Company · Procurement & supply chain
Buy Chadian first, supply without interruption.
One function, two audiences. If you sell, this page tells you how to get listed and invited to bid. If you buy, it tells you what our central purchasing body pools, stocks and moves all the way to site.
Two ways in
Sell to EnerTchad, or buy with EnerTchad.
An oil operator’s procurement function looks in two directions at once. Upstream, it selects and contracts suppliers. Downstream, it serves producing sites that cannot afford to stop for want of a single part. Pick the door that matches you — both lead to the same team.
You are a supplier
You manufacture, distribute or provide services in Chad or the sub-region and you want to work with EnerTchad. Here is how you enter our database and how you get invited to bid.
- Free, permanent supplier listing
- Written bidding and award rules
- Local content weighted in the scoring
- Target payment terms of 30 days
You are an operator
You operate facilities in Chad and your critical supplies depend on lead times you do not control. Central purchasing pools the volume, the stock and the transit.
- Framework contracts negotiated on aggregated volume
- Buffer stock of critical items held in Chad
- Import, customs clearance and haulage integrated
- Membership open to third-party operators
You are a supplier
Get listed, get invited, get paid.
A supplier needs three certainties: how to enter the database, what its bid will be judged on, and being paid within a stated timeframe. Those three points are set out below, in that order.
Supplier listing
Before any tender, we build a qualified supplier database. Listing is free, permanent and open to Chadian and international companies alike.
- Administrative file: trade register, tax ID, tax and social security certificates
- Declared capabilities: product or service families, production capacity, lead times
- Verifiable references and any technical qualifications
- Signed commitment to our supplier code of conduct
Tenders & calls for bids
Tenders are launched by purchasing family, with written specifications, a submission deadline and a scoring grid shared in advance.
- Restricted to listed suppliers in the relevant family
- Weighted criteria: technical compliance, HSE, lead time, local content, price
- Bids received through a single channel, opened after the deadline
- Reasoned feedback to unsuccessful bidders, on request
Local content & Chadian subcontracting
Local content is not a tick-box: it is a weighted criterion in the scoring grid, and a development path for Chadian firms that want to move up the value chain.
- Bonus scoring for bids from Chadian-registered companies
- Lot sizing designed to stay within reach of local SMEs
- HSE and quality upgrading support with Tchaditude
- Priority to labour catchment areas near operating sites
Ethics, HSE & payment terms
Working with EnerTchad binds both parties. Our requirements are written down, and so are our obligations — starting with meeting payment deadlines.
- Zero tolerance for corruption, gifts and undeclared conflicts of interest
- HSE compliance required from the bid stage, verified before mobilisation
- Written contracts, numbered purchase orders, joint goods receipt
- Target payment terms of 30 days after compliant receipt and complete invoice
You are an operator
Central purchasing designed for a landlocked country.
In Chad, the price of a part matters less than the date it reaches site. Our central purchasing body is built around that constraint: pool volume to move the price, hold stock as close as possible to the facilities, and control transit rather than endure it.
Pooled central purchasing
Rather than each site negotiating alone, the central body aggregates the needs of the Exploration & Production, Transport & Storage and Refining & Distribution poles — and, under agreement, those of third-party operators in the basin.
- Families covered: drilling consumables, wear parts, PPE, lubricants, chemicals
- Annual framework negotiation, call-offs as needs arise
- A single point of contact for several sites and several entities
- Spend reporting by family, by site and by period
Aggregation & volume effect
The value of a central purchasing body is measured in delivered-price gaps, not in catalogue size. Aggregated volume changes the negotiating position with manufacturers and regional distributors.
- Multi-year framework contracts with indicative volume commitments
- Item standardisation to reduce part diversity
- Direct-from-manufacturer purchasing where volume justifies it
- Systematic total-cost comparison: price, transport, customs, storage
Buffer stock in Chad
An eight-week lead time from Europe is not compatible with a production shutdown. Part of the critical item range is held in stock inside the country.
- Critical items identified together with the operations teams
- Reorder thresholds and cycle counting
- Controlled-condition storage for sensitive products
- Supplier consignment possible for slow-moving parts
Import, customs clearance & haulage
Chad is landlocked: between the port of Douala and a site in the Doba basin, most of the lead time is spent in transit and paperwork. That part of the job is integrated, not blindly subcontracted.
- Incoterms negotiated according to the risk each party can truly carry
- Customs files prepared ahead of arrival
- Transit tracking on the Douala ↔ N’Djamena ↔ Doba corridor
- Planning that accounts for the rainy season and track conditions
- 4 polesExploration & Production, Transport & Storage, Refining & Distribution and Petrochemicals served by the same central body, plus the support entities.
- 30 daysTarget supplier payment term after compliant receipt and complete invoice.
- Delivered-to-site priceThe unit of comparison used for every award decision.
From need to payment
Six steps, only one that decides.
The same route applies to every purchasing family, whatever the amount. Only the approval level changes. A single step carries the decision — the award — and it is always written and reasoned.
- Statement of needThe site or member entity describes the need as a functional specification, not as an imposed supplier part number.
- Purchasing strategyThe central body decides: call-off on an existing framework, a new tender, or a draw from buffer stock.
- TenderWritten specifications, listed suppliers invited, scoring grid shared with the request.
- AwardTotal delivered-cost analysis, traceable and reasoned decision, numbered purchase order issued.
- Receipt & inspectionQuantity and quality checks on arrival, formal reservations, non-conformities handled in writing.
- Payment & assessmentInvoice settled within 30 days of compliant receipt, and supplier performance scored for the next tender.
To be clear
What we do not do.
Better written here than discovered mid-discussion.
No order without a purchase order. No work started on a verbal agreement alone will be paid. A numbered purchase order is the only proof of EnerTchad’s commitment, and it protects the supplier as much as us.
No paid listing. Registration in our supplier database is free. Anyone demanding payment to list you, speed up a file or influence an award is acting without any EnerTchad mandate — report it.
No implied exclusivity. Listing grants no right to volume, and a framework contract carries no exclusivity unless expressly stated. EnerTchad is a company in formation: purchasing volume builds at the pace of the operations actually launched, and we would rather say so than let anyone hope.