(2026-06) Final Audit Mission Report on Procurement Below CNMP Intervention Thresholds — Directorate General of Customs (AGD), FY 2021-2024

CNMP - Commission Nationale des Marchés Publics • 2026

Summary — This final audit report by CNMP's UADS assesses the compliance of public procurement procedures at Haiti's General Customs Administration (AGD) for fiscal years 2021-2024, focusing on contracts below CNMP's direct intervention thresholds. It identifies significant irregularities in planning, awarding, and execution phases, alongside some positive practices. The report concludes with recommendations to enhance transparency, efficiency, and adherence to legal frameworks.

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Key Findings

Planning phase suffers from administrative incoherence, imprecise budget estimates, and regulatory non-compliance; Procurement phase shows documentary and procedural irregularities, including unsealed offers, expired documents, and non-formalized contract starts; Execution phase is marred by non-formalized deliveries, unvalidated advance payments, fiscal errors, and payment modality violations; Systemic failure of internal control at AGD due to absence of dedicated control body, formalized procedures manual, and clear organizational chart; Despite shortcomings, positive practices include systematic use of CNMP's standard price request model and regular bid opening committees.

Full Description

This final audit report, conducted by the National Commission for Public Procurement (CNMP) through its Audit, Documentation, and Statistics Unit (UADS), analyzes public procurement practices at the General Customs Administration (AGD) in Haiti for fiscal years 2021 to 2024. The audit specifically targets contracts falling below the CNMP's direct intervention thresholds. It uncovers systemic weaknesses across all phases of procurement: planning, award, and execution. Key issues include inconsistencies between planned and executed markets, lack of publication of general procurement notices, incomplete documentation, non-compliance with guarantee requirements, early payments, and fiscal errors. The report also highlights a structural failure in AGD's internal control system, marked by the absence of a dedicated control body, formalized procedures manual, and clear organizational chart. Despite these significant shortcomings, the audit acknowledges some positive aspects, such as the systematic use of CNMP's standard price request model and the regular establishment of bid opening committees. The report concludes with a series of operational recommendations aimed at rectifying identified deficiencies, strengthening compliance, and fostering a culture of transparency and accountability in public procurement management.

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Time Coverage

2020-10-01 — 2024-09-30

Keywords

Public procurement, audit, compliance, General Customs Administration, Haiti, CNMP, AGD, financial management, internal control, transparency, accountability, fiscal years 2021-2024, contract management, procurement planning, execution, regulatory framework

Entities

Commission Nationale des Marchés Publics (CNMP), Unité d'Audit, de Documentation et de Statistiques (UADS), Administration Générale des Douanes (AGD), Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances (MEF), Cour Supérieure des Comptes et du Contentieux Administratif (CSCCA), Commission Spéciale de Marchés Publics (CSMP), Comité d'Ouverture des Plis et d'Évaluation des Offres (COPEO), Monsieur Julcène Édouard, Monsieur Jackson Étienne, Monsieur Gérald Remplais, Monsieur Frantzily PILERRE, Madame Willhelmine JOSEPH, Monsieur Rony DESTINE, Madame Cassandra AGENOR, ROSEAU CENTER IMPORT-EXPORT, Harmonie Import-Export, CHEAP SOLUTIONS, Economic Tires S.A., MTT Distribution, PHENIX CONSTRUCTION, Symphonie Office Plus Import-Export, Marché Titony S.A., Eclaire plus Distribution Import-Export

Notes

Series: CNMP Rapport d'Audit (ad hoc, per-institution). Issued by CNMP's Unité d'Audit, de Documentation et de Statistiques (UADS). Cover confirms audit scope 'pour les exercices fiscaux allant de 2021 à 2024'. Site 'Publié le' 2026-06-19. The only recent (post-2016) audit report found in the CNMP rapport_audit listing; all others below date to a single Nov 2016 batch covering FY2014-2015.