The Judiciary Power tenders the services at national level of mail transport and parcels, for the year 2020.
Honduras Government Purchase CORRESPONDENCE 15-2019:
"The maximum delivery time is required to be three calendar days, establishing a maximum period of five calendar days for returns with incorrect destination or address information.
Additionally, it is requested to consider that this Power of the State handles a high volume of mail, much of it confidential, such as files, checks, evidence of conviction, as well as the sending of computer equipment, which requires careful handling, so it is imperative that the company that provides the mail transport service complies with delivery times, reliability, responsibility and other aspects related to the security of shipments.
Almost two years after termination of the contract with the previous concessionaire, the government is once again considering the possibility of putting out to tender administration of the national postal service.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...Since last year the state postal service has been working at half capacity.Only 13 of the 252 agencies of the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos (DGCT) are authorized, but these only deliver packages from abroad and it is not possible to send mail from Guatemala; In the capital, 12 postmen and two vehicles distribute legal documents, certificates and letters."
The Salvadoran Foreign Ministry is putting out to tender courier services for handling official and diplomatic correspondence by air, for 2013.
The company requires the services of a private courier to transport by air, diplomatic and official documentation, valuable and not valuable revenue stamps, samples (cargo), technological equipment.
Receipt of bids is scheduled for November 21, 2012.
The company founded on Colombian capital, Servientrega, announced its entry into the Costa Rican market in 2013, as part of its expansion plans.
Luz Mary Guerrero, president of the company said to the Colombian newspaper Portfolio that entry into Costa Rica is part of its expansion plans which include opening offices in Canada and Spain.
Nacion.com quoted Luz Mary Guerrero who said, "We are doing this first with the shipping operations, which is the area where we are strongest, for example at the level of the Andean region ... We are well advanced in these countries, the truth is that Servientrega’s business model is well consolidated and we are doing well. "
There are two proposals which are being evaluated, to privatize or to establish a joint venture.
The announcement of privatization was given by the President to a media outlet, "We have a very bad P.O. Box system. One of the things we are thinking of fixing it is the mail system ... In fact we must think about privatizing the postal service. "
The Minister of Government, Roxana Mendez, said the modernization of the mail system should be undertaken urgently, training staff and implementing the latest technology.