SANTO DOMINGO.–The General Directorate of Public Procurement (DGCP) established the new thresholds that public institutions subject to the scope of Law No. 340-06 during 2025, to determine the selection procedures to be used in the procurement of goods, services and works.
The provision is contained in Resolution PNP 01-2025, which establishes that entities must call for public bidding for all works, starting from an amount of RD 411,347,976.00 onwards; as well as from RD 6,272,014.16 onwards, for theacquisition of goods and services.
In the case of restricted tenders, the new thresholds for works range from RD 310,107,093.01 to RD 411,347,975.99. Meanwhile, for goods and services, they range from RD 5,644,812.74 to RD 6,272,014.15.
Regarding the lotteries for public works, the governing body for public procurement establishes that the reference value ranges from RD 186,064,255.81 to RD 310,107,093.00
Regarding the price comparison for works for 2025, the limit ranges from RD 49,617,134.88 to RD 186,064,255.80; while, in the case of goods and services, the limit for this type of contract ranges from RD 1,860,642.56 to RD 5,644,812.73.
For smaller purchases of goods and services, the threshold set by the DGCP ranges from RD 248,085.67 to RD 1,860,642.55, according to a press release.
This adjustment is due to the fact that Law No. 340-06, on Purchases and Contracts, and its modifications, in its article 17 establishes that, to determine the selection method to be applied in the purchase and contracting processes, institutions must use the maximum thresholds, which are calculated by multiplying the current revenue budget of the central government, approved by the Congress of the Republic, by the factors included in said article, as appropriate to works, goods and services.
In this regard, these calculations have been made based on the General State Budget for the year 2025, which approved an estimate of current revenues of the central government in the amount of RD 1,240,428,372,056, in accordance with the provisions of Law 80-24, dated December 9, 2024.
In that order, it is the responsibility of the General Directorate of Public Procurement to set and update each year, through a resolution, these thresholds for the selection procedures to which the different types of procurement (public tender, restricted tender, lottery of works, price comparison and minor purchases).
This resolution was issued on January 2nd of this year and will remain in effect until the issuance of another administrative act that replaces it.
