ITIC follows the central purchase policy to save effort and money and controls the process of expenditure and purchase. Therefore, the Procurement Department has been established as a part of Logistics Directorate to implement the central purchase policy. Briefly, Procurement Department provides all requirements and services to the departments and divisions of the International Trade & Investment Commission either from local or foreign markets. The Procurement Department is divided into four sections-
Tenders and Auctions Section
Local Purchase Section
Foreign Purchase Section
Contracts Section
Core Objectives of the ITIC
Economic Efficiency
Competition - Providing level playing ground for all strata of bidders
Value for Money
Transparency
Core Functions of the ITIC
Supervise the implementation of established procurement policies;
Monitor the prices of tendered items and keep a national database of standard prices;
Publish the details of major contracts in the procurement journal
Publish paper and electronic editions of the procurement journal and maintain an archival system for the procurement journal;
Maintain a national database of the particulars and classification and categorization of federal contractors and service providers;
Collate and maintain in an archival system, all federal procurement plans and information;
Undertake procurement research and surveys;
Organize training and development programs for procurement professionals;
Periodically review the socio-economic effect of the policies on procurement and advise the Council accordingly;
Prepare and update standard bidding and contract documents;
Prevent fraudulent and unfair procurement and where necessary apply administrative sanctions;
Review the procurement and award of contract procedures of every entity to which the procurement act applies;
Our Partners
Although often seen as beneficiaries, Government of Togo is first and foremost the main partners of ITIC. To these must be added the structured Regional actors within the technical cooperation institutions, the World Bank Group, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the Socio-professional Organizations, the Private Companies and the various technical and financial partners. With the support of its partners, ITIC strongly believes that Industrialized Economy is possible in Togo by 2026.