Central America continues to firmly commit to integration and trade facilitation with the support of the European Union, and this also includes the public procurement sector. This Tuesday (20.09.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX), SIECA announced the “Regional Single Point Web Portal for Public Procurement".
According to the Central American organization, the development of such an initiative responds to compliance with Art. 212 (2) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America.
It should be noted that public procurement covers a large number of transactions and represents a substantial portion of the gross domestic product in countries. Therefore, the performance of the public procurement system is key to their economies and their development.
Benefits
Given its relevance, Central America incorporates clear benefits for the agents involved in this process. In the words of the Secretary of SIECA, Francisco A. Lima Mena, "the launch of the Single Point will facilitate access to information on regional public procurement processes, increasing their transparency”. In addition, it will allow “Better competition from suppliers in the region"He said.
François Roudier, Ambassador of the European Union in El Salvador and Representative to SICA, also highlighted the advantages of the portal. He added that this means that the Central American initiative "will allow better oversight, greater control in the processes and will promote the prevention of inappropriate management of public expenditures.”
With this advance that focuses on the cooperation of the European Union with the countries of the Isthmus, "will strengthen the process of Central American economic integration“, Roudier said.
Following the presentations of the national public procurement portals that are part of the aforementioned development, the meeting made it clear that the implementation of the Regional Single Point Web Portal for Public Procurement will provide advantages for the countries and the agents involved.Regional Single Point for Public Procurement)
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