The Public Procurement Report for Products with the “Made in Angola” Seal, consulted by Lusa, highlights that the Government spent 1.05 billion kwanzas in that period on contracts with these 17 companies.
The document stresses that all purchases of goods and services of national origin, made by Public Contracting Entities (EPC), must be reported quarterly to the body responsible for the Regulation and Supervision of Public Procurement.
Of the 17 companies contracted directly by the State, only six, representing 35 percent, actually supplied “Made in Angola” goods, totaling 21.5 billion kwanzas, and the rest were service providers, totaling 1.02 billion kwanzas.
“This means that more than 98 percent of the amounts paid were intended for the acquisition of services,” the report indicates.
The data highlights that the National Institute for Support to Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Inapem) has registered 337 companies that have signed up to the “Made in Angola” service, of which 301, corresponding to 89 percent, provide services and/or goods to a diverse range of buyers, “for which it is difficult to identify the volume of purchases made specifically by the State”.
According to Inapem data, it was possible to identify goods and services that were also purchased directly by the State.
The document highlights that the National Public Procurement Service has been working with EPCs to better detail the contractual objects at the time of the communication of the award of contracts.
The constraints identified in relation to public procurement of products with the “Made in Angola” seal were the failure of EPCs to provide quarterly reports, the failure to correctly fill in the fields on “goods and services of local origin” and the fact that many of the products certified by the “Made in Angola” Seal are not preferably the subject of direct procurement by the State.
The report stresses the urgent need to foster a culture of communication regarding procurement awards, greater publicity for national production and facilitate EPCs’ access to these products.
