GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE (GPN) /

The United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (“MCC”), and the Government of Benin (the “Government”), signed on December 14, 2022 a Compact for a program pursuant to which MCC agreed to provide a grant of up to two hundred two million dollars ($ 202,000,000) (« MCC Funds ») to the Government, as well as a fifteen million one hundred fifty thousand ($15,150,000) contribution from the Government, to facilitate development of a Compact Program to reduce poverty through economic growth in Benin.

The Government has designated MCA-Benin Regional to implement the Government’s responsibilities under the Agreement and intends to apply parts of the funds to payments for contracts for Goods, Works and Services.

MCC has contracted Crown Agents UK to perform Interim Procurement Agent (IPA) Services on behalf of the Government of Benin, for the procurements to be funded by the Grant and Implementation Agreement.

The procurement of Goods, Works and Services funded by the program will be carried out in accordance with the procurement directives of the Millennium Challenge Corporation program as published on the MCC website: http://www.mcc.gov

Procurements for 1^st January 2024 to 31^st December 2024

Estimated Value of Contracts – USD 10,523,218 US$

The procurement program for the twelve (12) months period will include the following:

Contracts for Goods, Works and Services financed under the Program will be implemented according to the principles, rules and procedures set out in the MCC Program Procurement Guidelines (MCC PPG) which can be found on the MCC website at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/program-procurement-guidelines

The Procurements are open to all bidders from eligible source countries as defined in the MCC PPG.

Specific procurement notices for Contracts to be tendered under the competitive bidding procedures and for consultant contracts will be announced, as they become available, on MCA-Benin Regional website (www.ucfbenin.bj), United Nations Development Business (UNDB: http://www.devbusiness.com), Development Gateway Market (dgMarket: http://www.dgmarket.com), in local newspapers, and other media outlets as appropriate.

Interested eligible Contractors and Consultants who wish to be included on the mailing list to receive a copy of the publication notices are invited to express their interest by filling out the online registration form via the following link:  https://forms.office.com/e/0gWPfxqPzH

Those requiring additional information should contact:

MCA-Benin Regional

Att.: Interim Procurement Agent

Email : MCABeninRegional@crownagents.co.uk