Frequently asked questions

No. XP-NOVA Technology does engineering: needs analysis, options comparison, sizing, specifications, bid analysis, testing and acceptance. Supply, installation and maintenance go to contractors you select on the basis of our specifications. We receive no commission.

A supplier sizes on its catalogue; we size on your reality: available raw material, reliable energy, local skills, spare parts. The specifications we write make bids comparable and protect you from oversizing as much as undersizing.

No. The reference classifies equipment by technical function, never by brand. Our specifications set performances, operating conditions and selection criteria weighted in advance; the supplier is chosen afterwards, bids in hand.

No. An XP-NOVA performance verification establishes that equipment reaches the contractual thresholds; it replaces neither an ANOR certification, nor a CNHPCAT registration, nor a sanitary approval. We tell you which ones are required and when.

Nothing. Submitting a request is free and without commitment. You receive a first reply within 48 working hours. The mission quote, in FCFA, is issued only after the file is officially opened, once the need is framed.

Each service carries a published indicative duration: 2 to 5 days for acceptance support, 10 to 20 days for a technical architecture. A full chain, from needs analysis to specifications, most often takes four to eight weeks depending on the availability of site data.

Yes. Services are ordered separately: an audit of the existing situation (TS-01), an analysis of bids already received (TS-06), tests before acceptance (TS-07 and TS-08) or a maintenance plan derived from the life-cycle grid.

Yes, throughout Cameroon and Central Africa. Site mission expenses are shown separately in the quote. Part of the work (options, sizing, specifications) is done remotely from the data you provide.

To name a need unambiguously. Its 50 sub-functions (T1.1 to T8.7) cover production, processing, storage, energy, logistics and digital. Each sheet gives typical equipment, sizing parameters, risks in Cameroon and the regulatory framework.

T2 is the domain (Irrigation and water), T2.2 the sub-function (Pumping), TS-04 the service (Sizing). The code therefore designates the sizing of a pumping system. From a reference sheet, this code is pre-filled in the contact form.

Physical equipment works without software (an oil press). Digital equipment is software or a data service (an ERP). Hybrid equipment is a physical device driven or measured by digital control (a regulated solar pump, a monitored cold room).

Because we cite a standard or authority as mandatory only after reading the text. International references (ISO, IEC, Codex) are used to write specifications; whether they are mandatory in Cameroon depends on the list of standards made compulsory by ANOR, which we check domain by domain.

Systematically. Every study of sensitive equipment (cold chain, hatchery, processing) includes a continuity budget costed in FCFA: backup energy, automatic switchover, critical stock. At acceptance we require a loaded continuity test, with the grid deliberately cut.

Through the CV1 to CV9 life-cycle grid applied to every option. Local availability, parts lead time, maintenance skills and operating cost are scored before the purchase price. A machine with no parts or repairer in your region is ruled out even if it is the cheapest.

In most cases, yes: ANOR requires a certificate of conformity to clear regulated imported products, with an exemption threshold for small shipments. We include it in the procurement schedule and cost (CV2) of each option.

Yes, for cocoa, coffee and timber bound for the European Union: plot geolocation, batch traceability and documentation. Sub-function T8.6 of the reference and the AGROVITA division handle this aspect.

AGROVITA supports an agricultural or agro-industrial project from idea to first sale, in 13 steps. Technology handles the equipment side of those projects, or works alone when your need is purely technical: an existing plant, a donor, a cooperative, a local authority.

We hand over transfer materials at acceptance (TS-09) and describe the skills required per equipment. Full training schemes are designed by the Training division and delivered by partner organisations.

Yes, in support of the ODT division: collection warehouse, solar mini-grid, equipped borehole, municipal slaughterhouse. ODT leads the territorial operation; Technology provides the equipment engineering.