SANTO DOMINGO. -The General Directorate of Public Procurement (DGCP) ordered this Friday the suspension ex officio of the procedure DIGESETT-CCC-CP-2025-0021, carried out by the General Directorate of Traffic Safety and Land Transportation (DIGESETT) for the “acquisition of whistles with their whistle holder, directed exclusively to women-owned MSMEs”, due to the lack of prior studies published in the Electronic System of Public Procurement (SECP), an indispensable requirement, as established by Decree 416-23 applying Law 340-06 of Public Procurement.
In a press release, the governing body explained that the measure is precautionary and corrective in nature and seeks to ensure that the contracting entity adjusts its process to current regulations and guarantees the principles of efficiency, transparency and publicity, thus protecting the rights and interests of bidders and potential bidders.
The suspension was applied immediately in the SECP and formally notified to the DIGESETT for the corresponding purposes.
Preliminary studies are a prerequisite for launching a procurement procedure and a tool to determine the real needs of an institution, the market value of the asset, and the timeframes in which it would be available.
Article 4 of the aforementioned regulation 416-23 defines preliminary studies as the set of investigations and analyses that justify the need for the supplier selection procedure to be carried out and allow to delimit the object, its characteristics, the demand and supply in the market, the viability and the estimated budget of the good, service or work to be contracted, as well as any relevant information to satisfy the need in question.
The DGCP emphasized that with this decision it reaffirms its commitment to excellence, integrity and transparency in public procurement.
