Togo: First PPM review of 2024 held on 16 February

Togo, the headquarters of the African Public Procurement Network (RACOP), held its first review of public procurement contracts (PPM) for the year 2024 on 16 February. This was an initiative of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (ARCOP), in collaboration with the National Public Procurement Control Department (DNCCP). Among other things, the exercise provided an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of the various contracting authorities projected
public procurement plans for 2023.

The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (ARCOP), in collaboration with the National Public Procurement Control Department (DNCCP), has organized a review of public procurement for 2024.

This first review of the year 2024 provided an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of the provisional plans for the award of public contracts by the various contracting authorities during the year 2023.

In 2024, it is planned to organize four (O4) reviews, one of which will be annual and three quarterly, to assess the level of execution of the provisional public procurement plans of all the contracting authorities, to assess the level of integration of data relating to public procurement in the Togolese Public Procurement Monitoring Tool (OSMAPT), to collect data on all the procurement contracts from the participating contracting authorities, identify difficulties in filling in data in the OSMAPT, and also share experience and good practice in public procurement management based on the situation that each person responsible for public procurement will present during the discussions, and identify all the difficulties that have beset public procurement management over the previous year, in order to make recommendations for corrective and preventive action to improve the performance of the public procurement system.

Opening the meeting, the Director General of ARCOP, Mr. Aftar Touré MOROU, reminded the contracting authorities of their responsibility for the proper management of public contracts and urged them to collaborate closely with ARCOP by providing data on the management of their public procurement through OSMAPT.

The review was attended by 104 participants, including 52 contracting authorities, representatives of ARCOP, DNCCP, the national financial control department and the Prime Minister’s Office.