Costa Rica: New Website for State Purchases

The 'Municipal Purchases System" will list the services and products demanded by the country's municipalities.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

30 municipalities are currently included in the project, and the idea is to gradually incorporate the remaining 51.

"Anyone can register as a supplier in the system. They will be notified via email when an interesting bidding process is available, and will be able to directly download the bidding rules", reported Elfinancierocr.com.

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