REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work - Fatherland Presidency of the Republic Secretariat General
ARMP Agence de Régulation des Marchés Publics
REPUBLICIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix – Travail – Patrie Présidence de la République Secrétariat Général
# PUBLIC CONTRACTS REGULATORY AGENCY # AGENCE DE RÉGULATION DES MARCHÉS PUBLICS
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS NO. _______________ AC/ARMP/2024 OF _______________
# TO RECRUIT TEMPORARY PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF PROCESSING AND ENTERING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DATA INTO THE PRIDESOFT® SYSTEM
I. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
The Agency plays a crucial role in collecting, utilising and archiving a substantial volume of documents and data related to public procurement throughout the various stages of a project's lifecycle, including maturation, programming, award, execution and closure.
In the context of a challenging socio-economic landscape, Cameroon is actively implementing policies that aim for national emergence by 2030. Public procurement sits at the nexus of financial and economic activities driven by the state, making the availability of quality information in this vital area an invaluable asset for the government and its partners. This provides an opportunity to address the inherent challenges within the country's industrial and economic sectors.
The information and data processed can serve dual purposes: on the one hand, it can be used to develop socio-economic indicators that assess the performance and expected impact of public procurement in the broader economy - such as the creation of jobs, implementation of gender-focused initiatives and the share of locally sourced goods and services in public procurement. On the other hand, this data will enable the Agency to assess the broader economic impact of public procurement, thereby strengthening its role within the institutional framework dedicated to addressing the challenges of effective public financial management. Furthermore, the Agency is committed to supporting stakeholders by providing digitised services that improve their daily operations.
It is also worth noting that in 2023, the Agency completed the collection of documents for the 2019 to 2022 financial years across all ten regions. This effort allowed it to amass a significant volume of documents that had not been
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fully entered into the public procurement database.
In addition, its statutory mission, which includes collecting and centralising all public procurement documentation and statistics to create a comprehensive database, as well as its duty to monitor and coordinate the public procurement information system, as laid down in the Public Contracts Code, requires the Agency to ensure the comprehensiveness, integrity and reliability of the data in its database. This basis is essential for conducting relevant analyses based on specific areas of interest. Accordingly, the Agency must establish a permanent monitoring and updating system to regularly refresh data and manage risks arising from discrepancies between the data produced by stakeholders and the information available on the Pridesoft IT platform.