Public Procurement: Training for SNEL Staff

Public procurement is a key area of capacity building for staff and managers at the Société Nationale d’Électricité (SNEL) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, helping to ensure that its departments are operational.

As part of this initiative, SETYM International organised an introductory course on the procurement of goods and consulting services for 12 staff members assigned to the public procurement department. This 10-day course took place at the Dubai training centre from 21 April to 2 May 2025.

It was delivered by Maxime Bonneville, Consultant spécialiste en passation des marchés.

• Understand the principles of the World Bank Procurement Regulations and compare them with those of other technical and financial partners.
• Discuss the regulatory texts.
• Prepare a bidding document.
• Plan the stages and activities of a bidding process and quality- and cost-based selection.
• Develop a procurement plan.
• Plan bids and proposals.

Overall participant satisfaction was rated at 85%.

• Before this course, my knowledge of public procurement was rather fragmented. This training taught me how to provide a legal and administrative framework for the way a public entity acquires goods or commissions specialist services, while ensuring transparency, efficiency, fair competition and the proper use of public funds.
• This training would enable me, in carrying out my work, to ensure compliance with public procurement procedures, apply the relevant legal texts, manage disputes or conflicts that may arise during procurement, and contribute to drafting administrative procurement documents where necessary.