SECTION 47

(1) The Ministry in charge of public contracts shall carry out public contract execution external control. In that capacity, it shall: (a) through spot checks, verify the effectiveness and quality of the services provided and accepted; (b) after the signing of the contract, verify its compliance with the tender file, the award decision and the bid of the selected contracting party; (c) based on all the detailed payments on account copies of which he has received, conduct ex-post verification of consistency between the services billed, the payments made and the services performed; (d) report to the Contract Manager, the Contract Engineer and/or the Project Manager any cases of irregularity observed in the execution of contracts; (e) take part in the technical acceptance of services as an observer; (f) receive a copy of provisional payments on account and initial the final payment on account for work contracts or the last invoice for the other types of services; (g) contribute to replenishing the public contracts data bank; (h) report, where necessary, to the public contracts regulatory body, the shortcomings of public contract actors requiring capacity building; (i) draft half-yearly and annual reports on the general situation of the execution of contracts. (2) The Ministry in charge of public contracts shall receive from the actors concerned a copy of all the documents necessary for the accomplishment its mission, particularly: - the tender file provided to bidders; - the bid of the Administration’s contracting partner; - the award decision; - the signed and notified contracts and contract amendments; - the service delivery schedule; - administrative orders, including those prescribing the commencement of services; - provisional and final payments on account; - invitations to technical acceptance and validation committees; - technical acceptance and approval reports; - project technical and financial execution completion reports; - public and private control mission reports.