Colombia prepares for the development of a new public buying system. So things, The National Public Procurement Agency – Colombia buys efficient leads a process “of dialogue, citizen participation and collective construction with the regions to transform the electronic public procurement system (SECOP)“
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This decision was reached after a technical team of the agency made A thorough analysis of the operation, costs and operation of the secop.
“Serious problems in this system were evidenced, which affect the performance and availability of the application, causing delays in state hiring management and generating high costs for its maintenance“They explained from Colombia.
The problems presented by the platform are:
– Lack and inconsistencies in the interoperability of the system.
– Slow In procedures.
– Unavailability of the service.
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“All this hinders monitoring and hinders the traceability of the businesses that state entities with their suppliers“It was added.
The director of Colombia buys efficient, Cristóbal Padilla, He warned about the structural, operational and economic inconveniences that are being presented in the SECOP, based on the technical concept of the problems of the system.
“The SECop became obsolete. It is like an old car that already requires modernization because it has become a headache for suppliers, contractors and for state entities themselves”Said the official.
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THE SECOP COSTS
SECop is composed of three platforms: Secop I, Secop II and TVEC, “which had, in validity 2024, a cost exceeding 25,000 million pesos for their operation. In the last 10 years the acquisition, improvements and support of these technological tools represented expenses for more than 127,000 million pesos“
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Some of the applications or tools have obsolete versions technologically, which complicates their maintenance and integration with current systems.
“Platforms do not guarantee compliance with international standards such as the World Wide Web Consortium – W3C, which allows all types of population to make use of the platform, including people with visual disabilities“It was explained.
The analysis made by the National Public Procurement Agency – Colombia Buy also concluded that “The dependence of different external suppliers hinders the operation, growth and efficiency in the attention of new requirements, which derives in high costs and low negotiation capacity“
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The problems that the Secop has had
Between 2022 and 2023, The problems that have complicated the operation of the SECOP went from 4,552 to 17,787. In 2024, the figure was 12,239 cases, which represents an average of 1,020 incidents per month.
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“The Colombian State faces an expensive and obsolete public procurement system, the capacity to negotiate goods and services by state entities against market bidders is low and in general the public sector faces a high dependence on external suppliers“He argued.
And it was concluded: “Colombia Buy Efficient raises the urgent need to open the debate for the country, on structural changes and the transition to the secop that Colombia needs and deserves, responding to the needs of the market and the demands that the growth of the economy entails“
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