If the bill is approved by congress, the government procurement, acquisitions and contracts law (known as Lacap in Spanish) MSEs would obtain 12% of state purchases.
El Salvador's Ministry for the Economy, in partnership with the country's commission for micro and small enterprises (MSEs), is holding meetings with businesses with the aim of training them in public procurement processes.
Ileana Rogel, executive director of the MSE commission (known as Conamype in Spanish), told Elmundo.com.sv that, "it hopes to provide a favorable framework for MSEs, which is why it has developed a series of proposed reforms to the Lacap law with the aim of improving the contractual processes and enabling more MSEs to participate in government procurement".
Source: elmundo.com.sv
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September 2010
One of the proposed reforms is to increase the amount of the direct purchases from $16,000 to $32,000.
Another modification to the Law of Acquisitions and Contracting of the Public Administration (LACAP for its acronyms in Spanish) tries to eliminate excessive red tape in most procedures, give more transparency to the bidding processes and to include more SMEs (small and medium businesses) in these processes.
November 2010
By year's end, the draft would be ready for submission to the National Assembly in early 2011.
The National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises (CONAMYPE) went through the last stage of consultations for the proposed law for micro and small enterprises (SMEs).
During this phase, meetings have been held with trade associations, financial intermediaries and others, and is the latest step in presenting the bill to the Legislature later this year or early 2011. "We would expect a good reception by the Legislature so this law can become a reality by middle of next year, or before," said Ileana Rogel, Director of CONAMYPE to Laprensagrafica.com.
July 2011
Mauricio Funes has proposed eliminating the restriction for public official to participate in state tenders.
If President Mauricio Fune’s request is approved, state officials who are partners, shareholders or private owners of companies would be able to put their companies forward to compete for the award of public tenders.
August 2010
The National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises (CONAMYPE in Spanish) is evaluating the Brazilian model for inviting tenders from MSEs.
Mario Cerna, El Salvador's vice-minister for commerce, stated that this was one of the main objectives of his recent visit to Brazil.
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