Public Procurement

PPO helps its clients navigate the legal and regulatory limitations and other challenges faced by companies that contract with different state entities, including state-owned companies. PPO advices a wide spectrum of national and international contractors, from start-ups to multinational companies, including non-profit organizations, in their interactions with the State.

Our clients operate in a wide range of industries: aerospace and defense, information technology, site supervision, professional services, telecommunications, power generation, construction, development of infrastructure projects (roads, railways, hospitals, and airports), pharmaceuticals, financial services, and others.

In particular, PPO provides assistance in the following areas:

• Public tenders -national and international-, as in all contracting processes in their different modalities under public procurement law.
• Specific advice on contracting processes with public sector companies, under domestic and commercial
• Bid notice and review of standard bidding documents and advice on steps to follow and requirements that each participant must meet in the public procurement procedure.
• Compilation of documentation for the timely presentation of bid proposals, in conjunction with technical and financial areas of the client.
• All procedures related to public procurement procedure, pre-bid meetings, opening of offers, and contract award.
• Management of guarantees applicable to the public procurement procedure, for the bid guarantee, performance guarantee, and other related matters.
• Integral advice on contract administration with state entities and public sector
• Legal representation in administrative and judicial proceedings resulting from public procurement procedure, including disqualification of bidders, termination of public procurement contracts, and execution of the guarantees.