SÉRVULO prepares public procurement plan for São Tomé
NEWS AND EVENTS 03 Feb 2025
SÉRVULO‘s public law team has prepared the Strategic and Operational Plan for Public Procurement in São Tomé and Príncipe for the 2025–2030 five-year period. Funded by the World Bank, the plan aims to equip the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe with the necessary tools to improve the overall public procurement strategy. This follows the previous development of the Public Contracts Law Project, also prepared by the SÉRVULO’s team.
During official presentation events, held on January 28 in São Tomé and Santo António do Príncipe, Pedro Fernández Sánchez presented the contents of the new plan to the minister of Finance of São Tomé and Príncipe, the President of the Regional Government of Príncipe, the World Bank representative, and officials from various authorities involved in the country’s public procurement system. These included the Court of Auditors, procurement units from different ministries, and representatives from civil society.
The advisors team was composed of Pedro Fernández Sánchez, Francisca Mendes da Costa, João Amaral e Almeida, Mark Kirkby (partners), Jorge Faria Lopes (consultant), Beatriz Faria, and Sara Venâncio Gaspar (associates), along with Guilherme Posser da Costa and Ana Posser, partners at Posser da Costa & Associados (De Juris), SÉRVULO LATITUDE⦵’s partner firm in São Tomé and Príncipe.