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Professional Certificate · Master's level · CPP-43
Bidding for Public Contracts and Public-Private Partnerships
For: Lawyers and sales managers of bidding companies, staff of contracting authorities and procurement units.
Learning outcomes
- Analyse a tender dossier and identify its legal risks.
- Compare a public contract and a public-private partnership contract for a given project.
- Write a note securing a contract award procedure.
Programme over 4 weeks
| Week | Content |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Code des marchés publics (Public Procurement Code) (décret n°2022-2295 du 28 décembre 2022): award procedures, performance, dispute settlement; WAEMU directives n°04/2005/CM/UEMOA and n°05/2005/CM/UEMOA. |
| Week 2 | Public-private partnership contracts: loi n°2021-23 du 2 mars 2021 (Public-Private Partnership Contracts Act), décret n°2021-1443, WAEMU directive n°01/2022/CM/UEMOA, subsequent amendments to be verified; comparison with the public contract. |
| Week 3 | Strategy of the bidding company: reading the documents, consortia, subcontracting, guarantees; legal risks of a tender dossier. |
| Week 4 | Professional simulation: legal analysis of a published tender dossier provided by the instructor, concluding with a note securing the procedure. |
Assessment
Marked professional simulation, assessed against a rubric (70%): legal analysis of a published tender dossier provided by the instructor, and note securing the procedure; online knowledge-check quiz (30%). No private individual is implicated.
The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.
Optional: Public Procurement Appeals
An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-43C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.
- ARCOP (formerly ARMP), governed by décret n°2023-832: remit and powers, particularly regarding appeals, identified from the text.
- Drafting an appeal against a contract award procedure.
At your own pace: the self-paced pathway
In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.
Estimate how long my pathway will take
- Duration
- about 4 weeks
- Estimated end
- 4 weeks after you start
- Examination
- Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
- Payment
- In a single payment
An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.
Admission
Legal training or experience in public procurement, assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.
The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Master's degree in Business Law, within a period set by the certificate regulations.