

The document also changes the limit value for the choice of simplified procurement procedure from five million kwanzas to 18 million AKz, as well as the elimination of the limit value for competitive procedures.

The redefinition of the schedule and the form of presentation of the qualification documents and which constitute the proposal, as well as the minimum content to be required in the tender program.

The requirement that the qualification documents should only be requested from the contractor, that is, in the tendering phase, the removal of the provisional bond and the reduction of the final bond, only starting to request the provision of a single deposit, after signing the contract, of at least 5 percent and up to 15 percent of the overall value of the contract, are other assumptions of the degree.

According to the General State Budget Law (OGE) 2021, already published in the Official Gazette (Diário da República), budgetary units of central and local state administrations and other similar entities must submit contracts of 'worth 600 million kwanzas or more to the Court of Auditors, also for inspection.

The text, to which ANGOP had access, specifies that the preventive inspection is exercised by means of the visa, its refusal or the declaration of conformity issued by the Court of Auditors, without prejudice to the competences of the bodies of inspection, control and inspection of the state administration.

For contracts requiring a preventive inspection, they only take effect after obtaining the visa or the declaration of conformity from the Court of Auditors, with the modifications imposed by Law No. 19/19 of August 14.

The document also specifies that the income resulting from the costs and emoluments of the Court of Auditors should be donated, at 60%, to the financing of projects for the reform of the judicial system.

"Whenever the contracting public entities (EPC) conclude contracts under the delegation of powers of the President of the Republic, as Holder of the executive power, the limits of the amount to be considered, for the purposes of the preventive inspection, are 11 billion kwanzas, regardless of which body executes the expenditure,” the diploma reads.

New Hiring Rules

Angola has a new Public Procurement Law (No. 41/20, of December 23), which, among several novelties, provides for the creation of a new procedure called "electronic dynamic procedure", which allows for rapid judgments, in less than 24 hours and competitions, by prior registration of companies on the Public Procurement Portal.

It also stipulates the creation of the system of emergency contracts to deal with situations of calamities, disasters and states of emergency.

The new text also envisages the creation of the Center for the Resolution of Conflicts in Public Procurement, as a means of accelerating the resolution of possible conflicts between the parties and, consequently, of increasing the confidence of market operators.

The inclusion of rules on the execution of public works and public service concession contracts, to fill the void in the current regulatory framework, the insertion of a sanction regime for public contracts, long requested, are other elements of the diploma, of December 23.

The document also changes the limit value for the choice of simplified procurement procedure from five million kwanzas to 18 million AKz, as well as the elimination of the limit value for competitive procedures.

The redefinition of the schedule and the form of presentation of the qualification documents and which constitute the proposal, as well as the minimum content to be required in the tender program.

The requirement that the qualification documents should only be requested from the contractor, that is, in the tendering phase, the removal of the provisional bond and the reduction of the final bond, only starting to request the provision of a single deposit, after signing the contract, of at least 5 percent and up to 15 percent of the overall value of the contract, are other assumptions of the degree.

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Document AFNWSF0020210103eh1200038