Discusses the legal requirements for selling to the host government, including whether the government has agreed to abide by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or is a party to a government procurement chapter in a U.S. FTA. Specifies areas where there are opportunities.
Last Published: 3/26/2019
The Government of Côte d’Ivoire is compliant with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) community framework for public procurement that includes Directives 4 and 5 on bidding processes and auditing.  In particular, the directives cover the separation of auditing and regulatory functions, passage from national preference to regional preference, the taking into account of procurement for intellectual services, and the increase from 25 to 30 percent of advance payment for procurement of goods and services.
The independent National Regulatory Authority for Public Procurement (ANRMP) has financial autonomy and is charged with monitoring the application of good governance principles and enforcing fair competition for government contracts.

 For projects financed by multilateral lending institutions such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, the Bureau National d‘Etudes Techniques et de Développement (BNETD) usually acts as an executing agency representing the ministry involved.  There is a charge for the bid documents, which are normally in French.  Government payments are centralized through the Banque Nationale d‘Investissement (BNI), which acts as the government‘s bank.

Multilateral Development Banks (African Development Bank, World Bank)
The Commercial Service maintains Commercial Liaison Offices in each of the main Multilateral Development Banks, including the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank.  These institutions lend billions of dollars to developing countries on projects aimed at accelerating economic growth and social development through reducing poverty and inequality, improving health and education, and advancing infrastructure development.  The Commercial Liaison Office help American businesses learn how to get involved in bank-funded projects, and advocate on behalf of American bidders.  Learn more by contacting the Commercial Liaison Offices to the AfDB and the World Bank. Please check the Country Commercial Guide to the AfDB for background market information (http://www.export.gov/article?id=African-Development-Bank-Market-Overview)

Many governments finance public works projects through borrowing from the Multilateral Development Banks.  Please refer to the ”Project Financing” Section in “Trade and Project Financing” for more information. 
 
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