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askTender Partners · Mauritius

Tender work in Mauritius. Signed by you.

Companies bidding on Mauritius’s public tenders need registrations, attested documents and filings that only a licensed professional may do. As an askTender Partner, that work comes to you as priced job offers, done under your own name and registration.

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10Partner roles
16Services for Partners
14Done by the askTender Desk
34Steps mapped in Mauritius

How filing works in Mauritius

You work on the portal under your own login. In Mauritius, the client adds you as a named user on its account on e-PS: you prepare, upload and, on the client's written go-ahead, submit under your own login.

The client keeps its own login, the administrator role and every signature only it may give. You never use its credentials.

Who we work with in Mauritius

Mauritius Institute of Professional Accountants (MIPA)

Public Accountant (PBA) or Professional Accountant (PFA) registered with MIPA (members…

Audit or prepare financial statements and the key financial information extract; Sign the cost structure of local inputs for the goods margin of preference; Certify the local-manpower audit report for the works preference; Prepare VAT and tax registrations…

3 services on the DeskAccountants

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Mauritius Revenue Authority

Registered tax agent (MRA Tax Agent Registration Number, TARN)

Register the client for VAT/TAN and file returns under the agent's own registration; Represent the client before the MRA

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Lawyers

Law practitioner (attorney or barrister)

Incorporate a company or register a foreign company (s.276) as authorised representative; Draft JV agreements, powers of attorney and resolutions; File CIA provisional/temporary registrations as representative; File challenges and IRP applications

6 services on the DeskLawyers

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Notaries

Notary

Notarise the board resolution required for a MauSign Organisation certificate; Notarise powers of attorney used for bids or company filings

2 services on the DeskNotaries

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Banks and sureties

Commercial bank or insurance company operating in Mauritius (or reputable overseas bank…

Issue bid security, performance security, preference security, advance payment and retention guarantees on the PPO forms; Provide works insurances

4 services on the DeskBanks and sureties

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Controller of Certification Authorities

MauSign CA (licensed Certification Authority) and its Registration Authority offices

Issue Citizen and Organisation digital certificates used on e-PS; Face-to-face identity verification at Registration Authority offices

Called in when a tender asksCertification bodies

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Certification bodies

SGS (conformity visits for the Made in Moris label) and ISO certification bodies

Run the Made in Moris conformity visit; Certify management systems where a tender asks for ISO certificates

Called in when a tender asksCertification bodies

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Construction Industry Authority

CIA-registered construction consultant or local contractor partner

Act as the local collaborating firm a foreign contractor/consultant normally needs; Prepare technical proposals and CIA registration evidence

Called in when a tender asksEngineers

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Translators

Translator providing certified English translations

Certify English translations of non-English bid documents

1 service on the DeskTranslators

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Bid writers

Bid consultant / e-PS preparer working as a secondary user

Prepare bid templates and documents, and respond on e-PS under its own secondary-user login and its own MauSign certificate when the client authorises it in writing

Called in when a tender asksBid writers

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Work the Desk sends Partners

Each service, with the official cost and usual lead time where they’re published (— where none is). Your own fee is set per job, on top.

Public Accountant (PBA) or Professional Accountant (PFA) registered with MIPA (members…

Tax Account Number (TAN) and VAT registration with the MRA
Tax registration in Mauritius; VAT registration is compulsory once taxable turnover exceeds or is likely to exceed Rs 3 million, and the VAT number is the same as the TAN.
Tax registration
Free (no fee stated on the MRA…
Audited financial statements and key financial information form
Audited balance sheets/income statements for the years the BDS sets, plus the bidder-certified extract of key financial information, to prove financial soundness.
Accountant-attested financial certificates
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Cost structure of local inputs signed by a certified accountant
Template showing local value added in the goods, needed to claim the goods margin of preference (at least 25% local value added).
Accountant-attested financial certificates
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Law practitioner (attorney or barrister)

Company incorporation and Business Registration Number (BRN)
Incorporation under the Companies Act 2001 with a Business Registration Card/number that must appear on every business document; needed for MauSign Organisation certificates, VAT and local preferences.
Company identity
Private or public company…
Registration of a foreign company (Companies Act 2001, s.276)
Registration of an overseas company that will carry on business in Mauritius, e.g. to perform an awarded contract locally.
Company identity
Signed certificate of…
CIA provisional registration for foreign contractors and consultants (before bidding), then temporary registration (after award)
Foreign contractors/consultants and JVs with a foreign party must hold CIA provisional registration before bidding and temporary registration for the project after award; they normally must collaborate with a local…
Sector licences and contractor registers
Provisional: processing fee Rs…
Joint venture agreement or letter of intent, and JV partner information forms
JV bidders are jointly and severally liable and must nominate a representative; bid security/declaration must be in the JV's or all partners' names.
Legal documents
Free (legal fees)
Occupation or work permits for foreign staff
Foreign nationals working on a Mauritian contract need the relevant occupation/work permit.
Tax, social-security and labour compliance certificates
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Challenge to the public body and application for review to the Independent Review Panel
Challenge within 5 days of the invitation or bid opening (7 days of the notice of intended award); then IRP review within 7 days of the decision, with a deposit and fee.
Other
IRP: deposit Rs 100,000 (bid…Public body decides…

Notary

Apostille / authentication of public documents
Mauritius is party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention: Mauritian public documents get an apostille from the Prime Minister's Office countersigned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign company documents filed…
Legal documents
Free of charge in Mauritius…
Notarised board resolution for the MauSign Organisation certificate
MauSign requires a notarised Board resolution for the authorised signatory, plus authorisation or power of attorney for the applicant, to issue an Organisation certificate.
Legal documents
Notary fee (not published)

Commercial bank or insurance company operating in Mauritius (or reputable overseas bank…

Bid security (bank or insurance guarantee)
Unconditional guarantee of a fixed amount set in the BDS, mandatory above Rs 200 million and optional below.
Bid security
Bank/insurer charges (not…
Performance security
Unconditional on-demand guarantee from the winner, commonly 5–10% of the contract price for works and typically 10% for goods.
Bid security
Bank/insurer charges (not…Within 28 days of the…
Preference security (local-manpower margin of preference, works)
Security from a bidder that won with the 10%/15% local-manpower preference, forfeitable if it fails to employ at least 80% local manpower.
Bid security
Bank charges (not published)With the performance…
Contractor's insurances (works)
Joint-name covers for the works, equipment and third-party property, own employees' injury cover, and third-party liability with a ceiling of at least Rs 100 million unless the PCC states otherwise.
Insurance
Premiums (market)

Translator providing certified English translations

Certified translation into English
Bids and documents are in English; any document in another language must have a certified or otherwise authorised English translation, though French documents may be accepted.
Legal documents
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Rules we follow in Mauritius

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Sources mipa.mu · mra.mu · companies.govmu.org · mausign.govmu.org · ppo.govmu.org · eproc.publicprocurement.govmu.org · madeinmoris.mu · ciamauritius.org · foreign.govmu.org · edbmauritius.org