Angola: Angola's Tax Authority Awards Kz3.15bn Contract to Company That Helped Shape Its Own Tender - Part II

[Maka] When Angola's General Tax Administration (AGT) announced a billion kwanza (US$1.2 million) tender for its communications plan on 15 November 2023, one of the eventual bidders had already seen the tender documents, proposed changes to the requirements and received the final version from the tax authority itself two days before publication. Messages, drafts and successive versions of the documents show that the bidder did more than compete. It helped shape the tender before it

[Maka] The tender was publicly announced on 15 November 2023. In Pressionante Kianda, however, had only two workers with active registrations at the National Social Security Institute -- and had to submit 20 technical profiles. Messages attributed to Bráulio Assis, chair of the tender evaluation committee, appear to show him providing advance information, suggesting responses and giving his "OK" to the company that would go on to win.