Made public in a 13-page decree signed on June 7 by the Minister Delegate to the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the methods for categorizing companies in the Building and Public Works (BTP) sector and related activities within the framework of the public procurement now apply to all companies wishing to provide services in one or more areas of activity in the construction sector on behalf of the State and its branches.

The categorization is carried out around three sectors of activity including roads, buildings and collective equipment and a third gathered under the designation Other infrastructures. The qualification criteria for categorization include the company's compliance with the legal and regulatory provisions governing public procurement, the references of the services already provided, the company's location plan signed by its manager, together with the photos showing the head office.

With regard to the MINMAP decree, a company is classified according to the importance of the turnover; experience in providing the services concerned; the number and level of expertise of permanent staff; the extent of the technical and logistical means available; the level of compliance with the labor legislation in force; the experience of key personnel for newly created companies or companies entering the construction sector for the first time.

Respond to the call for applications

Companies will thus be classified subject to meeting the criteria previously listed in categories E for a turnover of at most 15 million; D for those whose turnover is limited to 250 million; C for minus 3 billion; B for at most 10 billion and A for more than 10 billion.

Companies applying for categorization must respond to a call for applications and their classification in a category will be valid for a period of 3 years. This classification may nevertheless be re-examined before the expiry of the validity period at the request of the company or on the initiative of the authority responsible for public procurement. This may lead to the confirmation of the current category or to a new classification of the company.

The categorization application files are examined by a commission attached to the Authority in charge of Public Procurement, whose responsibilities and composition are clearly defined in this MINMAP decree of June 07. The decree also fixed its operation and the nature of the categorization certificate which will ultimately be drawn up. The certified true copy of the categorization certificate exempts the tenderers concerned from producing, in their technical files, proof of turnover, references, minimum own technical and logistical means, permanent staff and the location of the headquarters offices. Moreover, in the event of restricted consultations, the production of the certified true copy of the categorization certificate, issued by the Authority in charge of Public Procurement is worth pre-qualification.

Article 40 of the decree also gives the possibility to any company which considers that it has not received the qualification or classification for which it claims to be eligible to lodge an appeal with the Authority in charge of Public Procurement with a view to a new examination of his file. Sanctions are also provided for companies guilty of falsifying a document in the categorization application file, of bad practices or of fraud in the context of the categorization process.

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