(Business in Cameroon) - Tunisian company SIMAC has been selected to develop the 2nd generation Integrated Computerized State Personnel and Payroll Management System (SIGIPES II). The decision was published on May 17, 2021, after the internal procurement unit of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms reviewed the bids of the prequalified companies.
Credible sources reveal that the contract is worth XAF4.2 billion and the Tunisian company will develop the system within 24 months. This is not the first time a company was selected to develop the system.
In 2014, then Minister of the Public Service Michel Ange Angouing announced that the system would be available in 2016. However, during the March 30, 2017, Ministerial council, he revealed that the Cameroonian consortium Audit Conseil-CBL Consulting, which won the development contract, was unable to deliver the system as promised.