SANTO DOMINGO. – After nearly a year of work on reorganizing the State Supplier Registry (RPE), the General Directorate of Public Procurement (DGCP) emphasized that the new regulations, which will come into effect on August 20, represent a decisive step in correcting historical distortions in the public procurement system and combating practices that for years allowed the proliferation of so-called "shell companies."
The institution explained that the regulation DGCP-SNCP-01-2026 does not limit the growth of companies or restrict their commercial expansion, but rather introduces a criterion of greater coherence and transparency, by requiring that the activities registered in the RPE correspond strictly with those formally declared to the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII).
The goal: to clean up the registry
According to the DGCP, for years commercial companies accumulated an excessive number of economic activities unrelated to their operational capacity or actual experience, with the purpose of participating in a wide variety of state procurement processes.
The entity argued that this practice ended up affecting competition and increasing risks for the State.
“It is neither technically nor ethically possible for a company to dedicate itself with the same expertise and capacity to all existing commercial activities. The State cannot continue to assume the extremely high operational, legal, and financial risks that this has generated throughout the history of public procurement,” the institution stated in the press release.
Fairer competition
The entity indicated that the reform seeks to ensure that suppliers participate only in the areas where they actually carry out their operations and have proven experience, which would allow for fairer conditions for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and for specialized sectors that, in many cases, were displaced by corporate structures with generic registrations.
To this end, the economic activities declared to the DGII will be classified within the RPE using the United Nations Catalogue of Goods and Services, which will allow for a more precise identification of each supplier.
The institution explained that a main activity registered with the tax administration may translate into several specific categories within the Supplier Registry, preventing companies from losing legitimate spaces for participation and favoring a more orderly classification.
A change to increase transparency
Public Procurement stated that the measure responds to a decision aimed at raising the quality of public spending, strengthening market integrity and reducing spaces for opacity and irregularities.
“This measure is a fundamental pillar to counteract illegality and opacity in state contracts, ensuring that the Dominican State contracts only with suitable, transparent and formally responsible suppliers,” the agency highlighted.
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