Frequently asked questions

SangoBids is a public tender monitoring platform for Burkina Faso. It automatically aggregates the notices of the Quotidien des Marchés Publics published by the DGCMEF as well as World Bank 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 13 regions of Burkina Faso: Centre (Ouagadougou), Hauts-Bassins (Bobo-Dioulasso), Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades, Centre-Est, Centre-Nord, Centre-Ouest, Centre-Sud, Est, Nord, Plateau-Central, Sahel and Sud-Ouest.

The ARCOP (Autorité de Régulation de la Commande Publique) is the independent regulator of public procurement in Burkina Faso: it trains stakeholders, sanctions faulty companies and public officials, and settles disputes through its Dispute Settlement Body. The DGCMEF (Direction Générale du Contrôle des Marchés Publics et des Engagements Financiers), a Ministry of Finance body, controls each buyer's procedures and publishes the “Quotidien des Marchés Publics” every working day — the PDF bulletin in which tender notices appear. SangoBids downloads these bulletins automatically, extracts each notice with AI and sends you targeted alerts.

The tender document sets the exact list of documents. The results published in October 2026 reject bids for a missing contribution status certificate, public procurement bidding certificate or tax status certificate (or because it was not conclusive), for "bid guarantee not provided" or for an expired technical approval. Requirements vary with the type and value of the contract.

A tender becomes mandatory from 150 million F CFA including tax for works and 100 million for supplies and ordinary services (200 and 150 million for State companies). Below that, a price request (from 10 or 20 million depending on the buyer), then a quotation request (decree 2024-1748, read in an unofficial copy: check with ARCOP).

Public procurement in Burkina Faso is governed by Law No. 005-2024/ALT of 20 April 2024 and Decree No. 2024-1748 of 31 December 2024, which replaced the 2016 law and the 2017 decree. The ARCOP regulates the system, while the DGCMEF (Direction Générale du Contrôle des Marchés Publics et des Engagements Financiers) controls procedures and publishes the “Quotidien des Marchés Publics”, the official PDF bulletin of tender notices. SangoBids automatically aggregates these bulletins as well as World Bank notices for co-financed contracts.

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 Burkina Faso, we cover Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, 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.

All data comes from official sources: the “Quotidien des Marchés Publics” published by the DGCMEF and the World Bank Procurement Notices API, which covers co-financed contracts. Our robots download the daily PDF bulletins and extract each notice with AI, ensuring the information is complete and reliable.