Frequently asked questions

SangoBids is a public tender monitoring platform for Ivory Coast. It automatically aggregates public procurement notices from the DGMP (Direction Générale des Marchés Publics) and other official sources, then analyses them with artificial intelligence to send you personalised alerts by email and iPhone notification.

Go to app.sangobids.com/register and sign up with your e-mail address: you receive a code to enter, no password needed. Registration is free. You can then set your sector and district preferences.

SangoBids covers all 14 districts of Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, Bas-Sassandra (San-Pédro), Comoé (Aboisso), Denguélé (Odienné), Gôh-Djiboua (Gagnoa), Lacs (Dimbokro), Lagunes (Dabou), Montagnes (Man), Sassandra-Marahoué (Daloa), Savanes (Korhogo), Vallée du Bandama (Bouaké), Woroba (Séguéla) and Zanzan (Bondoukou).

Yes, SangoBids is the public procurement platform for French-speaking Africa. Besides Ivory Coast, we cover Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, Benin and DR Congo. You can switch countries with the country selector at the top of the page.

The DGMP (Direction Générale des Marchés Publics) is the public procurement control body in Ivory Coast: it validates tender files and awards above the validation thresholds, publishes the BOMP and runs the SIGOMAP platform. Its official marchespublics.ci portal shows tenders. SangoBids aggregates those publications and enriches them with AI analysis.

ARCOP (the public procurement regulatory authority) replaced the ANRMP (ordinance 2025-32 of 15 January 2025). It is the public procurement regulator in Ivory Coast: it receives appeals against award decisions, sanctions offending companies, keeps the red list of excluded companies and issues the non-payment clearance (quitus de non-redevance) required to bid.

Commonly required documents include: the trade register extract (RCCM), the ARCOP non-payment clearance (quitus de non-redevance), the bid bond, the unit price schedule and the bill of quantities and estimate (DQE). Tax and social-security certificates are only required at the approval stage, within 15 days of the award notification. Requirements vary with the tender file, which prevails.

From 100 million F CFA of budget credits (30 million for local authorities), whatever the type of contract, a tender under the Code is required (decree 2021-869). Below that, simplified procedures apply: direct agreement under 10 million, request for quotations from 10 to 30 million, limited competition from 30 to 50 million and open competition from 50 to 100 million.

SangoBids lists every public tender available in Abidjan and the Autonomous District of Abidjan. Filter by the “Abidjan” district in your dashboard. Turn on iPhone notifications or email alerts to be notified as soon as a new contract is published in Abidjan.

The BOMP is the official public procurement gazette of Ivory Coast, published by the DGMP. It is the mandatory legal outlet for tender notices, procurement plans and results: an open tender not published through it is void. It gathers new tender notices, calls for expressions of interest and the results of evaluated tenders (awards). The BOMP is where contracts appear while they are still open to competition, whereas the marchespublics.ci portal often archives them only several weeks later. SangoBids draws on the BOMP to show you Ivorian tenders while you can still bid on them.

The results of evaluated tenders are published in the BOMP under the heading “Résultats des appels d'offres jugés”. For each contract you will find the tender number, the subject, the awardee (the winning company), the amount awarded in FCFA, the evaluation date and the contracting authority. Knowing who won which contract and at what price helps you set a realistic target price on upcoming tenders. The SangoBids Pro plan gives access to in-depth awards and price intelligence to position your bid against the market.

An award notice states the winning company (the awardee), the amount of the contract awarded in FCFA, the lot or lots concerned, the evaluation date and the contracting authority. In a multi-lot contract, each lot can go to a different company. Comparing the amount awarded with the estimated amount in the original notice reveals the price range the administration actually accepted — valuable information for calibrating your future bids.

Set your preferences (sectors, districts, keywords) in your profile. As soon as a new tender matches your criteria, you receive an alert by email or iPhone notification, as you choose. Email and iPhone alerts are included from the Free plan as a weekly digest; the weekly alert is free; with Business and Pro you can switch on daily or instant alerts.

Yes! The SangoBids app is available for free on the Apple App Store (iPhone and iPad) and on Google Play (Android). It offers push notifications for tenders, offline reading, the Go/No-Go view and every feature of the web platform.

Our artificial intelligence reads every tender notice to automatically extract the sector, district, contract type, estimated amount and deadline. It also generates a summary, a checklist of required documents and a risk analysis to help you prepare.

Yes, SangoBids is fully bilingual French/English. The interface, tender summaries and alerts are available in both languages.

SangoBids offers three plans. Free: Every tender in your country; A weekly alert on the tenders in your sectors; Up to 3 tenders tracked, with a reminder before each deadline; A file for each tracked tender, and one technical proposal free to try: a first draft written for you, a review, and the corrections you choose to keep; The Go/No-Go view on the tenders you track, and on one of your choice each month; Your company in the directory, visible to buyers and partners; My documents, kept: your company documents in one place, and a warning before each one expires. Business (5,000 F CFA/month): A Go/No-Go view for your company on every tender: go, review or skip, from your profile, your documents and your sectors, with the reasons; Who won each awarded contract, and for how much when the amount is published; Market overview on every tender: frequent winners, level of competition and median awarded amount, wherever comparable contracts are published; Every buyer on their own page, and up to 10 buyers followed: an alert as soon as they publish; Up to 10 tenders tracked, with a reminder before each deadline; 3 technical proposals a month: a first draft written for you from the notice and its documents, a review that says what to fix, and the rewrites you choose to keep; My documents: up to 20 documents instead of 5, their dates read for you and each document checked as you add it, as on Free; Alerts every day if you want them, switched on in your settings. Pro (10,000 F CFA/month), on top of the Business plan: My documents, ready to submit: your file checked against the tender before you submit, your administrative letters pre-filled (submission letter, sworn statement), up to 50 documents and earlier warnings before expiry (45, 30, 15 and 7 days); 10 technical proposals a month, from first draft to review, to answer more tenders; Each buyer's award history: who wins with them, and for how much; The price range of comparable contracts already awarded, wherever enough amounts are published; Your competitors followed: an alert as soon as a company you follow wins a contract; Up to 30 introductions a day to partners, and your availability shown on the tenders in your sectors; Unlimited tracked tenders and followed buyers, with a weekly summary by email; Alerts the moment a tender is published if you want them, switched on in your settings. Pay by bank card or Mobile Money on the web, or by in-app purchase in the mobile app.

Yes, the Free plan gives you tender search and 1 document checklist per month. For the Go/No-Go on every tender, awarded contracts and daily alerts (email and iPhone notifications) if you want them, the Business and Pro plans are available.

All data comes from the official source: the DGMP (Direction Générale des Marchés Publics) through the marchespublics.ci portal and the BOMP publications. Our robots automatically collect the published notices, ensuring the information is complete and reliable.

You can reach us by email at contact@sangobids.com. Our team answers Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (Abidjan time, GMT).