REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE – WORK – FATHERLAND
DECREE No. 2018/000 /PM 05 JAN 2018 to set up a public contracts dematerialisation platform and lay down rules for its use.
The Prime Minister, Head of Government,
Mindful of the Constitution; Mindful of Law No. 2000/010 of 19 December 2000 governing archives; Mindful of Law No. 2010/012 of 21 December 2010 relating to cyber security and cybercrime in Cameroon; Mindful of Law No. 2010/013 of 21 December 2010 governing electronic communication in Cameroon, as amended and supplemented by Law No.2015/006 of 20 April 2015; Mindful of Decree No. 92/089 of 4 May 1992 to specify the duties of the Prime Minister, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 95/145-bis of 4 August 1995; Mindful of Decree No. 2004/275 of 24 September 2004 instituting the Public Contracts Code; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/409 of 9 December 2011 to appoint a Prime Minister, Head of Government; Mindful of Decree No. 2012/074 of 8 March 2012 relating to the establishment, organisation and functioning of Public Tenders Boards, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2013/271 of 5 August 2013; Mindful of Decree No. 2012/075 of 8 March 2012 to organise the Ministry of Public Contracts, Mindful of Decree No. 2012/180 of 10 April 2012 to organise the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies,
Hereby decrees as follows:
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE SECRÉTARIAT GÉNÉRAL DIRECTION DES AFFAIRES ADMINISTRATIVES ET DES PÉQUÊTES COPIE CERTIFIÉE CONFORME
ARTICLE 1.- (1) This decree establishes a public contracts dematerialisation platform and lays down rules for its use.
(2) The platform mentioned in paragraph 1 above shall be a public contracts web portal Cameroon Online E-procurement System (COLEPS), hereinafter referred to as “the dematerialisation platform”.
ARTICLE 2 - Within the meaning of this decree and subsequent implementing instruments, the following definitions shall apply:
a) Electronic certificate: an online document signed digitally by the issuer, which attests to the authenticity of its content;
b) User charter: a prepared document defining the rights and obligations arising from the use of the information and communication system;
c) Encryption: a process of converting information into a code with the use of a secret key to make it unreadable for unauthorised users with no knowledge of the key;
d) Encoding: the process of converting information into a code that is unintelligible to third parties;
e) Decryption: a reverse encryption operation;
f) Dematerialisation: the replacement of paper documents or manual procedures with digital documents or automated methods. It involves the use of automated methods of processing, exchanging and storing information without using paper;
g) Date and time stamping: a technique aimed at recording the date and time of actions and events in order to trace all access, activities and updates performed on the platform, in a way that can be used as evidence;