(2017-10) Circular Requiring Public Entities to Publish Their Annual Public Procurement Plan for FY2017-2018
Summary — A joint circular from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the National Public Procurement Commission (CNMP) reminds all state administration ordonnateurs of their obligation to publish their Annual Public Procurement Plan (PAPMP) for fiscal year 2017-2018, in line with the credits allocated under the finance law. It sets a submission deadline of 31 October 2017 and also asks entities to submit quarterly expenditure programming, since budget execution has run on a periodic rather than twelfth-based basis since a 9 May 2011 law.
Key Findings
- All state administration ordonnateurs must publish their Plan Annuel de Passation des Marchés Publics (PAPMP) for fiscal year 2017-2018.
- The completed plan must be transmitted to both MEF and CNMP by 31 October 2017.
- Publication follows conditions set by the 10 June 2009 public procurement law and is described as an indicator of good governance.
- Entities must also submit quarterly expenditure programming to MEF, since the 9 May 2011 law shifted budget execution from twelfths to a periodic basis, to support the Treasury Plan and credit openings aligned with combined sectoral spending programming.
Full Description
The circular reminds all ordonnateurs of the State Administration that, under credits allocated in the FY2017-2018 finance law, they must prepare and publish an Annual Public Procurement Plan (Plan Annuel de Passation des Marchés Publics, PAPMP), described as an indicator of good governance. Plans must be transmitted to both MEF and CNMP no later than 31 October 2017, using the standard Plan Prévisionnel Annuel de Passation des Marchés Publics (PPAPMP) template already in use, available on the CNMP website. Publication under conditions set by the 10 June 2009 public procurement law allows prospective providers to position themselves ahead of upcoming State Administration tenders.
The circular also notes that, since the 9 May 2011 budget law, execution no longer runs by twelfths but on a periodic basis; institutions are therefore asked to transmit their quarterly expenditure programming to the MEF, both to support preparation of the Treasury Plan and to allow credit openings aligned with combined sectoral spending programming.