The Bank of Costa Rica tenders the technological tools for the support and development of internal processes of human capital.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000003-0015700001:
"Services to contract:
-Technological system implementation, migration and data loading service.
-Specialized services of technical support, analysis, design, programming and implementation for evolutionary developments.
Banco de Costa Rica tenders the maintenance service, corrective and consultative support, of IT tools used by the institution, under the modality of delivery on demand.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LN-000002-0015700001:
"The institution will contract the specialized services of technical support, evolutionary maintenance, corrective and consultative support, under the PowerCenter tool and Data Quality of the IT suite for the Central Bank of Costa Rica conglomerate.
Arguing that traditional taxi services and Uber should coexist simultaneously, the government of Costa Rica presented a proposal to regulate the collaborative transport service.
Uber, the computer platform for passenger transportation that has been operating in Costa Rica for more than three years, has faced, as in other markets, the opposition of local taxi drivers, who claim that they compete under unequal conditions.
In the business of retail distribution of computers and their accessories in Costa Rica, it is estimated that SyS, Sefisa and Avtec, concentrate about 65% of the market share.
Data from the report "Company's Corporate System", complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, provides details on company information based on sector, main activity, imports, exports, contracts granted by the government and other data.
After investing $22 million, the American Startek inaugurated in Tegucigalpa the Altia Technology Park tower, from where services will be provided to large companies globally.
Representatives of the company informed that the new eight-floor business tower will house 2,500 workers and took the opportunity to announce that they plan to build one more tower in Tegucigalpa and another in San Pedro Sula.
During 2018, foreign sales by companies in the digital development sector in Guatemala totaled $37 million, 4% more than in 2017.
Panama, United States, El Salvador, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Japan, Canada, Germany are some of the markets where the Digital Development Sector (SOFEX) of AGEXPORT innovated in its exports of specialized services, informed the exporting guild.
Although new jobs will emerge, technological changes will have a strong impact in the Central American region, where there is a high proportion of jobs with a high risk of automation.
According to forecasts made by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in 2018 it was estimated that 75% of workers in Guatemala and El Salvador are in high-risk automation jobs.
In Costa Rica, the Omar Dengo Foundation tenders the supply of computer equipment for 775 educational centers, with technical guarantees and additional services.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018PP-000011-FOD:
"Companies with technical, logistical, legal and financial capacity are invited to participate in the contracting procedure for the acquisition of computer equipment for 775 educational centers attached to Pronie MEP FOD with its technical guarantees and additional services."
Two companies are expected to complete certification this month to provide the electronic tax stamps service in Guatemala, and by January 2019 they would be operating throughout the entire customs system.
In July of this year, it was announced that the tender for the service of electronic tax stamps for containers in Guatemalan customs would no longer be carried out, allowing several companies to provide their services independently.
El Salvador National Civil Police tenders the technological equipment and implementation of a virtualization solution for the institution's 911 emergency system.
El Salvador Government Purchase LPI-01/2018-PNC-BCIE:
"Required equipment overview:
-120 Workstations
-15 Mini Dome IP cameras for indoors
The Costa Rican Electricity Institute is putting out to tender the acquisition and virtualization of platforms that are in a state of out-of-support.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018CD-000542-0000400001:
"Some lines to be contracted:
- Support service for virtualization platform Huawei
- Installation, implementation and personalization, physical and logical services for updated SMSC and HPS platforms and virtualization platform.
In 2017, sales abroad made by companies dedicated to the development and promotion of software content totaled $400 million.
According to the Digital Development Sector (Sofex) at the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), the digital union has 42 associated companies in the country and serves 8 thousand local clients and more than 4 thousand international clients in Latin America, Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States.
The Ministry of Finance in El Salvador is putting out to tender renewal of support and technical assistance services for the institution's network security infrastructure.
El Salvador Government Purchase DR CAFTA LA No 23/2018:
"Required services:
-Renovation of support services and technical assistance for the institutional security suite.
In the Dominican Republic, a tender is being launched for a technological application for the administration and control of goods for use and consumption, accounts payable and receivable, for State institutions.
"The specific objective is to acquire a technological application and consulting services for implementation with the objective of managing the assets of use (furniture, real estate and intangibles), consumer goods or inventory, accounts payable and accounts receivable of Dominican State institutions as part of the Integrated System of Financial Administration of the State (SIAFE), considering all of the aspects described in this document.
The telecommunications company Tigo has received legal backing to operate as the first provider of an electronic money service in El Salvador.
The company announced that due to compliance with the requirements required by local law, the Superintendency of the Financial System authorized the operation in the Salvadoran market in accordance with the regulations issued by the Central Reserve Bank.