New Public Procurement Law in Costa Rica

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On December 1, 2022, the new General Public Procurement Law will enter into force, repealing the Administrative Contracting Law No. 7494 of 1996 and its Regulations. As a result, all bidding participants, companies, and public administrations must seriously prepare to address the changes under the new Law. 

From its conception until realization, an ambitious reform was sought that would address the most recurrent criticism of the present model that the Comptroller General of the Republic has a marked reliance on public bodies and entities to ignore the ordinary contracting procedures (those of bidding), and instead use direct purchases or exception procedures. 

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