Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo responded to widespread evidence of corruption in medical supplies procurement during the state of emergency announcing the government was beginning the process to disallow eight companies from being suppliers to the state for failure to deliver the goods on time. The companies were not named.
The minister, who is also the coordinator of the High Commission for the Prevention of Coronavirus, announced that the Procurement Agency would be instating a minimum 48-hour window for presenting bids and awarding these.
The minister also announced the government has prepared new guidelines for government procurement during the
Companies that were not known to be medical suppliers have benefited with contracts for hundreds of millions during the crisis.
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Ministry of the Presidency
21 April 2020