More than 10 thousand results were observed during May 2022 in tenders under the heading "health and medicines", ranging from medical treatments to equipment and machinery used in the health sector.
An analysis by CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence department shows interesting data on the processes that during May 2022 were published with contracts to provide pharmaceuticals, equipment and medical supplies to the several Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.
A cut-off for the first quarter of the year shows a relevant figure in the health and medicine sector for the Central American region and the Dominican Republic.
An analysis of CentralAmericaData's Business Intelligence department shows interesting data on the processes that in the first quarter of 2022 were published with contracts to supply pharmaceuticals, equipment and medical supplies to the various Ministries of Health and Social Security entities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.
In Guatemala, President Alejandro Giammattei decided to veto the reforms to the Contracting Law and announced that the bill will be returned to Congress with the respective observations.
According to Giammattei, the observations consist in the fact that the reforms to the Contracting Law should only apply to the purchases made by the Municipalities and not to the bids made by the institutions of the Executive.
Arguing that the reforms to the Contracting Law constitute a step backwards in terms of transparency, the Guatemalan business sector is asking President Alejandro Giammattei to veto what was approved by the Congress of the Republic.
In the last days of April 2021 the Guatemalan deputies approved the modifications to Decree 57-92, which among other things allow for the expansion of the amounts of direct and low value purchases.
In Guatemala, the Congress of the Republic approved the amendments to Decree 57-92, which allow for an increase in the amounts of direct and low value purchases.
With the favorable vote of 82 congressmen, the Plenary of the Congress approved this Wednesday night, April 28, Decree 4-2021, reforms to the Law of State Contracting, informed the Legislative Body.
For the business sector in Costa Rica, the large number of direct contracts between state institutions implies a number of defects and abuses in the use of public funds.
The employers' guild is of the opinion that in direct contracting there is no guarantee that the best use is actually being made of public funds, and there are indications of a lack of transparency in contracts. Some of them have even been declared confidential.
The bill being analyzed in the Congress of Guatemala seeks to regulate direct purchases, quotations, bids, reverse auction and, specifically, contracts granted in times of national emergency or urgency.
From a statement issued by the Congress of Guatemala:
Representatives from the Transparency and Probity Commission concluded the preparation of the preliminary draft of "general and integrating law of the national procurement system of the State", with the purpose of creating a new tool that allows resources to be executed in a fluid, transparent and safe manner.
The private sector is demanding that uncertainty be avoided in public procurement processes of national interest, as it only causes international investors to have doubts, affecting the country's legal security.
The Cciap states that "... international public tenders allow for the evaluation of the legal security of a specific place, as they show its performance in terms of transparency, administrative seriousness and institutional strengths."
The first meeting has been held of the technical panel, made up of the public and private sector, which will be working on a proposal to reform Guatemala's purchase and procurement system.
With the aim of preparing a proposal that will be sent to the Congress of the Republic, representatives from different private institutions and the Ministry of Public Finance (Minfin) met this week.
The Unified System of Public Purchases is used by only 36% of Costa Rican State institutions.
Although the law imposed September 13, 2017 as the date on which the entire State of Costa Rica had to manage its purchases through the Unified Public Procurement System (SICOP), on that date 64% of state institutions were not using it.
Despite a reduction in the budget, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock plans to allocate $16.2 million to the purchase of agricultural products.
With the budget cut to be approved by the Legislative Assembly, the funds that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will have available to tender agricultural packages will be $16.2 million, $1 million less than in 2016.
President Solís has ordered ministers to suspend all tender processes for vehicles, equipment and supplies, rental of buildings and consultancies that have not yet started.
In the case of contract processes that are already underway, it will be up to head of each Ministry to decide whether to suspend them or consider them indispensable for the operation of the Ministry.
In 2016 the number of companies that sold goods and services to government institutions grew almost three times compared to 2015.
From the report "V Status Report on the SME Situation in 2016":
The V Status Report on the SME Situation in 2016 in Costa Rica indicates that sales to the state by companies that are registered in the Costa Rican Business Information System (SIEC), increased their share by 11.9%; which implies that the number of companies that sell to the state increased by 285 compared to 2015.
A section of prequalified vendors and an electronic market for offers are two of the innovations that are planned to be incorporated into the government procurement system this year.
The Ministry of Finance has announced that it is preparing several amendments to the public procurement system, Guatecompras, among which are "... the creation of an electronic market for offers, in which providers have the possibility of pre - announcing and visualizing possible demands from State institutions."
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