Frequently asked questions

SangoBids is a public tender monitoring platform for Mali. It automatically aggregates Malian public procurement notices (notably the marchespublics.ml portal and the World Bank Procurement Notices), then analyses them 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 region preferences.

SangoBids covers the 10 regions of Mali plus the Bamako district: Bamako, Kayes, Koulikoro, Sikasso, Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu, Gao, Kidal, Ménaka and Taoudénit.

The DGMP-DSP (Direction générale des marchés publics et des délégations de service public) carries out prior control: it reviews the tender documents before publication, gives its opinions, authorises exceptional award methods in advance and numbers the approved contract. It is not the regulator (that is the ARMDS). The national marchespublics.ml portal, run under it, publishes tender notices; they are also found with each buyer, in the public procurement journal and in the national press. SangoBids aggregates those online publications and enriches them with automated analysis.

The ARMDS (Autorité de régulation des marchés publics et des délégations de service public) is the public procurement regulator in Mali. It publishes the standard tender documents, keeps the list of excluded companies and hosts the Dispute Settlement Committee, which hears bidders' appeals after the mandatory appeal to the buyer.

For works, the minimum eliminatory documents are: the bid bond, the approval or professional card, the certificate of non-bankruptcy, the tax clearance (quitus fiscal), certified similar experience, staff and equipment, and financial evidence. For supplies and ordinary services, the documents are the same, with trade register registration in place of the approval. The selected bidder provides its articles of association, tax identification card and INPS and OMH certificates within 2 working days. The tender documents state the documents required.

The Code applies from 100 million F CFA for works, 80 million for supplies and ordinary services and 70 million for intellectual services, and from 150 million for State companies. Below that, the State uses a request for quotation (under 5 million), then requests for information and prices.

Set your preferences (sectors, regions, keywords) in your profile. As soon as a new tender matches your criteria, you receive an alert by email or iPhone notification. 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.

Yes, SangoBids is the public procurement platform for French-speaking Africa. Besides Mali, we cover Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, Benin and DR Congo.

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.

The notices collected come from official sources: the national marchespublics.ml portal, run under the DGMP-DSP, and the World Bank Procurement Notices for Mali. Our robots automatically collect the published notices.