MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

340167

Report Date :

16.09.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

CENTRAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES PUBLIC CORPORATION (CMS)

 

 

Registered Office :

Central Medical Building, Al Horreya Street, off Al Ghaba Street, PO Box 297, Khartoum 11111

 

 

Country :

Sudan

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1937

 

 

Legal Form :

Government Corporation

 

 

Line of Business :

The role of the CMS is to provide public health facilities with cost effective medicines through tenders in which the private companies offer their competitive bids. The CMS is the sole distributor of medicines and medical supplies to public health facilities. It also provides installation and maintenance services for medical equipment.

 

 

No. of Employees :

150

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Status :

Good

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

Litigation :

Clear

 

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

Sudan

C2

C2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

SUDAN - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Sudan is an extremely poor country that has experienced protracted social conflict, civil war, and, in July 2011, the loss of three-quarters of its oil production due to the secession of South Sudan. The oil sector had driven much of Sudan's GDP growth since 1999. For nearly a decade, the economy boomed on the back of rising oil production, high oil prices, and significant inflows of foreign direct investment. Since the economic shock of South Sudan's secession, Sudan has struggled to stabilize its economy and make up for the loss of foreign exchange earnings. The interruption of oil production in South Sudan in 2012 for over a year and the consequent loss of oil transit fees further exacerbated the fragile state of Sudan’s economy. Sudan is also subject to comprehensive US sanctions. Sudan is attempting to develop non-oil sources of revenues, such as gold mining, while carrying out an austerity program to reduce expenditures. The world’s largest exporter of gum Arabic, Sudan produces 75-80% of the world’s total output. Agriculture continues to employ 80% of the work force. Sudan introduced a new currency, still called the Sudanese pound, following South Sudan's secession, but the value of the currency has fallen since its introduction. Khartoum formally devalued the currency in June 2012, when it passed austerity measures that included gradually repealing fuel subsidies. Sudan also faces rising inflation, which reached 47% on an annual basis in November 2012 but subsided to 37% in 2014. Ongoing conflicts in Southern Kordofan, Darfur, and the Blue Nile states, lack of basic infrastructure in large areas, and reliance by much of the population on subsistence agriculture keep close to half of the population at or below the poverty line.

 

Source : CIA

 


SUMMARY

 

Company Name                                    : CENTRAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES PUBLIC CORPORATION (CMS)

Also Known As                                     : PUBLIC COMMISSION OF MEDICAL SUPPLY

Country of Origin                                   : Sudan

Legal Form                                           : Government Corporation

Registration Date                                  : 1937

Total Workforce                         : 150

Activities                                               : Providers of public health facilities.

Financial Condition                                : Undetermined

Payments                                             : Nothing detrimental uncovered

 


COMPANY NAME

 

CENTRAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES PUBLIC CORPORATION (CMS)

 

 

ALSO KNOWN AS

 

PUBLIC COMMISSION OF MEDICAL SUPPLY

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered & Physical Address

 

Building                        : Central Medical Building

Street               : Al Horreya Street, off Al Ghaba Street

PO Box            : 297

Town                : Khartoum 11111

Country : Sudan

Telephone         : (249-183) 461765 / 574195

Facsimile          : (249-183) 460935 / 491008

Mobile              : (249-120) 396441 / 390926

Email                : cms_sudan@yahoo.com / info@nmsf.gov.sd / shihab.ali@nmsf.gov.sd /

  bashir.jabbar@nmsf.gov.sd / nawal.eltahir@nmsf.gov.sd

 

Premises

 

Subject operates from a suite of offices, warehouse and storage facilities covering an area of 45,145 m2 that are owned and located in the Central Business Area of Khartoum.

 

 

KEY PRINCIPALS

 

Name                                                                                       Position

 

Dr Bahr Idriss Abu Qirdah                                                          Chairman & Minister of Health

 

Dr Jamal Khalfullah                                                                   General Manager

 

Dr Bashir Abdul Jabar                                                               Finance Manager

 

Dr Nawal Al Tahir                                                                       Procurement Manager

 

Dr Shihab Eldin Ali                                                                    Sales Manager

 

Abd Alrahman Aljali                                                                   Medical Supply Manager

 

Shek Elddin Abd Albagi                                                             Executive Office Manager

 

Osman Awad                                                                            Technical Manager

 

Waleed Albager                                                                         Pharmacy Manager

 

Ikhlas Abdelrahman                                                                   Planning Manager

 

Mohanad Ibrahim Mohamed                                                       Purchasing Manager

 

 

LEGAL FORM & OWNERS

 

Registration Details      : Subject’s operations date back to 1937 when it was originally formed under the name of the “Central Medical Stores”, which was the government agency responsible for free distribution of medical supplies to public health facilities. However this was abolished in 1992 as part of the health sector reform and in its place was created the “Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation (CMS)”.

 

 It operates as an Independent Government Corporation, responsible to the Sudanese  Ministry of Health.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities: The role of the CMS is to provide public health facilities with cost effective medicines through tenders in which the private companies offer their competitive bids. The CMS is the sole distributor of medicines and medical supplies to public health facilities. It also provides installation and maintenance services for medical equipment.

 

Import Countries: India, China and Europe

 

Subject has a workforce of 150 employees.

 

 

FINANCIAL DATA

 

Companies registered in Sudan are not legally required to make their accounts public and no financial information was released by the company or submitted by outside sources.

 

 

BANKERS

 

Central Bank of Sudan

Gamhoria Street

PO Box: 313

Khartoum

Tel: (249-183) 782246

 

Bank of Khartoum

PO Box: 1008

Khartoum

Tel: (249-183) 666000

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY

 

No complaints regarding subject’s payments have been reported.

 

 

GENERAL COMMENTS

 

Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation (CMS) was established in 1992 and is the sole distributor of medicines and medical supplies to public health facilities throughout Sudan.

 

During the course of this investigation nothing detrimental was uncovered regarding subject’s operating history or the manner in which payments are fulfilled. As such the company is considered to be a fair trade risk.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.66.44

UK Pound

1

Rs.102.41

Euro

1

Rs.75.05

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAS

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TPT

 

               

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

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NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

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