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  •  Issuance of General Circular of the Ministry of Finance No. 24 of 2021 regarding the collection of revenues and the rights of the State Treasury, which included "the administrative authorities do not disburse the amounts of money due to suppliers and contractors until after submitting a statement from the Insurance Fund to pay the insurance dues and a certificate of the tax position (the last tax return for general taxes - and value-added tax). 
  •  As a result of this circular, no financial extracts due to suppliers or contractors were disbursed until a receipt for payment of 5% social insurance was submitted.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • There are no previous businesses with any governmental authority. Many corporates whether large, small, or micro, are unable to contract with governmental agencies in any contracts as most governmental authorities request a history of previous governmental business, even though that exists with the private sector, it is not recognized by the government.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • Delaying the financial dues of private sector enterprises/companies/corporates with governmental agencies, delay of their financial dues despite the completion of the inspection, addition, installation, operation or initial receipt of the project, for unclear and unknown reasons, which negatively affects them in fulfilling their obligations towards other entities, in addition to their financial inability and the lack of sufficient financial liquidity to continue their activity.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • The prices of services provided by the state change suddenly, such as the increase in customs tariffs, the change in the exchange rate, or the increase in tax obligations, which causes the company financial losses due to the obligations it previously had before this increase with government sector agencies, and some micro-companies are even reluctant to participate in the field of government contracts due to this problem.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • Failure to accept significantly low-value bids.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • Monopoly of contracts on specific entities and contracting by direct agreement in Article 78 of Law 182.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • In the case of disbursement of the dues of the supplier companies on which the tender is awarded, the items shall be supplied within ten days of receiving the supply order, but the disbursement of extracts shall be suspended by the finance representative until the contract is drafted. 

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Date 9/26/2022

  • Government agencies face the problem of writing contracts for all operations, even for simple amounts such as 1000 EGP and above, which represents a burden on the supplier himself because his dues are delayed until the contract is completed, despite its supply and receipt from him due to the urgency of the entity to obtain its needs - which led to the reluctance of some suppliers to conclude any contracts and their refusal to deal.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • Exclusion of companies due to the lack of some documents that must be attached to the technical offer during the opening of technical envelopes, noting that companies have documents such as (proof of subscription document in the public contracting portal - proof of the presence of a maintenance center - another tax return document - previous work - etc.)

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Date 9/26/2022

  • In the event of awarding a single bid, some members of the accounting unit do not comply with the application of Article 39 of Law No. 182 of 2018 by notifying the successful bidder of the payment of the insurance and after 7 days the supply order is issued to the company, which entails a delay fine thereafter.

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Date 9/26/2022

  • In mechanical works, the company is required upon contracting to pay the insurance of irregular workers at the insurance office of the operation, and the payment order is delayed until payment, and upon delay, interest is paid. 

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Date 9/26/2022

  • The length of the documentary cycle and the return of the document more than once to meet the payment of corporate dues (15 days for auditing and disbursement of dues within 60 days) and partially reviewing the document, which results in a long period and returning the document more than once to complete it. 

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Date 9/26/2022