Electronic Procurement In Cape Verde Is Now A Reality

On 18 February 2023, Decree Law 11/2023 of 17 February, which establishes the Electronic Public Procurement Platform and regulates the electronic processing of public procurement procedures, came into force in Cape Verde.

This law is intended to meet the objective of implementing an electronic public procurement system, enshrined in article 199 of the Public Procurement Code (approved by Law 88/VIII/2015 of 14 April). The law seeks to achieve (i) increased efficiency, accuracy and transparency in public procurement procedures, (ii) simplified procedures, (iii) increased competition by opening pre-contract procedures to economic operators based abroad, and (iv) the rationalisation and optimisation of public expenditure.