National Procurement Commission

Comissão Nacional de Aprovisionamento (National Procurement Commission) or NPC was established on the 30 of March 2011 by Decree-Law 14/2011. NPC"s mandate sought to provide procurement services to the line ministries and other public entities in major infrastructure projects and achieve proper transparency for the State procurement process.

The NPC is tasked to:

• Carry out procurement procedures worth at least 1,000,000;
• Provide technical assistance and advisory to procurement procedures;
• Collaborate with the National Development Agency (ADN), the Major Projects Secretariat (MPS), Ministries and other public entities according to the Law; and
• Such other tasks as may be provided by Law (e.g. Projects funded by International entities such as: ADB, WorldBank, Jica, European Union, China Exim Bank...)