Frequently asked questions

SangoBids is a public tender monitoring platform for Senegal. It automatically aggregates notices from the public procurement 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 all 14 regions of Senegal: Dakar, Thiès, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack, Kédougou, Kolda, Louga, Matam, Saint-Louis, Sédhiou, Tambacounda and Ziguinchor.

In Senegal, the ARCOP (Autorité de Régulation de la Commande publique, formerly the ARMP) regulates public procurement, while the DCMP (Direction centrale des marchés publics) carries out prior review of files; tenders are published on the public procurement portal (achatspublics.sn). SangoBids collects notices through the World Bank Procurement Notices, extracts every detail with AI and sends you targeted alerts.

Commonly required documents include: the NINEA, registration with the trade or trades register, the tax certificate, the IPRES and Caisse de Sécurité Sociale certificates, the bid bond, the sworn statement, the unit price schedule and the bill of quantities and estimate. Requirements vary with the type and value of the contract.

Public procurement in Senegal is governed by decree no. 2022-2295 of 28 December 2022 on the public procurement code. The ARCOP regulates the system and runs the public procurement portal, which publishes notices; the DCMP carries out prior review of files. SangoBids automatically aggregates that portal's notices and donor-financed contracts through the World Bank.

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, 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.

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

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 we collect come from the achatspublics.sn portal and the World Bank Procurement Notices (donor-financed contracts). Our robots collect these notices automatically and extract every detail with AI.