“We, within the Integrated Municipal Intervention Plan, rushed too much; we have already carried out several economic and financial rebalancings and, to this day, we have not been able to complete the projects,” lamented the Director General of Angola’s National Public Procurement Service, Osvaldo Ngoloimwe.
The Director General of Angola’s National Public Procurement Service (SNCP), Osvaldo Ngoloimwe, admitted this Monday in Luanda that some projects under the Integrated Municipal Intervention Plan (PIIM) were poorly planned, budgeted, contracted and executed, thereby postponing the national interest.
Osvaldo Ngoloimwe expressed this concern during the “Methodological Meeting on Public Procurement,” organized with the aim of reflecting on technical matters, the standardization of procedures, and the strengthening of good practices in the field of public procurement.
“We, within the Integrated Municipal Intervention Plan, rushed too much; we have already carried out several economic and financial rebalancings and, to this day, we have not been able to complete the projects,” the official lamented, revealing that a similar situation is also occurring in the fight against poverty.
Addressing municipal administrators, Ngoloimwe requested that all contracts with a value equal to or greater than 182 million kwanzas should require a performance bond.
“If we had required a bond, the businesspeople who fled and abandoned stalled projects would have had to pay guarantees to repair the damages. With these guarantees, we proceeded differently: the funds no longer return to the Treasury Single Account. By guidance of the Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano, an account was opened in the name of the National Public Procurement Service, in accordance with the law. When non-compliance occurs, in a very short time it is possible to ensure that this money is retained to repair the damages,” he said.
During his presentation, without naming the health facility, Osvaldo Ngoloimwe revealed that his institution identified the existence of a company that has been providing cleaning services at a hospital since 1997.
“It is still there. Directors come and go, and it remains the same. When we looked at the contract history, there were none. Sometimes we go to a municipal administration to conduct an audit and the administrator himself, or the secretary-general, does not even know where the delivery orders are, does not know where the handover documents are, nor where the service performance reports are,” he stated.
Forbes África Lusofona , 26/01/2026
