Colombia: Agencia Nacional de Contratación Pública (Colombia Compra Eficiente)

All public bodies in Colombia, from the national to local levels, including all government branches and state-owned enterprises that use public funds, are required to use SECOP for all public contracts. Some contracting procedures are excluded, as described in the public procurement law, notably:

• The industrial and commercial companies of the State, the mixed economy companies and the companies of domiciliary public services that develop their activity in a situation of competition with the private sector and that before November 30, 2015, in compliance with External Circular No. 20 of August 27, 2015, requested Colombia Compra Eficiente the hyperlink that communicates the SECOP with its own information systems for the purposes of advertising its contractual activity

Entities that still use SECOP I are required to publish in the SECOP the processed documents within three (3) days following their expedition. The information registered by the entities in SECOP II and in TVEC is available in real-time. The entities must publish their contracting processes only on one platform. The framework agreements must be registered in TVEC.