Rwanda - Enhancing Country Procurement System (WB-P176477)

Countries
  • Rwanda
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
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U
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Borrower
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
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Sectors
  • Communications
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Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
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Grant Amount (USD)
$ 0.41 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 0.41 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS May 5, 2022

Disclosed by Bank Jun 6, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank provided information, the objective is strengthening and modernizing public procurement system of Rwanda by leveraging the use of data from Rwanda e-Procurement system though data collection, analysis and visualization, Adoption of Open Contract Data Standard (OCDS), and E-Procurement System Enhancement.

The project has the following three components:

  1. collection of Data from Rwanda E-Procurement, analysis, Visualization of findings, Preparation of actionable recommendations, Presentation & training workshop;
  2. Adoption of open contracting data standard (OCDS) as part of their e-Procurement system and
  3. Rwanda E-Procurement system enhancement for integration of the Bank’s STEP system with the e-GP system.
Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank:
Contact : Mulugeta Dinka Title : Senior Procurement Specialist
Telephone No : 5396+3311

Contact : Knut J. Leipold Title : Lead Procurement Specialist
Telephone No : 458-4723 

Contact : Pascal Tegwa Title : Senior Procurement Specialist
Telephone No : 5327+6390

Borrower:
Borrower : Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)
Contact : Claudine Uwera Title : Minister of State in charge of Economic
Planning
Telephone No : 00-250-252596203 Email : claudine.uwera@minecofin.gov.rw

Implementing Agency:
Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA)
Contact : Joyeuse UWINGENEYE Title : Director General
Telephone No : 250724796218 Email : juwingeneye@rppa.gov.rw

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